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Property Passport: Official Records by Address

Miami-Dade Property Search Report

Enter one South Florida address and the passport pulls the official records on file, showing what is confirmed, what needs a look and what is missing.

Email not needed, no account, no sales calls

Enter street, city, Florida and ZIP when you know it.

Results: a sourced report, not a score

The report keeps missing records, unreachable sources and unpublished information apart.

What this tool is

Enter an address and get that property's official record on a single page: parcel, values the government assigns, flood and evacuation zones, and its federal storm record. Each fact names the issuing office.

Sources of the data

Public offices supply every record, among them county property appraisers, FEMA and the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Everything is fetched at the moment of your request; the tool keeps no copy and adds no estimates or guesses.

Using the report

Enter the address, adding the unit number for a condo, and read through the verified items. The gold links lead to the county pages where taxes, permits and deeds can be checked, so use them before you rely on any of it.

What the passport reads

Official records in five groups

One address is checked against the offices responsible for its records, and against the historic, coastal and environmental registers covering it. What's covered differs from county to county and city to city. When an office publishes nothing for the address, the report says so and leaves the gap empty rather than filling it.

  • Identity

    The address is matched using the U.S. Census address-matching service and the county parcel roll. The record shows the parcel number and property type, the lot size and living area, the year built, who owns it on record and what sales were recorded.

  • Values and taxes

    Values the county sets for the roll year (just, assessed and taxable), any exemptions such as homestead, and the tax of record for the year. Confirm what's actually owed through the county link.

  • Water and wind

    FEMA's flood zone and its base flood elevation, the county's evacuation zone, the ground elevation at that address point, and any federal disaster declarations on record for that county.

  • Permits, code and zoning

    Permits on file with the city, any open code-compliance case and the zoning designation, shown only when the office publishes them. Each links to that office's own register.

  • Condominium

    For a condo, the report shows the association's state filing, who manages it and the units registered. If reported, the status of the milestone inspection and of the structural integrity reserve study appears as well.

How to read it

Three kinds of answer

  1. Verified

    This fact comes from an official source; the office that holds it and the time it was retrieved are shown beside it. You can quote this part, after you've checked it on that office's own page.

  2. Needs attention

    Items that could change your cost or risk, say, a flood zone that makes insurance mandatory, an open code-enforcement case or an incomplete condo filing. Each links to the office able to confirm it.

  3. Could not be obtained

    Either a source was down, doesn't cover the address, or doesn't publish the record. A gap is never treated as good news; an outage proves nothing about a record's existence.

Terms on the report

Five terms to know

  • Just, assessed and taxable value

    For tax purposes, the county puts a market value on every property as of January 1, and that figure is called just value. Assessed value is just value after limits like the homestead cap apply. Taxable value is what's left once exemptions come off. None of them equals a sale price.

    F.S. §§192.042, 193.155

  • Special Flood Hazard Area

    Areas FEMA maps as having a 1% annual chance of flooding, in zones whose names start with A or V. There, federally regulated lenders require flood insurance.

    FEMA · 42 U.S.C. §4012a

  • Base flood elevation

    How high floodwater would be expected to rise in a 1%-a-year flood. Compare it with the floor height shown on an elevation certificate to see how far above or below it the living space sits.

  • Evacuation zone

    The sequence in which county emergency management asks areas to leave before a storm. It's planning context; it doesn't mark a flood zone or give the property a grade.

  • Milestone inspection and SIRS

    Florida requires structural reviews of condo buildings with three or more habitable stories. The milestone inspection is due at 30 years and then every 10 years, or at 25 years near salt water if the local building official requires it. The structural integrity reserve study (SIRS) comes due every 10 years.

    F.S. §553.899 · §718.112(2)(g)

When to run it

Three moments it pays off

  • Before you make an offer

    Check the flood zone, permits and tax picture before negotiating. The seller's tax bill isn't yours: after a sale, the next January 1 resets the assessment to just value.

    F.S. §§193.155, 689.261

  • Before listing

    See the home the way a buyer will: open permits, any code cases, or a living area in the records that differs from yours. Closing that gap before you list is usually easier than explaining it mid-negotiation.

  • After buying

    Check that the homestead exemption shows on next year's roll. You apply for the homestead exemption through the county property appraiser, and the deadline is March 1.

    F.S. §196.011

Sources

The primary sources behind the rules quoted in this guide are listed below. In the report itself, each fact credits the office that supplied it.

Questions about the report

Is this report an appraisal?

No. It's the government's own property record, shown unaltered and exactly as published. For what a home is worth today, use the valuation tool or ask me.

Why do I need a unit number for a condo?

The county keeps a separate record for each unit. Without the unit number, a tower returns hundreds of records, so the passport asks you for it instead of guessing which home you mean.

What opens when I click the gold buttons under "What needs attention"?

Each gold button opens the county's own search for taxes, deeds, permits or inspections. Verify the details there, at the source, rather than on anyone's word.

Does "source unavailable" mean the record doesn't exist?

No. The record isn't gone; the office was briefly unreachable. Try the report again later. An outage is no proof that a record doesn't exist.

Is it free, and is my search kept?

It's free and needs no sign-up. Each report is built live and never stored, so download the PDF to keep it.

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