Agency directory in Miami-Dade County
Find the Miami-Dade County and municipal offices mapped below, with official destinations and clear descriptions of their responsibilities. This is a curated guide; additional offices may be relevant to a particular project.
Municipalities
34 cities and towns plus unincorporated Miami-Dade County, each with its own rules for permits, zoning, and business licensing.
Aventura
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Bal Harbour
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Bay Harbor Islands
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Biscayne Park
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Coral Gables
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Doral
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Hialeah
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Homestead
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Miami
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Miami Beach
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of Miami Gardens
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
City of North Miami
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Cutler Bay
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
El Portal
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Florida City
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Golden Beach
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Hialeah Gardens
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Indian Creek Village
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Key Biscayne
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Medley
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Miami Lakes
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Miami Shores
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Miami Springs
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
North Bay Village
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
North Miami Beach
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Opa-locka
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Palmetto Bay
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Pinecrest
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
South Miami
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Sunny Isles Beach
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Surfside
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Sweetwater
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Unincorporated Miami-Dade County
County services
Miami-Dade County processes local building permits for unincorporated properties. The County states that its Building Department directly processes properties whose folio starts with 30.
Virginia Gardens
Town
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
West Miami
City
This incorporated municipality has its own Building Official. Use the municipality as the local building-permit authority unless an official source documents a delegated or split review.
Miami-Dade County Departments
Miami-Dade Aviation Department
Miami-Dade Building Code and Contractor Compliance
Miami-Dade Consumer and Neighborhood Protection Division
Miami-Dade County Animal Services
Miami-Dade County Building Department
Miami-Dade County Contractor Licensing Section
Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management
Miami-Dade County Elections Department
Miami-Dade County Planning Division
Miami-Dade County Solid Waste Management
Miami-Dade County Zoning
Miami-Dade Department of Emergency Management
Miami-Dade Department of Housing and Community Development
Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces
Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
PortMiami
Constitutional Officers
Regional Agencies
Special Districts
Florida State Agencies
Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County
Florida Department of Transportation District Six
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
State agency that licenses and regulates more than one million Floridians across dozens of professions and businesses, including construction contractors, electricians, real estate professionals, cosmetologists, and alcoholic beverage licensees. Its Division of Hotels and Restaurants licenses and inspects public lodging and public food service establishments (restaurants). Licenses can be verified and managed through DBPR's online portals.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Florida's lead agency for environmental management, issuing environmental resource permits (ERP) for work in wetlands and surface waters and Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) permits for construction seaward of the control line on beaches. Pinellas County falls under FDEP's Southwest District office in Temple Terrace (813-470-5700), which serves Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties. Applications are filed through the DEP Business Portal and agency records are searchable in the Oculus document system.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
State commission managing Florida's fish and wildlife resources. It regulates hunting, saltwater and freshwater fishing, and boating, and sells recreational licenses and permits through the official Go Outdoors Florida portal.
Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)
Division of the Florida Department of State that serves as the state's central repository for business entity filings: corporations, LLCs, partnerships, fictitious names, trademarks and liens. Businesses file formation documents and annual reports online at Sunbiz, and anyone can search entity records for free.
Florida Department of Revenue
State agency administering Florida's taxes, including the 6% state sales and use tax plus discretionary county surtaxes. Pinellas businesses register to collect sales tax and file and pay returns through the department's online e-Services. The department also administers reemployment tax and oversees property tax administration and child support.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
State agency regulating agriculture and consumer protection. It permits and inspects retail food establishments such as grocery and convenience stores, bakeries, markets and food processors (restaurants are regulated by DBPR instead), and licenses a range of consumer businesses. Food permits are applied for and renewed through the online Food Permit Center, and its consumer helpline is 1-800-HELP-FLA.
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
State agency for driver licenses and ID cards, vehicle and vessel titles and registrations, and the Florida Highway Patrol. In Pinellas County, most in-person driver license and motor vehicle services are provided by the Pinellas County Tax Collector acting as the state's local agent; many transactions can be completed online via the MyDMV Portal.