The 40-year recertification is what everyone still calls Miami-Dade's building recertification program, and the name is now wrong. Since the county amended the program in June 2022 the first recertification comes due at THIRTY years, not forty, and every ten years after that. Condominium and cooperative buildings of three stories or more, within three miles of the coast and built in 1998 or later, come due at twenty-five. A Florida engineer or architect certifies that the building is structurally and electrically safe to keep occupying.
- The name outlived the rule by four years. Ask the county for the building's actual due date instead of counting forty years from anything.
- It is a real capital event. The report routinely produces electrical and structural repairs that have to be permitted, done and re-inspected.
- For a buyer it is a diligence item with a number attached. An uncompleted recertification is scope, cost and time the seller has not spent.
- Thresholds and dates sit in the county code and have already moved once. Confirm against the currently adopted version for any specific building.
The county publishes the program, the thresholds and the notice process, and it is the authority on a specific building's due date: Miami-Dade County, building recertification
Related terms
All terms10-Year Recertification
The 10-year recertification is the recurring cycle that follows the first one.
OwnershipMilestone Inspection
A milestone inspection is the structural inspection Florida requires of condominium and cooperative buildings three stories or more.
OwnershipCapEx (Capital Expenditure)
Capital expenditure is money spent on the building itself rather than on running it: a roof, a new electrical panel, windows, a repiping, a parking lot.
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