Payments are accepted in the form of check or money order - made payable to the Board of County Commissioners. Visa and MasterCard are also accepted, but only if applying in person. If mailing in your payment, send to:
Consumer Services Department
Consumer Protection Division
140 West Flagler Street, 9th Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners finds that a significant number of Miami-Dade residents establish and maintain important personal, emotional, and economic relationships with persons to whom they are not married. Individuals forming such domestic partnerships often live in a committed family relationship. Miami-Dade County has created a system for such relationships to be registered and recognized.
Individuals registered in a Domestic Partnership are entitled to visitation rights at health care, correctional, and juvenile facilities.
Any Miami-Dade County employee who is a party to a registered Domestic Partnership relationship can elect to select insurance coverage for his or her domestic partner or their children in the same manner as an employee may elect coverage for a spouse or unmarried dependant child. Registered employees are entitled to all forms of leave provided by the County, including sick, annual, funeral, and family leave to care for his or her domestic partner or the children or parents of the domestic partner, as applicable.
Domestic Partners must meet the following requirements:
Each person must be at least 18 years old and competent to contract.
Neither person is married under Florida law, a partner to another domestic partnership or a member of another civil union.
They are not related by blood.
Each person considers themselves to be a part of the immediate family of the other partner and to be jointly responsible for maintaining and supporting the Registered Domestic Partnership.
The partners reside in the same primary address.
Partners must also agree to notify the Miami-Dade County Consumer Services Department if the terms of the domestic partnership are no longer applicable or one of the partners wishes to terminate the domestic partnership.
Declaration of Domestic Partnership forms can be downloaded online. You can also obtain a declaration from the Miami-Dade County Consumer Services Department at 140 West Flagler Street, 9th Floor, in downtown Miami.
Complete the Declaration of Domestic Partnership. Both partners must sign the application before a Notary Public.
If applying by mail: Send the completed, notarized application and a check or money order made payable to Board of County Commissioners to the following address:
Consumer Services Department
Domestic Partner Registration
Consumer Protection Division
140 West Flagler Street, Room 902
Miami, Florida 33130
If applying in person: Bring the completed, notarized application and check or money order made payable to Board of County Commissioners (Visa and MasterCard are also accepted if applying in-person) to the following address:
Consumer Services Department
Consumer Protection Division
140 West Flagler Street, 9th Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
We are registered as domestic partners in another jurisdiction. Must we register in Miami-Dade to receive benefits under the Miami-Dade ordinance?
All rights, privileges and benefits provided to domestic partners registered under the Miami-Dade County ordinance shall be extended to persons legally registered as domestic partners, partners in a civil union, or partners in any similar relationship that is recognized as legal in another country or in another jurisdiction within the United States.
How do I enforce my rights under the Domestic Partner ordinance?
The terms of the Domestic Partnership ordinance may be enforced by persons other than County employees, and by County employees against private businesses, through the filing of a private action in any court of competent jurisdiction for declaratory or injunctive relief or both. County employees may also file a complaint with the Office of Fair Employment Practices.
I am a County employee. Where do I obtain more information about Domestic Partner health and personnel benefits?
For more information about Domestic Partner health benefits for County employees, log on to http://www.miamidade.gov/benefits/home.asp. County employees may also call 305-375-4288 for all benefits questions pertaining to Medical, Dental, Vision plans or 305-375-5633 for questions pertaining to Deferred Compensation, retirement, group legal, and disability income protection plans. Department Personnel Officers can also assist employees with questions relating to personnel benefits under this ordinance.
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