Mortgages

Visit the Mortgage Foreclosure Office or the Online Foreclosure Auction to review court files of the different properties offered for sale. 

Most recorded mortgages from 1974 to the present are available online at County Recorder's Official Record Search  with older documents available from microfilm located at the County Records Library, Courthouse East.  

Once you have found a property that you are interested in, it is very important that a title search be obtained on the property since the Clerk's Office does not guarantee a clear title and is not responsible for any encumbrances on the property after the property is purchased at auction.

Immediately following an auction, the successful bidder must deposit in cash or cashiers check, 5% of the final bid, per Florida Statutes 45.031.  Prior to 3 p.m. that day, the balance, plus costs, must be paid in cash or by cashiers check.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is statutorily responsible for conducting Tax Deed Sales and issuing a tax deed in the name of the county to the successful bidder at a sale. The procedure involves a Tax Certificate Holder (tax certificates are sold to collect delinquent taxes) applying for a tax deed through the Tax Collector.

There is no case filed in court and no court order issued for the Clerk to conduct a tax deed sale. The Clerk of the Circuit Court is also responsible for maintaining the List of List of Lands Available for Taxes.