{
 "name": "Lake County",
 "state": "Florida",
 "stateCode": "FL",
 "fips": "12069",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q501029"
 ],
 "countySeat": "Tavares",
 "alsoKnownAs": null,
 "towns": [
  "Clermont",
  "Leesburg",
  "Tavares",
  "Mount Dora",
  "Eustis",
  "Lady Lake"
 ],
 "bordering": "Lake County borders Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court",
   "role": "Keeps the Official Records: deeds, mortgages, liens, lis pendens",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Lake County Property Appraiser",
   "role": "Owner of record, parcel data, assessed values and sale history",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
 "censusEstimates": {
  "period": "2020 to 2024",
  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 187580,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 77.6,
  "vacantPct": 12.3,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 1586,
  "medianYearBuilt": 1997,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 22.4
 },
 "homeValueAndTax": {
  "medianHomeValueUsd": 318400,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 2433,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 0.76,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 127645,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 1959
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "Tavares"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Lake County Property Appraiser"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "187,580"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "77.6%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "12.3%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "1997"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "22.4%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$1,586 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$318,400"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$2,433 a year (0.76% of value)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Clerk recording charge",
   "value": "$5 for the first page and $4 for each additional page, plus a $1 and $0.50 modernization charge (Fla. Stat. 28.24)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Mortgage release",
   "value": "Within 60 days after payoff (Fla. Stat. 701.04)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Last verified",
   "value": "November 9, 2026"
  }
 ],
 "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
 "report": {
  "priceUsd": 49,
  "type": "title search (current owner search)",
  "searches": [
   "Official records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court: deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, liens and lis pendens",
   "Owner, parcel and sale history from the county property appraiser",
   "Florida court records and federal court records matched to the owner",
   "Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel"
  ],
  "doesNotCover": [
   "Documents recorded before the clerk's electronic records begin may need an in-person search.",
   "The report is a public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
  ]
 },
 "links": {
  "page": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/florida/lake-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/florida/lake-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/florida/lake-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}