Code Violations Fines - Lien Reductions - City of Fort Lauderdale

[Christina Kovacs]

I am considering bidding on a property that has code violation fines that equal almost as much as the purchase price of the property.  All of the violations have been complied.

The info I received so far is there is $175 application fee plus $25 for each additional violation and the minimum the special magistrate will charge is $46/Reinspection and $83/Hearing.  

Has anyone here had experience with the City of Fort Lauderdale's lien reduction? If so, did they charge the only for each reinspection and hearing or did they charge more?

Keyword: Florida

[Gustavo Figueiredo]

I live in Coral Springs. I have applied for a lien reduction and It got discounted by 75%. I just showed them that I activelly worked on the violations and once they were corrected it never happened again. All the violations need to be addressed and if you have any receipts bring them with you. I was there for about 2 hours since my hearing was one of the last ones. I could notice that they were looking for assurance that the property will be in good hands and the new owner really care about it. Also they were looking to see how much money you had put towards correcting the violatios and they would take that in consideration. If you buy it make sure averything looks good before applying for the reduction (lawn, no trash/junk arround the house, etc.) as they will take pictures of your property probably a few weeks before the hearing. The fees are totally different here but they don't discount them. I hope I could help a little and Good luck