We Named It SNITCH
That Was Deliberate

Safe Neighborhoods Through Civic Help (aka SNITCH)

What's In Our Name?

Coolie Stoolie VP of SNITCHing — SNITCH Florida code violation reporting service mascot
"I don’t peck at people — I peck at problems. And buddy, your lawn furniture has been on the curb since Christmas."
Coolie Stoolie, VP of SNITCH'ing

Why SNITCH?

The name stands for Safe Neighborhoods Through Civic Help, and every word is intentional.

Safe, because the point is to let residents report code violations without their own name landing on a public record the reported party can pull. SNITCH files as the agent of record, so our name goes on the complaint instead of yours.

Neighborhoods, because code enforcement is local. It's about the block you live on, the street your kids play on, the property next door that's been declining for two years while everyone looks the other way.

Through, because SNITCH is the mechanism, not the outcome. We file the complaint. The system does the enforcement.

Civic, because reporting a code violation is community participation, not aggression.

Help, because most people who want to report something don't know how, and fewer will do it once they learn their name becomes part of the file.

That's why the name is SNITCH. Not despite what the word implies. Because of it.

Forgettable names produce forgettable services. We chose one that makes you lean in, because the problem deserves that attention.

What SB 60 changed

Florida's SB 60, effective in 2021, eliminated anonymous code enforcement complaints statewide. File directly with your city or county and you provide your name and address, and that goes into the public record under Chapter 119. The neighbor whose overgrown lot you reported, the landlord running an illegal short-term rental three doors down, the owner whose abandoned vehicle has sat on the curb since spring, they can all find out it was you.

Most people decide it's not worth the risk. The violation stays. The neighborhood gets worse.

SNITCH files as your authorized agent in jurisdictions that accept agent complaints. We confirm yours does before you pay. From there, your name stays off the filing, the complaint goes in under ours, and the enforcement process runs without routing back through you.

That's not snitching. That's civic infrastructure working the way it's supposed to.

Just disruptive enough to work.

Unapologetic
Clever
Civic-minded

This is a Chaz Stevens Production.

Three Decades of Making Power Backpedal.

SNITCH was built by someone who spent three decades stress-testing the systems most people assume are too powerful to challenge.

Chaz Stevens is a First Amendment activist, public-records practitioner, and government-accountability gadfly based in Deerfield Beach. His work has been covered by NPR, Fox News, the Associated Press, Time, and Fortune, among others. In 2013 he secured a permit and installed a Festivus pole made of beer cans in the Florida State Capitol rotunda, next to a state-permitted Nativity scene, using the same public-forum access the state had granted the Nativity. He later challenged the Bible in Florida school libraries under the state's own book-removal statute, Florida Statute 1006.28, filing objections across dozens of districts. The challenge worked well enough that Governor DeSantis scaled back the 2022 book-challenge law, and his office named Stevens by name as the activist who forced the change.

He doesn't just use the system, he teaches it. As IMLA continuing-legal-education faculty, Stevens trains practicing attorneys for the credit they need to keep their licenses, including the municipal lawyers whose job is to deflect the exact public-records pressure he built his method on. His FOIA Playbook turns Florida's public-records law into a repeatable process: learn the rules better than the people hiding behind them, then work those rules without exception until the institution has to respond.

SNITCH applies that method to code enforcement. Every complaint we file is reviewed against local municipal code, confirmed to meet the enforcement threshold, and filed only where the jurisdiction accepts our complaint. We don't file noise. We file cases.

If holding government accountable makes us a snitch, hand us the paperwork and step aside.

Chaz Stevens Chief Snitch and founder of SNITCH Florida code violation filing agent service
"If holding government accountable makes me a snitch, then hand me the paperwork and step aside.""
Chaz Stevens, Chief Snitch

What They Say About Us.

"Stress-Free Reporting"


“I reported neighborhood issues safely—SNITCH handled everything professionally, and my privacy stayed protected.”

M. Torres, Coral Springs

"Quick, Efficient, Confidential"


“SNITCH made filing my neighbor's violations effortless. No worries about backlash or confusing paperwork!”

D. Albrecht, Boca Raton

"Finally Got Results"


“After months of frustration, SNITCH quickly tackled neighborhood blight. Easy civic involvement at its best."

R. Jimenez, Davie

"A True Community Asset"


“SNITCH improved our neighborhood’s safety by swiftly resolving longstanding violations. Professional help without fear of retaliation.”

K. Washington, Pompano Beach

"Relief from Red Tape"


“SNITCH simplified our association’s enforcement dramatically. Issues resolved faster, freeing volunteers from endless paperwork.”

L. Petrov, Deerfield Beach

    We’re not here to tattle.

    We’re Not Here To Tattle.

    Snitching is personal. This isn't. SNITCH stands up for safer, stronger neighborhoods by doing one thing well: verifying a real violation, confirming the jurisdiction will take our filing, and filing the complaint so the resident doesn't have to put their name on it.

    You want a better block without the blowback. We're the distance between you and the paperwork.

    The name turns heads. The work turns neighborhoods around.

    Did the name SNITCH
    raise an eyebrow?

    Good.
    That means we’ve
    got your attention.