Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
South Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the South Miami offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for South Miami, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where South Miami records are kept
- Kept by the City of South Miami: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Miami-Dade County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Miami-Dade County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
South Miami City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: somifl.gov (page title: South Miami, FL)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to South Miami
Florida public records law applies to the city government of South Miami. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: somifl.gov/527/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | South Miami, FL)
- Address: 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami, FL 33143
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Miami-Dade County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
South Miami Arrest Records
The South Miami arrest records guide covers the agency that reports South Miami's arrests to the FBI and the 255 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in South Miami is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
South Miami Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to South Miami, each written from the city's own offices and figures: South Miami warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), South Miami inmate search (the custody page of the Miami-Dade County Police Department, the jail numbers and who books people), South Miami criminal records (the court file, the Florida criminal history and the local arrest records), South Miami court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), South Miami traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), South Miami DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), South Miami divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and South Miami property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official South Miami website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official South Miami offices listed above, and the city's own website is somifl.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for South Miami?
South Miami cases are heard by the courts that serve Miami-Dade County, and people arrested in South Miami are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Miami-Dade County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from South Miami?
Through the city's records request page at somifl.gov/527/Public-Records-Requests. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.