Create your Miami-Dade Notice of Commencement form from a folio number or property address. Swift E-Recording’s generator fills in the owner and legal description and produces a PDF ready for signature and notarization. Create a free account to generate your NOC, then eRecord it with the Miami-Dade Clerk.
A Notice of Commencement (NOC) must be recorded with the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Court and Comptroller before most construction projects begin, as required under Florida Statute 713.13. It creates a public record of the property, owner, and contractor involved in the project, and protects owners from paying twice if a subcontractor or supplier goes unpaid.
Miami-Dade handles one of the highest recording volumes of any county in Florida, and in-person filing at the Justice Center downtown can mean long lines and lost time on a job that’s ready to start. Swift E-Recording submits your Notice of Commencement electronically through an approved eRecording vendor, so you get a recorded copy back without the trip downtown.
Free Miami-Dade NOC generator
Enter a Miami-Dade folio number or property address and the generator fills in the legal description and owner from the county record, then sets everything on the statutory form with the Clerk's stamp area held clear. You add the permit number and the improvement description.
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Whether your permit is issued in Miami, Hialeah, Doral, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Homestead or another Miami-Dade municipality, the Notice of Commencement is recorded in Miami-Dade County's Official Records.
A Notice of Commencement puts your project on the public record and establishes when work began. It identifies the property, the owner or lessee, the contractor, the lender if there is one, the surety if a payment bond applies, and the person designated to receive notices.
For the owner, a properly recorded NOC preserves protection under the Construction Lien Law and limits exposure to paying twice for the same improvement. For the contractor, the recorded NOC is a permit prerequisite, and the certified copy posted at the site is what allows the first inspection to move forward.
Two pieces of information come from the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser rather than from your job file:
Folio number, shown on the form as Tax Folio No.: Miami-Dade’s 13-digit parcel identifier, required at the top of the form alongside the state and county.
Legal description: Lot, block, and subdivision with the plat book and page, or section, township, and range, plus the complete property address.
Both are available on the Property Appraiser’s property search at miamidadepa.gov. If the legal description runs long, attach it on a separate page and note on the form that the legal description is attached.
Miami-Dade recordings must include the property's folio number along with the full legal description identifying the improved property.
The property owner or authorized agent must sign the notice before a Florida notary before the Clerk will accept it for recording.
A certified copy of the recorded notice, or a notarized statement confirming it was filed, must be posted at the job site before work begins.
Complete your Notice of Commencement with the property folio number and legal description, then upload it through your Swift E-Recording account.
Your document is submitted electronically to the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Court and Comptroller.
Once accepted, your recorded copy with the Clerk's official stamp is returned to your account, ready to post at the job site.
Whatever trade you work in, Swift E-Recording can help you get eligible construction documents recorded with the Miami-Dade County Clerk.
Document eligibility is set by the Miami-Dade County Clerk. Confirm your document type before submitting.
Log in and upload your completed document, then submit it in the portal. From your phone, your truck, anywhere.
Your document is transmitted electronically to your County Clerk the same business day.
Once the County records and stamps it, the recorded document returns to your account with the official Clerk's file number, ready to download and post on the job.
Swift E-Recording supports contractors across a wide range of construction trades. Submit eligible Notices of Commencement, terminations, construction liens, lien releases, and other project documents electronically.
Roofing, general, HVAC, window and door, solar, pool, remodeling, electrical, plumbing, concrete and masonry, restoration, and specialty trade contractors working throughout Miami-Dade County.
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Owners contracting improvements directly, including owner/builders, can submit their own eligible Notice of Commencement.
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