Police departments in Dade and Broward counties require all alarm systems in their jurisdiction to be registered.
Miami-Dade County
Contact: False Alarm Enforcement Unit at (305) 669-7676
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00
Annual Renewal: $25.00
- The first police responses to a false alarm is at no charge.
- Second police response to a false alarm: $50.00
- Third police response to a false alarm: $100.00
- Fourth and each additional false alarm: $200.00
Information taken from the Miami Dade County website.
Village of Pinecrest
Contact: Pinecrest Police Department at (305) 234-2100
Registration Form
Cost $0.00
Annual renewal $0.00
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Fifth police response: $200.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $300.00
Information provided by the Pinecrest Police Department.
Village of Palmetto Bay
Contact: Village of Palmetto Bay at (305) 259-1234
Registration Form
Cost $25.00
Annual renewal $25.00
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Fourth police respons: $50.00
- Fifth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the Village of Palmetto Bay website.
City of South Miami Alarm Registration.pdf
Contact: South Miami Finance Department at (305) 663-6343
Registration Form
Cost: $50.00 for residential, $100.00 for commercial.
Annual Renewal: $100.00 - commercial only - no fee for residential renewal.
- The first police response to false alarms is at no charge.
- Second police response: $50.00
- Third police response: $100.00
- Fourth police response: $150.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the South Miami website.
City of Coral Gables
Contact: Finance Department - Collection Division at (305) 460-5280
Registration Form
Cost: $36.00
Annual Renewal: $10.00 - Must be renewed every January or late fees are incurred.
Dispatched False Alarm fees:
- The first two police response to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third police response: $50.00
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the Coral Gables website.
Town of Cutler Bay
Contact: Town of Cutler Bay at (305) 234-4262
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $25.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
- The first police response to a false alarms is no charge.
- Second through fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information provided by the Town of Cutler Bay website.
City of Miami
Contact: Miami Police Department Alarm Unit at (305) 603-6488
Registration Form
Cost: $82.50
Annual Renewal: $30.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $82.50 with police dispatched false alarms.
Dispatched False Alarm fees:
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third police response: $52.50
- Fourth police response: $105.00
- Fifth police response: $157.50
- Sixth police response: $210.00
- Upon the occasion of the seventh false alarm, there will be no police response and will result in revocation of the alarm user’s permit.
Reinstatement of the permit and police service will be made upon receipt of a letter from a licensed alarm company stating the condition of the system.
The user must be retrained and payment of a reinstatement of $157.50 as well as all outstanding service charges are required.
Information taken from the City of Miami website.
City of Miami Beach
Contact: Alarm Coordinator at (305) 673-7115
Registration Form
Cost: $0.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00
Dispatched False Alarm fees:
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Fourth police response - $50.00
- Each false alarm thereafter - $100.00
Information taken from the City of Miami Beach website.
City of Homestead
Contact: Homestead Police Code Compliance at (305) 224-5581
Homestead Registration
Annual Renewal: $0.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $25.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Fourth through sixth police response: $25.00
- Seventh through ninth police response: $50.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $100.00
Information provided by Danays Torres from the City of Homestead Police.
Florida City
No Registration.
No False alarm fees.
Information provided by the Florida City Police Department.
City of Hialeah
Hialeah requires businesses to fill out a registration form.
There are no fees associated with Hialeah.
For residential as well as commercial please look to the Miami-Dade section and follow that information.
Business Registration Form
Information provided by the Hialeah Police Department.
City of North Miami Beach
Contact: False Alarm Officer at (305) 948-2952
No registration unless police have been dispatched to site 8 or more times.
Cost: $50.00
Annual Renewal: $50.00 -
Renewal is only necessary if 8 or more police dispatched false alarms occurred in the previous year.
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third police response: $25.00
- Fourth police response: $50.00
- Fifth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the City of North Miami Beach website.
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City of Doral
Contact: Alarm Office at (305) 593-6699
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $25.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Fifth police response: $200.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $300.00
Information taken from the City of Doral website.
Town of Medley
Contact: Medley Building and Zoning Department at (305) 887-6913
Registration Form
Cost: $50.00
Annual Renewal: $35.00
- The first five police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Sixth through eighth police response: $50.00
- Ninth and tenth police response: $75.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the Medley Police Department.
City of Pembroke Pines
Contact: Enforcement Programs Manager at (877) 263-6026
Register Online
Cost: $0.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Each false alarm thereafter: $100.00
- Ninth and tenth police response: $75.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information provided by the Enforcement Programs Manager.
City of Oakland Park
Contact: Peggy - Fire Administrator at (954) 630-4557
No Registration
- The first police response to a false alarm is at no charge.
- Second police response: $25.00
- Third police response: $50.00
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information provided by Oakland Park Fire Administrator Peggy.
City of Aventura
Contact: City of Aventura Police Department at (305) 466-8989
Registration Forms can be found at the city of Aventura.
Cost: $0.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00
- There are no fees associated with false alarm dispatches.
Information provided by the City Of Aventura Police Department.
City of Coral Springs
Contact: Coral Springs Police Department at (954) 346-1341
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00
Annual Renewal: $0.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $25.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third police response: $50.00 or you can attend the Alarm Awareness Class
- Third police response: $50.00
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information provided by the Coral Springs Police Department.
City of Hollywood
Contact: Customer Service at (954) 921-3246
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00 for residential, $35.00 for commercial.
Annual Renewal: $25.00 for residential, $35.00 for commercial.
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third through fifth police response: $50.00 or you can attend the Alarm Awareness Class
- Sixth through tenth police response: $100.00
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $200.00
Information taken from the City of Hollywood website.
Village of Key Biscayne
No Registration.
No False alarm fees.
Information provided by Madelin Lopez, Executive Admin Assistant at the Key Biscayne Police Department.
City of Miami Gardens
Contact: City of Miami Gardens at (877) 665-2980
Register Online
Cost: $37.00
Annual Renewal: $15.00
- The first police response to a false alarms is at no charge. If you are unregistered it is $50.00.
- The second police response to a false alarms is at no charge. If you are unregistered it is $100.00
- Third and forth police response: $50.00 if registered or $250.00 if unregistered.
- Fifth and sixth police response: $100.00 if registered or $500.00 if unregistered.
- Seventh through tenth police response: $200.00 if registered or $500.00 if unregistered.
- Each false alarm thereafter: $500.00 if registered or unregistered.
Information taken from the City of Miami Gardens website.
Town of Miami Lakes
Contact: Miami Lakes Building Department at (305) 827-4015
Register Online
Cost: $15.00
Annual Renewal: $10.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $15.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
Miami Shores Village
Contact: Miami Shores Police Department at (305) 759-2468
Registration Form
Cost: $35.00
Annual Renewal: $35.00
- The first two police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Third through fifth police response: $50.00
- Sixth and seventh police response: $100.00
- Eighth and ninth police response: $250.00
- Seventh through tenth police response: $200.00 if registered or $500.00 if unregistered.
- Each false alarm thereafter: $500.00
Information taken from the Miami Shores Village website.
City of Miami Springs
Contact: Miami Springs Police Department at (954) 921-3246
No Registration
Businesses are allowed 15 false alarm police dispatches before they are charged.
After 15 each dispatch is $482.00.
Information provided by Miami Springs Police Department.
The City of Miramar
Contact: Burglar Alarm Coordinator at (954) 602-3186
Registration Form
Cost: $50.00
No annual renewal.
- The first 3 police dispatched false alarms are $50.00
Information provided by The City of Miramar.
City of Opa-Locka
Contact: Opa-Locka Police at (305) 681-1033
Registration Form
Cost: $75.00
Annual Renewal: $25.00 with no police dispatched false alarms or $75.00 with police dispatched false alarms.
Currently no fees in place for false alarm dispatches.
City of Plantation
Contact: City of Plantation Permit Office at (954) 797-2724
Registration Form
Cost: $25.00
Annual Renewal: $10.00 (Residential only: If no police dispatched false alarms renewal fee is waived.)
- The first three police responses to false alarms are at no charge.
- Forth and fifth police response: $75.00
- Sixth and seventh police response: $90.00
- Eight and ninth police response: $105.00
- After nine police response to false alarms registration is revoked and we will have to visit your home to assess your alarm system before police will respond to your house again.
Information provided by Claire at the City of Plantation permit office.
City of Sunrise
Contact: Sunrise Finance Department at (954) 746-3217
No Registration
- The first three police response to false alarms within 6 months are at no charge.
- Fourth police response: $100.00
- Each false alarm thereafter: $250.00
Information provided by Sunrise Finance Department.