Whenever a notice of violation has become a final order, or whenever the violations
specified in the notice have not been corrected within the time specified in the notice,
the Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer shall file a copy of such final order or other
appropriate instrument indicating that violations of the minimum housing standards
established by this article exist upon the property involved, in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County, Florida, who shall cause the same
to be recorded among the public records of Miami-Dade County, in an appropriate book
provided for such purpose. The recordation of such final order or other appropriate
instrument as herein provided shall constitute constructive notice to any subsequent
purchasers, transferees, grantees, mortgagors, mortgagees, lessees, lienors, and all
persons having, claiming or acquiring any interest in the property described therein,
or affected thereby. When the violations specified in the said final order shall have
been corrected and all costs of enforcement as provided hereinafter are paid, the
Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer shall have recorded a certificate certifying that
the violations have been corrected and cancelling the final order. All such final
orders shall contain the proper legal description of the property involved. The cost
of recording the original final order and the certificate of cancellation shall also
be recoverable as costs from the owner of record of the property prior to recording
the certificate of cancellation. Any person acquiring any interest in or to property
described in a final order after recordation thereof shall be bound by the provisions
thereof, and shall take the property subject to the requirements set forth in the
final order. All such persons acquiring an interest in or to property for which a
final order has been recorded under this section shall comply with the requirements
thereof, and shall be subject to all of the other provisions of this article. Provided,
however, that if the time for appeal from the final order as provided in Sections 17-12 and 17-17 has not run as of the time of conveyance, the new owner or transferee of an interest
in or to property shall have twenty (20) days from the date upon which the transfer
of property interest is effective as to him within which to appeal the final order
to the Hearing Officer. If an appeal of the final order has been perfected but a final
decision of the Hearing Officer has not been rendered, the new owner or transferee
may exercise all of the rights of appeal which would have been accorded to the prior
owner or transferor.
