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<DESCRIPTION>OPINION RE: LEGALITY
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                                   Law Offices                       Exhibit 5

                           JOEL BERNSTEIN, ESQ., P.A.

11900 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 604                        Telephone:   305.892.1122
Miami, Florida 33181                                 Facsimile:     305.892.0822



April 6, 2001

American Access Technologies, Inc.
37 Skyline Drive
Lake Mary, FL 32746

Greetings:

I have acted as special counsel to American Access Technologies, Inc., a
Florida corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the offering of
3,654,648 shares its Common Stock to be issued pursuant to employee stock
options, stock purchase warrants and consultant agreements. The offering of the
shares is to be made pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration
Statement").

Please be advised that I am of the opinion that the Corporation's Common Stock
to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement has been duly authorized by
the Corporation and, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the stock option agreements, stock purchase warrants and consultant agreements,
will be validly issued by the Corporation and fully paid and non-assessable.

I consent to the use of our name in the Registration Statement in the section of
the Prospectus entitled "Legal Matters" and the filing of this letter as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                                Very truly yours,

                                                /s/Joel Bernstein, Esq., P.A.
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                                                Joel Bernstein, Esq., P.A.

JB/jm


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