No — and this is the most important thing to understand about code violations in Broward County. Nearly every incorporated city operates its own independent building department with its own portal, forms, and process: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Pembroke Pines, Davie, Sunrise, Plantation, Tamarac, Margate, Lauderhill, and the rest each run their own. Even Weston — long assumed to outsource its permitting — runs its own Building Code Services Department, an ISO Class 2 rated department. Broward County's Building Division handles only unincorporated areas.

Filing with the wrong department costs weeks and often a rejected application while daily fines keep running. AGK confirms your property's exact jurisdiction first and files with the correct department every time — see the dedicated page for your city above, with its verified department contacts and systems.

There is no single county-wide search — each city runs its own records system: Click2Gov in Pompano Beach, Tamarac, and Margate; Accela and BS&A in Cooper City; SmartGov in Lighthouse Point; eTRAKiT in Coral Springs; CSS portals in North Lauderdale; LauderBuild in Fort Lauderdale — and some cities still require phone calls or written requests for older records. Recorded violation liens sit in Broward County official records, a separate system from every city portal.

AGK pulls the complete permit, violation, and lien history for your address across every applicable system as part of every free consultation — so nothing surfaces later during a sale or refinance. Call (954) 807-3455 and we'll run the full check for you.

Yes — under the Florida Building Code, ALL of Broward County falls entirely within the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), the strictest wind standard in the United States. This applies to every city and every property, regardless of distance from the coast — Weston and Coral Springs face the same HVHZ requirements as Fort Lauderdale beachfront.

Every roofing product, window, and exterior door must carry HVHZ-compliant product approvals — and installations using non-HVHZ materials constitute code violations even when the work was otherwise permitted. Non-HVHZ roofs and non-impact windows are among the most common violations AGK resolves in Broward. AGK installs only HVHZ-approved products on every job and provides the product approval documentation with each permit package.

Broward County's Board of Rules and Appeals revised the Building Recertification Program (formerly the 40-Year Inspection Program) to align with Florida law: buildings now require their first structural and electrical safety inspection at 25 years of age instead of 40, with repeat inspections every 10 years after. Single-family homes and duplexes are exempt.

The change pulled thousands of Broward condos, apartment buildings, and commercial structures into the program years earlier than their owners planned — from the 1960s–70s condo belts of Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, and Tamarac to commercial corridors county-wide. Failing or ignoring a recertification notice becomes a code case with daily-fine and lien exposure. AGK performs recertification repairs across all five licensed trades and closes the case with your city's building department. Call (954) 807-3455 before the deadline, not after.

Yes — in every Broward city. The process is broadly the same county-wide: a confirmed violation goes before a Special Magistrate, daily fines are ordered and accumulate with no cap until the violation is officially closed, and accumulated fines are recorded as liens in Broward County records — visible in every title search, blocking every sale and refinance until satisfied.

Total costs for violation resolution plus lien removal commonly reach $8,000 and above depending on scope. The single most effective way to reduce your total cost is to begin the resolution process immediately after receiving a notice. Call AGK at (954) 807-3455 — the inspection and written assessment are free.

Yes. Code violations and open permits attach to the property — not the previous owner — and transfer with the deed. As the current owner you are responsible for bringing the property into compliance, including any fines that may have accumulated before you took ownership. With much of Broward's housing stock dating to the 1950s–80s and multiple ownership cycles, undocumented work from prior owners is the rule rather than the exception.

AGK Construction & Roofing handles the entire resolution process under one contract — property inspection to identify all unpermitted items, after-the-fact permit applications with your city's building department, all required physical corrections, and final inspection sign-off. You never deal with the building department yourself.

Three that hit hardest. Insurance: Citizens Property Insurance will not issue or renew a policy on a property with an active open permit or code violation. Sales: title companies will not issue title insurance and lenders will not fund a mortgage until the open permit is resolved — the closing cannot happen. Future work: most Broward building departments will not issue a new permit on a property with an existing open permit in the same or a related trade.

Open permits attach to the property record indefinitely — they do not expire or go away with time. The only way out is proper closure through the correct city building department, which AGK handles in every Broward city. Call (954) 807-3455 for a free assessment.

Yes. AGK holds five active Florida contractor licenses: Roofing (CCC-1335099), General Contractor (CGC-1534839), Plumbing (CFC-1434412), Glass & Glazing (SCC-131153361), and Mechanical (CMC-1251836). A property with a roofing violation, non-impact windows, an HVAC violation, and an unpermitted addition can have everything resolved under one contract, one coordinated submission to your city's building department, and one inspection schedule.

For properties with accumulated compliance issues — common across Broward's older cities like Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, and the older sections of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood — AGK develops one coordinated resolution sequence that addresses all issues efficiently, instead of you managing four or five separate contractors.

AGK Construction & Roofing serves every Broward city — from Deerfield Beach and Lighthouse Point in the north to Hallandale Beach and Pembroke Pines in the south — and can typically schedule a free on-site violation inspection within 24 to 48 hours of your call. For urgent situations — active stop-work orders, Special Magistrate hearings, imminent closing deadlines, or rapidly accumulating daily fines — call us directly at (954) 807-3455 and we will prioritize your case immediately.

We know each city's filing rules, portal systems, and inspection clocks — cutoff times, dedicated lines, penalty-fee rules — so no day is wasted on the wrong process. Every day a violation stays open costs you more; the sooner we begin, the sooner it's officially closed.