/ Miami-Dade - Building recertification notice
Read the cohort, the notice and the two report scopes.
The old "40-year notice" label does not describe every current initial cohort. The County lists qualifying coastal condominium/cooperative buildings at 25 years, other covered newer buildings at 30 years, and older cohorts on historical schedules. An actual County notice starts the reporting process; confirm its date, building, requested forms and any official extension. Structural and electrical reports address different disciplines.
Official source: current County recertification guidance. MasterBuild packets: owner-clock PDF · electrical field-prep PDF.
- Two report scopes. The County seeks structural and electrical safety reports for the specified use. Each report needs a Florida-registered professional engineer or architect qualified by training and experience in that field. One person may prepare both only if qualified for both; two different professionals are not a universal rule.
- Notice response. Current County guidance states reports are due within 90 days of the notice. Use the actual notice and any official extension; do not calculate from building age alone.
- Current County exclusions. Its guidance excludes single-family homes, duplexes, and other buildings only when occupant load is 10 or less and area is 2,000 square feet or less. Confirm occupancy, area and jurisdiction before claiming an exclusion; do not rely on a legacy sample notice for an extra category.
- Identify the building on a site plan or survey if there is more than one. The electrical guideline also wants an aerial, occupancy, present use, stories, folio, and whether it is a threshold building under Florida Statutes 553.71(12).
- Other items where applicable. Review the actual notice for parking-lot lighting, guardrails and any other required forms. These are not automatically required for every building or satisfied by an electrical report alone.
Readiness service: electrical recertification readiness · electrical vs structural: not the statewide milestone inspection · records screen: records pack · clock screen: did this notice even apply?
Day 70, no structural PE, no thermography, panel directory from 1987
Electrical recertification is a records-and-access problem first. Sealing is a later question — only after the responsible electrical professional confirms authority for THAT building.
What to send
The notice (all pages), folio, which building if there is more than one, and whether you already have a structural professional. Do not send a reconstructed riser from memory.
If the letter is on the kitchen table and nobody has opened the electric room
Send the notice. MasterBuild will say whether electrical readiness is even on the path — not whether the building is exempt, and not whether we will seal, until authority is confirmed.
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MasterBuild provides engineering services under a written scope. Nothing on this page is a recertification report, a determination of exemption, a structural inspection, a parking-lot guardrail certification, or a representation about County acceptance. Confirm your notice, the issuing jurisdiction, and the live County forms. This is not legal advice.