Code-Violation & Code-Lien Properties
Properties with municipal code liens — accumulating fines that signal a checked-out, often absentee owner carrying a liability they want gone.
5 Florida counties carry code-violation properties; code-violation properties (Florida) total 18,506, 0.1% of 13,692,151 scored Florida parcels; DLRadar-wide code-violation properties (Florida) count 18,503.
code-violation properties (Florida) by county: Miami-Dade 9,711 (1.4% of Miami-Dade parcels); Orange 2,813 (0.6% of Orange parcels); Hillsborough 2,736 (0.4% of Hillsborough parcels) for code-violation properties (Florida); Polk 2,065 (0.4% of Polk parcels); Lee 1,181 (0.2% of Lee parcels).
code-violation properties (Florida) by city: Orlando 2,812, Tampa 1,128, Lakeland 539, Winter Haven 438 (code-violation properties (Florida)), Fort Myers 422, North Fort Myers 348, Miami 306, Lehigh Acres 305 (code-violation properties (Florida)), Hialeah 231, Brandon 230, Lake Wales 209, Plant City 207 (code-violation properties (Florida)), Riverview 190, Seffner 171, Davenport 167, Poinciana 139 (code-violation properties (Florida)).
Beside code-violation properties (Florida), Florida counties carry 880,347 absentee-owner properties, 376,606 portfolio-owner properties, 24,635 tax-delinquent properties, 23,262 construction-lien properties, 4,713 judgment-lien properties.
How code-violation properties work as a signal
Municipal code liens pile up when a property racks up unresolved violations — overgrown lots, unpermitted work, unsafe structures. The accumulating fines mark an owner who has checked out, often an absentee holder carrying a liability they'd rather be rid of than keep paying the city to maintain.
Frequently asked questions
- How many code-violation properties does DLRadar track?
- 18,503 right now, 18,506 of them in 5 Florida counties led by Miami-Dade (9,711), Orange (2,813), Hillsborough (2,736), Polk (2,065), Lee (1,181).