Search North Miami Public Records

North Miami public records are maintained by the Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts and the City of North Miami, covering court cases, official property documents, city permits, and government files. The Miami-Dade County Clerk at miamidadeclerk.gov is the primary source for court records, recorded deeds, mortgages, liens, and official instruments for North Miami. City records like building permits, commission minutes, and code enforcement files come from the City of North Miami directly. Florida's Chapter 119 public records law gives any person the right to access these records without giving a reason.

Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts

The Miami-Dade County Clerk, Juan Fernandez-Barquin, Esq., handles all court records and officially recorded documents for North Miami through the 11th Judicial Circuit. The Clerk's main office is at 73 W Flagler Street, Suite 242, Miami, FL 33130. Contact by phone at (305) 349-7333 or submit public records requests by email to cocpubreq@miamidadeclerk.gov. For mail requests, send to Records Management, Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts, P.O. Box 14695, Miami, FL 33101. The online system at miamidadeclerk.gov offers advanced access to civil, family, probate, and criminal court records for North Miami cases.

Miami-Dade County's Clerk system is one of the most comprehensive in Florida. Advanced case search tools cover civil, family, and probate court records. Official records searches cover deeds, mortgages, liens, judgments, and other recorded instruments. The Clerk also manages a traffic online system and offers corporate and government account options for users who need regular access with multiple users, case bookmarking, and automatic notifications. For North Miami property records, the Clerk's official records database is the definitive source for all recorded instruments in Miami-Dade County.

The Miami-Dade County Clerk's website provides case search tools, official record indexes, and a public records request portal for North Miami and all Miami-Dade County filings.

City of North Miami Records

The City of North Miami maintains records from its own municipal operations. Building permits and inspection history, zoning and land use applications, city commission meeting agendas and minutes, adopted ordinances, code enforcement case files, and records from city departments are all kept by city staff. North Miami City Hall is at 776 NE 125th St, North Miami, FL 33161. The city clerk's office handles public records requests and routes them to the appropriate department custodian.

Miami-Dade County also maintains public records custodians for many of its own departments, separate from both the city and the county clerk. Miami-Dade County has a published directory of custodians for departments like Animal Services, Aviation, Corrections, Fire Rescue, Libraries, and others. If your records request involves a Miami-Dade County department rather than the City of North Miami or the Clerk, the county's public records custodian directory at miamidade.gov lists the right contact for each department.

Note: Miami-Dade County also offers an online public records management tool that lets you submit requests and track their status through a web portal, which can be useful for complex or ongoing requests.

Florida Public Records Law

Florida's public records law is among the strongest in the nation. Article I, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution enshrines the public's right to access government records. Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes implements that right, applying it to all state, county, and municipal agencies. The law covers records in any form, whether paper, electronic, audio, or other media. Any person may request any public record. You do not need to be a resident. You do not need identification. You do not need a written form or an attorney.

Section 119.07 requires any custodian of a public record to permit inspection and copying at any reasonable time and under reasonable conditions. Copy fees are set by statute: $0.15 per one-sided page, with no more than $0.05 additional for double-sided copies. Certified copies run $1.00 per page plus a $5.00 certification fee. If compiling your request requires more than 30 minutes of staff time, the agency may charge for that extra time at the rate of the lowest-paid employee qualified to do the work. For most simple requests, there is no cost.

Exemptions exist for some records, including certain law enforcement files, medical records, juvenile records, and other specified categories. When an agency withholds a record, it must tell you the specific statutory basis. If you think the denial was improper, contact the Florida Attorney General's Open Government Mediation Program at (850) 245-0140 for free assistance.

Additional State Resources

Several state agencies provide records that go beyond what Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami hold. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement processes requests for statewide criminal history data and other law enforcement records held at the state level. The Florida Department of State handles requests for corporate filings, election records, and historical documents kept at the State Library and Archives. Requests to both agencies can go in by email, phone, mail, or in person at their Tallahassee offices.

The MyFloridaCounty.com statewide portal gives access to official records from any Florida county clerk, including Miami-Dade. It is useful when you need to check multiple counties at once or when you are not sure which county holds a particular recorded instrument. The Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers directory provides direct links and contact information for every county clerk in Florida. The First Amendment Foundation runs a free hotline at (850) 222-3518 and publishes the Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual annually, which is the most comprehensive guide to Florida's open records and open meetings laws.

North Miami Records Contact Information

Nearby Cities

Other Miami-Dade area cities have public records accessible under the same Florida open records law.

Miami-Dade County Records

Public records for North Miami are maintained by the Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts. Visit the county page for office details and search resources.