We Buy Houses Parkland, FL

A residential lien search costs $60 per property folio number and a commercial one $150, under the fee schedule that took effect October 1, 2026. Send the city’s Lien Request Form with the check and a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and allow 3 to 5 business days, not counting mail time. The city won’t take requests by phone, doesn’t fax results, and says it will tell you if extensive research costs more. Questions go to the Finance Department at 954-757-4138.

The search leaves things out because the City of Parkland doesn’t provide water or sewer. Three outside providers do. Coconut Creek serves communities including Mayfair, Mill Run, Parkwood and Terramar. The North Springs Improvement District provides water, sewer, drainage and canal maintenance in Heron Bay, MiraLago, Parkland Golf & Country Club, Parkland Isles, Parkland Bay and Watercrest, among others. Parkland Utilities serves Cypresshead, The Mews, Cypress Cay and Parkside Estates, among others. Other homes are on wells and septic tanks. The form sends you to those providers for unpaid bills, and to the Broward County Tax Collector for taxes.

When you sell to us, our title company orders the search when the contract is signed and collects the outside balances, so you don’t have to work out who serves your street. Anything owed is settled from the closing, as the settlement statement shows.

Parkland’s Building Division is direct about this: if you find an expired permit or work without a permit at your address, it is the current owner’s responsibility, even if the work was done before you bought. The city’s list of work that needs a permit includes fences, pavers, screen enclosures, garage conversions, water heaters and air conditioning replacements. The Building Division, at 954.753.5447, handles the steps for each case.

The cost is set in the fee schedule. Extending an expired permit runs $150 the first time, $175 the second and $200 the third, or half of the original permit cost if that is greater, per discipline. A homeowner’s work without a permit costs $150 plus the permit fee, or double the fee, whichever is greater. A survey sent with a permit application should be no more than a year old, or come with a Homeowner Survey Affidavit.

Unresolved code cases go to a Special Magistrate on the last Wednesday of the month. Asking to reduce a lien costs $500 per lien, and the schedule lists administrative costs starting at $3,000 per case. You don’t have to do any of this before selling to us. We review the permit record and any code case, price the house as it stands, and confirm with the title company what has to be cleared at closing.

The city says many residents live in or near a Special Flood Hazard Area. Its floodplain rules reach past buildings to all development, so filling or otherwise changing a site’s natural elevation needs building or engineering permits. If the cost of repairing or improving a flood-damaged building equals or exceeds 50 percent of its market value, the National Flood Insurance Program requires it to meet the same standards as a new building.

Drainage is split up too. The city’s stormwater study names the North Springs Improvement District, the Pine Tree Water Control District, private owners, homeowners’ associations and the city as responsible parties. Since November 2023 a non-ad valorem Stormwater Utility Fee has been on the tax bill. It is based on each property’s impervious surfaces, with different rates across six service areas, and can change every year.

None of this has to be worked out before you sell. The fee shows up with the tax bill in the title work, and our offer doesn’t depend on a lender’s flood insurance requirement. For coverage questions, ask your insurance agent; this is general information.