The Recording Division receives and processes all documents, which by Florida Law, may be recorded in the Official Records of
Lake County. These documents include but are not limited to Deeds, Mortgages, Satisfactions, Liens, Powers of Attorney,
Notices of Commencement, Agreements, Plats, Judgments, Financing Statements, and Death Certificates. Additional functions of the Recording division are:
Official Records Search & Notices
Official Record (OR) Image in PDF Format
When viewing a document in Official Records, you may choose
to create a PDF file of the document through Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Creating a PDF file will allow you to designate the
quantity and specific pages you wish to print. To use this feature,
simply click the “View PDF” button above the document image.
Online database includes the following:
RECORD TYPE |
RECORDING DATE RANGE |
BOOK TYPE CODE |
Official Records |
January 1,1957 - Present Day |
O |
Plats |
October 11, 1884 - Present Day |
P |
Condo Plats |
September 30, 1971 - Present Day |
C |
Deeds |
August 5, 1887 - December 31, 1956 |
DEED |
Tax Deeds |
November 23, 1887 - December 4, 1956 |
TD |
Land Patents |
August 18, 1887 - August 19, 1936
Land Patents recorded after August 19, 1936 are found in Deed Books.
|
PAT |
Military Discharges |
June 10, 1920 - December 31, 1956
Military Records recorded after 1956 are found in Official Records Books. |
MIL |
Marriages |
August 17, 1887 - Jun 22, 2000
Some Marriage Records recorded after 1998 are found in Official Records Books. It is recommended that both W & O book types are searched for years 1998-2000. |
MAR |
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PUBLIC RECORD LAWS
On or after October 1, 2002, any person preparing or filing a document for recording in the Official Records may not include a social security number in such document unless required by law.
Any person has the right to request the Clerk/County Recorder to redact/remove his or her social security number, from an image or copy of an Official Record that has been placed on such Clerk's/County Recorder's publicly available Internet website.
The request must be legibly written, signed, and delivered
in person or by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission
to the Clerk/County Recorder. The request must specify
the identification page number that contains the social
security number. Request forms are available in our office,
or you may download the Social
Security or Account Number Removal Request form here.
No fee is charged for this service.
Florida Law required that images of county Official Records
be published on the Internet by 2006. The Clerk was instrumental
in assisting the Legislature in developing measures to
protect the most sensitive types of information belonging
to the public.
Effective Immediately, Florida Statute 28.2221(5)(a) provides that on or after June 5, 2002 images of the following types of documents may not be placed on a "publicly available Internet website":
- Military Discharge
- Death Certificates
- Court files, records of paper relating to matters or cases governed by
- The Florida Rules of Family Law
- The Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure
- The Florida Rules of Probate
For documents recorded prior to June 5, 2002, any "affected person" may request
that the Clerk of Court/Comptroller or County Recorder remove an image of
one of the above-listed documents from a "publicly available Internet website." This
request must be in writing and may be delivered in person, by mail, electronically,
or by facsimile. The request must specify the "identification"
page number of the document to be removed. Forms are available in our office
upon request, or you may download the OR
Image Removal Request form here. No fee is charged for this service. Contact information for form submissions is
as follows:
- In Person: Lake County Courthouse, North Wing, 3rd Floor, 550 W. Main St., Tavares, FL 32778
- By Mail: Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Attn: Recording Division, P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778
- Electronically: recordingdivision@lakecountyclerk.org
- Via Facsimile: (352) 253-2616
Florida law requires that images and copies of the above-listed documents remain on file and available to the public upon request in the Office of the Clerk/County Recorder.