Brevard County

Cocoa Beach

Cocoa Beach is an incorporated city in Brevard County, with city beach rules and county records reached through different offices. The dog-friendly beach covers only a designated stretch of shoreline; the fenced dog park at Lori Wilson Park does not make the adjacent beach dog-friendly.

Type: City
County: Brevard
Population: 11,314

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 13.7669 mills for Brevard County. Census GEOID: 1213175.

Local front desk

The dog-friendly beach is one designated area.

Use the city's live beach-rules page before bringing a dog. It gives the current area, access rule, leash requirements, and allowed times. Check the same page separately for dunes, fires, turtle-sensitive lighting, shade structures, and surf fishing.

Local government

City of Cocoa Beach services City departments, permits, parking, records, recreation, alerts, meetings, and resident services. Cocoa Beach beach rules Current city guidance for dunes, dogs, fires, turtles, shade structures, and surf fishing.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

Local profile checked July 28, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Cocoa Beach

Start with the exact address, then use the task to choose the state agency, county office, city department, school district, utility, emergency manager, insurer, lender, or private document that handles the detail.

Address and ZIP

Separate the mailing label from the local boundary

The postal city, ZIP Code, county, municipality, parcel, school district, evacuation zone, and utility area can describe different parts of the same address.

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Property tax

Brevard County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 13.7669 mills, about $1,377 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

Check evacuation zone and local alerts

Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.

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Permits and records

Look up the local file

Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Brevard County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

Update the records that follow the address

Mail forwarding does not update a driver record, vehicle record, voter file, property mail, insurance, utilities, schools, or private accounts.

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Cocoa Beach

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Rules and licenses

Cocoa Beach dunes and turtles shape the day

Cocoa Beach has distinct checks for dunes, dogs, turtle-sensitive lighting, fires, shade structures, and surf fishing.

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Useful local context

Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Cocoa Beach

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Cars and driving

The Beachline is Orlando's airport-to-coast road

SR 528 links Orlando International Airport with Cape Canaveral, east coast beaches, toll choices, and airport-to-coast traffic.

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Around Cocoa Beach

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Merritt Island Brevard County - about 3 miles away Cape Canaveral Brevard County - about 5 miles away Tropical Park Brevard County - about 6 miles away Rockledge Brevard County - about 7 miles away Patrick AFB Brevard County - about 7 miles away Viera East Brevard County - about 7 miles away South Patrick Shores Brevard County - about 9 miles away Cocoa Brevard County - about 9 miles away

Source habit

Start from Cocoa Beach.

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Home and local tasks

Property, storms, permits, and offices

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County context

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Place notes

Local and related notes

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Data and page limits

Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked July 28, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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