Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fern\u00e1ndez said more than 1,400 disabled parking permits have been canceled as a result of an audit conducted in the county.<\/p>\n
According to Fern\u00e1ndez, it is the \u201cmost comprehensive enforcement effort ever carried out\u201d in Miami-Dade to protect seniors, veterans and residents with legitimate disabilities.<\/p>\n
To date, the office has reviewed more than 27,000 applications. Most were confirmed as valid, while others required additional verification.<\/p>\n
However, after multiple rounds of review, authorities identified a significant number of permits that were issued improperly or could not be validated.<\/p>\n
As a result, formal cancellation notices are now being issued, and people holding invalid permits must surrender them immediately.<\/p>\n
In addition, cases in which fraud is suspected are being referred to agencies, including the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Fern\u00e1ndez stressed the legal consequences. <\/p>\n
\u201cAbusing this system is not a minor offense. It\u2019s fraud against residents who truly depend on these permits. Anyone who tries to exploit this program will face consequences under the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Under state law, fraudulent use of these permits can carry up to one year in jail, $1,000 in fines, or both, in addition to being barred from obtaining a new permit for up to four years.<\/p>\n
The audit includes temporary and permanent permits issued over the past two years, including those processed through partner agencies.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the process is ongoing and that the number of canceled permits could continue to rise as the review moves forward.<\/p>\n
This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC6 editor reviewed the translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fern\u00e1ndez said more than 1,400 disabled parking permits have been canceled as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,373],"class_list":{"0":"post-204867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-miami","9":"tag-miami-headlines","10":"tag-miami-news","11":"tag-miami-dade-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}