Price Gouging Laws
Examples of essential items include, but are not limited to: food, ice, generators, lanterns and lumber.
Merchants cannot charge excessive prices unless the increases in prices are attributable to the cost increases incurred by them.
Miami-Dade County and Florida price gouging laws are triggered by a declaration of a state of emergency. At that point, providers of goods can be prosecuted if they use a disaster to hike prices.
- File a price gouging complaint with Florida Attorney General
- Call the Florida Attorney General at 1-866-9-NO-SCAM (1-866-966-7226) to report an incident
Regulatory and Economic Resources
Lourdes M. Gomez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NW 1st Street,
11th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
305-375-2877 | RERInfo@miamidade.gov