Lauderhill’s Code Compliance procedures are blunt about it: a violation that is not corrected goes before the Code Compliance Board, the property is fined and eventually liened, and the city warns that this could get in the way of selling. Since April 2021 the city sends every municipal lien and estoppel request to an outside vendor, Orange Lien Data, and that report covers only City of Lauderhill liens, so the title company still runs its own full search.
There is also a Lien Reduction Amnesty Program. Once the property is in compliance, and holds a current certificate of use where one applies, a code lien can be reduced to 1 percent of the total on a homesteaded home or 2.5 percent on other property, plus fees, paid within 60 days. Some sellers use it before closing; others leave the lien for us to settle from the sale. Ask the city for current terms before you rely on them.