We Can File and Monitor Code Enforcement Complaints
DO YOU KNOW THAT FLORIDA LAW REQUIRES YOU TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF WHEN YOU FILE A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT? YOU NO LONGER CAN FILE AN ANONYOMUS CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, USPI, INC. CAN TAKE YOUR COMPLAINT VERIFY YOUR INFORMATION AND FILE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT FOR YOU. WE CAN IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS THE COMPLAINTANT WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY OURSELVES WHILE PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY AND SAFETY BY FILING THE COMPLAINT FOR YOU. YOUR INFORMATION IS NEVER RELEASED BY US. WE ARE THE COMPLAINTANT FOR YOU.
Florida just passed a new law banning anonymous complaints to code officers. The new bill prohibits county and municipal code inspectors from initiating an investigation into violations of city or county codes or ordinances based upon an anonymous complaint. It also requires that an individual making a complaint of a potential violation provide his or her name and address to the local government body before an investigation may occur. The prohibition does not apply if the code inspector has reason to believe the alleged violation presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources. The bill takes effect July 1, 2021 The bill amends the county and municipal code enforcement statutes to address the transparency of complaints made to code inspectors working for local governments and local code enforcement boards alleging violations of city and county codes and ordinances. Specifically, the bill prohibits code inspectors and code enforcement officers from initiating a code enforcement investigation based upon an anonymous complaint. Additionally, an individual making a complaint of a potential violation must provide his or her name and address to the local government body before an investigation may occur. The prohibition in the bill does not apply if the code inspector has reason to believe the alleged violation presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources.
Read the new law: Florida just passed a new law banning anonymous complaints to code officers. The new bill prohibits county and municipal code inspectors from initiating an investigation into violations of city or county codes or ordinances based upon an anonymous complaint. It also requires that an individual making a complaint of a potential violation provide his or her name and address to the local government body before an investigation may occur. The prohibition does not apply if the code inspector has reason to believe the alleged violation presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources. The bill takes effect July 1, 2021 The bill amends the county and municipal code enforcement statutes to address the transparency of complaints made to code inspectors working for local governments and local code enforcement boards alleging violations of city and county codes and ordinances. Specifically, the bill prohibits code inspectors and code enforcement officers from initiating a code enforcement investigation based upon an anonymous complaint. Additionally, an individual making a complaint of a potential violation must provide his or her name and address to the local government body before an investigation may occur. The prohibition in the bill does not apply if the code inspector has reason to believe the alleged violation presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources.
Read the new law here