How SNITCH Was Born / Report the violation. Keep your name off the complaint.
Action Against Unfairness
For more than 15 years I've used public-records requests, permit applications, and legal challenges to make Florida governments follow their own rules. My book challenges under HB 1069 were part of what led the legislature to pass HB 1285 in 2024, which limits how many objections a non-parent can file.
But the problem most residents face is smaller and closer to home. They see a real code violation next door, and they don't report it, because filing in Florida means putting their name on the record where the neighbor, landlord, or HOA can find it.
I heard it over and over: people frustrated by a genuine violation, and afraid of what reporting it would cost them. So the violation stays. The block gets worse. I went from concerned homeowner to determined advocate, and SNITCH came out of it, a service that files the complaint as the named party of record so the resident's name stays off it.
The Complaints Against Me
In 2021, a neighbor started filing code complaints against my home in Deerfield Beach.
That's how I learned what a spite complaint looks like from the receiving end. It's why SNITCH files on conditions, never people, and declines feuds, disputes, and anything that reads as retaliation. And because SNITCH is the complainant of record, an accountable party is named on every filing we make.
The complaints against me were the smaller problem. The bigger one is the resident with a real violation next door who never files, because in Florida the person being reported can look up who complained. SNITCH is for that resident.
Weaponized Enforcement Ignited Action
Reporting Becomes Harassment
When a neighbor turned code enforcement against me, it felt like an attack, not a solution. The notices kept coming, each one driven by spite. The system, I realized, runs entirely on who's willing to file, and that cuts both ways. Some people file out of malice. Far more people don't file at all, because putting your name on a complaint in Florida means the person you're reporting can find out it was you.
That second group is who SNITCH is for. Residents with a real violation next door who stay silent rather than risk the retaliation. SNITCH files the complaint as the named party of record, so the condition gets addressed and the resident's name stays off the filing.
Struggles into Solutions
Today I put those frustrations to use. SNITCH came out of my own experience, a way to report a real code violation without putting your name on the filing where the person you're reporting can find it. I built the thing I wished had existed.
Fair, livable neighborhoods start with violations that actually get reported. That's the part SNITCH handles.
Our Mission at SNITCH
At SNITCH, we do the filing so you don't have to put your name on it. You send the address, the photos, and a description of the violation. We confirm the jurisdiction will take our complaint, then we file as the named party of record. Your name stays off it. That reduces your exposure and the fear of retaliation, though how much depends on the municipality.
Send us the address, the photos, and a description of the violation. $399 per filing, follow-up included.