Residential, business and commercial alarm systems must be registered with the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, and renewed every year, if they are monitored, or if they have flashing lights, sirens, or anything else that causes deputies to provide services.
Register or Pay Online
Use the online system to register your alarm, renew your registration, or pay false alarm fines.
Register or Pay OnlineRequirements
If there has been a change to the information you provided during registration or renewal, you must notify us within 10 days. Vehicles do not need to be registered unless they are permanently located at one location.
To maximize service and response time:
- Make sure your house numbers are easily visible from the street, day and night
- If you have an address that is difficult to find, give specific directions to your alarm monitoring company
- Have a current list of at least two emergency contacts on file with the False Alarm Enforcement Unit
- Request that your alarm company contacts two phone numbers on the contact list prior to calling deputies
Registration Fees
For any burglar alarm system not currently registered, you must complete and submit an Alarm Permit Registration Form, renew annually, and pay the appropriate fee:
- Registration fee: $25 for all alarm registrations
- Renewal fee: $15 if the burglar alarm system had no false burglar alarms requiring deputy dispatch during the prior registration period
Fines and Penalties
- Failure to register, first offense: $50
- Failure to register, second and additional offenses: $100
- Violation of alarm company responsibilities: $100
- Clerk of Courts surcharge: $10
Alarm users will be placed on "No Response" status and deputy services will be suspended if the fine for non-registration is unpaid after 30 days, if the fine for false alarms is unpaid after 60 days, or after the sixth false alarm in one annual registration period. Services resume when outstanding fines are paid.
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