Castle Beach Club, Miami Beach: what the condominium's records show

Each record says what date it is from and where it comes from.

Each row says what the record shows, where it comes from and when it was read. The Property Appraiser is the county office that records and values every property; the "folio" is the number it identifies it by.

Pending official confirmation means the item is not published or we could not read it. It does not mean it does not exist.

The City's portal (Civic Access) lists violation files by address, but its detail requires logging in. "Unsafe Structures" is the name of a system category that groups different cases, such as work without a permit or an expired permit, as well as structural conditions. More in the guide on unsafe structures.

• 2005. A letter from the City administration to the Commission (LTC 170-2005, dated Jun 27, 2005) says the Building Official declared the building "unsafe" and ordered its immediate evacuation on Apr 14, 2005, after City building and fire inspectors examined the main switchgear room.
• 2006 and 2007. According to the Miami Herald (January 4, 2008), a City official said the building was closed over specific electrical violations and reopened as they were corrected; according to the same newspaper, reopening was floor by floor starting in 2006, and residents celebrated the reopening in November 2007. This is press, not a City record: we read it in a copy published by CCFJ (link below).
• 2018 to 2021. The Special Master (the official who hears the City's violations) agendas of Oct 10, 2019 and Apr 8, 2021 show case SMB2019-00376, violation US2018-02847. The City's notice describes a broken sprinkler in one unit with water migration down the elevator shafts and through the floors, and orders power disconnected in the affected areas until an engineer's report is filed and a permit obtained. The 2019 agenda shows it "Open"; the 2021 one, "Fine Imposed by Special Master". The portal shows US2018-02847 closed on January 5, 2021 and SMB2019-00376 closed on June 8, 2021.
• 2025. The Special Magistrate agenda of Mar 27, 2025 shows case SMB2025-02663, violation BVE23000173, against Castle Beach Club Condominium Association, Inc. The City describes the violation as "Installation of generator done without permit(s)", status "Open", comment "NEW CASE". Today the portal shows case SMB2025-02663 and violation BVE23000173 with status "Special Magistrate". The portal describes permit GEC2300155 (filed Dec 4, 2023) as a "temporary generator to power chillers while panels are replaced" under permit ELC2313651, with a final date of June 2, 2024. Pending official confirmation: the detail and the outcome.
• Permitted work. The portal shows concrete restoration permits: BC2118027 (garage and cabanas), status Finaled on Sep 30, 2025, and BC2628325 (exterior facade, three areas), filed Jul 29, 2026, status "Applied".

No record publishes this. The association or the City has it, and you ask for it in writing, through the seller.

• Estoppel certificate (a statement of the unit's account): the seller, or whoever the seller designates, requests it from the association. By law the association issues it within 10 business days and must list the special assessments owed today and those scheduled (Statute 718.116). More in the guide on the condo special assessment.
• Recertification in progress: ask the City for file EBR2601386 (BuildingRecertification@miamibeachfl.gov, per its page) and, once it exists, the inspection report and its summary. According to the DBPR, the full report and its summary are posted on the association's website when it is required to have one. More in the guide on building recertification.
• SIRS: ask for the study. The law requires the association to keep it among its official records for 15 years (Statute 718.111).
• City violations: ask the City for the detail and status of the violation files open at the building's address (buildingviolations@miamibeachfl.gov, per the City's violations page).
• Board minutes and budget: look for any special assessment that was voted, even if it is not being collected yet.
• FHA loan: if you plan to use one, the lender checks HUD's list. More in the guide on building approval for FHA.

• Miami-Dade Property Appraiser: unit records and legal description, read Oct 20, 2026.
• HUD, condominium list: searches of Oct 20, 2026.
• DBPR, SIRS database and DBPR, inspections: both lists downloaded and the page read on Oct 20, 2026.
• Florida Statutes 553.899, 718.111 and 718.116, read Oct 20, 2026.
• City of Miami Beach, recertification, violations and Civic Access portal: read Oct 20, 2026.
• Letter LTC 170-2005, agenda of Oct 10, 2019, agenda of Apr 8, 2021 and agenda of Mar 27, 2025, from the City Clerk's archive, read Oct 20, 2026.
• Miami Herald, Jan 4, 2008, "Castle Beach condos lets owners back after 2 years": a copy published by CCFJ (Cyber Citizens for Justice, a Florida citizens advocacy group), not by the newspaper; read Oct 20, 2026.

If any item on this page is incorrect or out of date, write to hola@umbralio.com (Umbralio, through One Stop Realty Center Inc, a licensed Florida broker) with the official document. We reply within 2 business days. If there is an error, we correct it on this same page within 10 days at most, with a note saying what it said, what it says now and on what date it changed.