Florida, Miami-Dade County
Where Miami Beach's records are kept. Miami Beach has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Miami Beach's own offices, along with State of Florida offices; the Miami-Dade County offices are on our Miami-Dade County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, the county law enforcement agency, takes crime reports, helps residents find their district station and posts news, initiatives and the sheriff's budget presentation.
Open official site Miami-Dade Sheriff's OfficeProperty records
The Department of Revenue guides the county property appraisers, tax collectors and value adjustment boards who run Florida property tax, and posts forms, Truth in Millage details and links to county officials.
Open official site Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax OversightState records
Florida Department of State guide to genealogy sources at the State Library, including Ancestry Library Edition, Fold3 and HeritageQuest used on site; birth and death records come from a state bureau in Jacksonville.
Open official site State Library of Florida Genealogy ResourcesCounty court
Clerk's offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays; the court also runs free information sessions where a bankruptcy attorney gives general advice.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of FloridaCounty court
Florida's state court website, supported by the Office of the State Courts Administrator, links the Supreme Court, six district courts of appeal and 20 circuit courts, with family law forms and appellate docket search.
Open official site Florida CourtsVital records
Issues Florida birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates, makes amendments and corrections and handles apostilles; online and phone orders run through VitalChek, the only vendor the department recommends.
Open official site Florida Department of Health Certificates and RecordsPolice & jail
Look up felony offenders sentenced to Florida state prison or state supervision by name or DC number, with current and prior offenses; county jail and county probation cases are not included.
Open official site Florida Department of Corrections Offender Information SearchState records
Search Florida missing and unidentified person cases by category, such as endangered, runaway, parental abduction or disaster victim, and by name, county, city, age, race or sex, with an images only view.
Open official site FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
FDLE search of people wanted by Florida law enforcement agencies, covering only records those agencies chose to make public and updated every 24 hours; report sightings to local police instead of acting yourself.
Open official site FCIC Public Access System Wanted Persons SearchPolice & jail
Florida's offender search, from the Department of Law Enforcement, takes a full or partial name, city, county or zip code, filters by offender type and legal status, and offers a downloadable data file.
Open official site FDLE Sexual Offender and Predator SearchFederal
Census Bureau summary of the city of Miami Beach, Florida drawn from the 2020 Census (82,890 people), population estimates and the American Community Survey, with demographic, housing, economic and geographic statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Miami Beach pages for commission meetings and agendas, public records, bill payment, the Civic Access portal for permits and business tax receipts, parking, code compliance and beach conditions.
Open official site City of Miami BeachEverything else, organized
11 more Miami Beach sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Miami Beach, a place of 82,890 people, is in Miami-Dade County. Court and property records sit with Miami-Dade County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Florida. Miami Beach's own offices are in the cards above, and our Miami-Dade County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 328 investigations with a Miami Beach address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $4,133,435 in back wages agreed for 4,683 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Causway Food Group Inc. | 1 | $495,645 | 44 |
| Elite Modeling Management, Inc. | 1 | $237,955 | 7 |
| Miami Beach Medical Transport LLC | 1 | $222,060 | 53 |
| Starlite Partnership Ltd | 1 | $183,333 | 21 |
| Cavalier Crab Shack LLC | 1 | $142,719 | 87 |
| TGC Construction Inc. | 1 | $142,121 | 110 |
| Roepnack Corporation | 1 | $124,076 | 20 |
| Buena Vista Security and Protection Agency | 1 | $105,810 | 66 |
| Heavenly Spirits Inc | 1 | $91,830 | 48 |
| American Earth Movers, Inc. | 2 | $91,536 | 75 |
| World Resource Cafe Inc | 1 | $89,363 | 27 |
| Boce Group L.C. | 1 | $80,725 | 285 |
| David's Cafe II, Inc. | 2 | $74,544 | 128 |
| The Paris Theater LLC | 1 | $69,552 | 52 |
| Uno Restaurant Associates, Inc. | 1 | $59,936 | 39 |
| Prime 112, Inc. | 1 | $50,280 | 14 |
| JRP Group Investments, LLC | 8 | $49,391 | 80 |
| Sambodromo, LLC | 2 | $47,400 | 87 |
| High Tide Restaurant Group Inc. | 1 | $47,304 | 33 |
| Bobadilla Inc. | 1 | $46,265 | 16 |
| Deco Tre LLC | 3 | $45,835 | 56 |
| South Beach Circus Production Inc. | 1 | $45,042 | 4 |
| Professional Course Management II, LTD. | 4 | $44,526 | 19 |
| Sasun Incorporated | 1 | $43,235 | 9 |
| P9 inc. | 1 | $42,747 | 9 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 292 whose address on the record is in Miami Beach; 96 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 267 more with smaller records are on the Florida wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Voter registration in Florida is run by the Florida Division of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Miami Beach.
Deeds for property in Miami Beach are recorded by the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Miami-Dade County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Florida come from the state vital records office, Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Miami Beach register with the Florida Division of Corporations, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Miami Beach requires one, comes from the town or Miami-Dade County.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.