Hillsborough County code enforcement complaints
County desk or city desk. We sort it.
Unincorporated Hillsborough goes to Hillsborough County Code Enforcement. Inside its 3 cities and towns, the local government’s own code office takes the complaint.
SNITCH is a private filing service, not the County. We file as complainant of record. Your name stays off the complaint.
Compliant with Florida SB 60.
Filed with the Hillsborough desk that owns the address, under our name.
Fear of Retaliation
Hillsborough County puts it this way: “In accordance with state law, effective 2021, Hillsborough County does not accept anonymous complaints of code violations. Investigation of potential code violations requires a valid name and address of the complainant.” File it yourself and that record is public under Chapter 119.
Who Handles It
Unincorporated Hillsborough: Hillsborough County Code Enforcement. Inside city limits: that city’s code office, including Plant City, Tampa, and Temple Terrace. The address decides.
Agent Filing Rules
We file under our name with the desk that owns the address. If that shop bounces a third-party complainant, that filing does not sit there.
How It Works
"SNITCH cuts through red tape—handling your code complaints professionally, safely, and always in compliance with Florida law.
- Chaz Stevens, Chief Snitch
We file the real ones.
We reject the rest.
County or city code. Not a grudge.
Every submission is checked against the Hillsborough County code, including Chapter 8, Article IV, Property Maintenance Code, or the city code when a city owns the address. Hearsay, neighbor wars, and junk filings do not go out. A false complaint is on the client.
Issues Hillsborough County highlights: abandoned property, condemned or dangerous structures, junk, trash, or debris, and overgrown conditions.
FL SB 60
Why It Matters
SB 60 DID NOT END HILLSBOROUGH COMPLAINTS
Florida law requires a name and address before most code investigations start, at the county and in every Hillsborough city. File direct and that name is public. SNITCH files as complainant of record.
Compliant filing. Our name on the paper.
See something. File it without becoming the file.
FAQS
Who handles code enforcement in Hillsborough County?
In unincorporated areas: Hillsborough County Code Enforcement. Call (813) 274-6600. Online, use Report a Code Violation (online form).
How do I know if my address is in unincorporated Hillsborough County?
If the address is inside a city or town, that local government handles it. Otherwise it is unincorporated Hillsborough.
Which Hillsborough County cities run their own code enforcement?
Hillsborough County has 3 incorporated municipalities: Plant City, Tampa, and Temple Terrace. Each handles code complaints inside its own limits, so confirm the address first. We do that before filing.
How do I look up a Hillsborough County code case?
Use Search Code Violation Cases (Accela).
Who handles animal complaints inside Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City?
County Animal Control officers investigate complaints about domestic animals (except livestock) throughout the county, including the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City. Other code enforcement is limited to unincorporated Hillsborough County.
Can I report a code violation in Hillsborough County anonymously?
Not to the county or a city. Hillsborough County says: “In accordance with state law, effective 2021, Hillsborough County does not accept anonymous complaints of code violations. Investigation of potential code violations requires a valid name and address of the complainant.” SNITCH is not anonymous either: we file under our own name as complainant of record, so yours stays off the complaint.
What happens if a violation is not fixed?
Unresolved unincorporated Hillsborough cases go before a Code Enforcement Board or a Special Magistrate.
Is my name on the complaint? What if a desk will not take an agent filing? Our FAQs answer both.
Official Contacts
- Hillsborough County Code Enforcement: (813) 274-6600. Online: Report a Code Violation (online form).
- Case search: Search Code Violation Cases (Accela).
All of Hillsborough County.
Cities in Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County has 3 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Each handles code complaints inside its own limits. Everything else is unincorporated Hillsborough and goes to Hillsborough County Code Enforcement. Linked names have their own page.
Built with Integrity
- SB 60 / Chapter 162 compliant
- Human review before filing
- Junk rejected. Real conditions filed.
SNITCH. Cleaner. Safer. Together.