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Special magistrate extends compliance dates, recommends reducing accrued fines to county hard costs

Okeechobee County Special Magistrate Hearing · January 20, 2026
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At an Okeechobee County special magistrate hearing, the magistrate extended compliance deadlines for multiple property owners, warned of $100-per-day fines for ongoing violations, and recommended that the Board of County Commissioners reduce several accrued fines to the county's documented hard costs. BOCC will hear the matters Feb. 26 at 9 a.m.

A special magistrate in Okeechobee County extended compliance deadlines for several property owners and recommended that the Board of County Commissioners reduce accrued fines to the county's documented hard costs, the magistrate and county attorney said at a hearing.

The magistrate accepted county recommendations to extend compliance to Feb. 12, 2026, for two cases where demolition permits or required inspections had lapsed. “If the property is not in compliance by February 12, we're going to start running a $100 per day fine starting on February 13,” the…

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