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 "name": "Walton County",
 "state": "Florida",
 "stateCode": "FL",
 "fips": "12131",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q503455"
 ],
 "countySeat": "DeFuniak Springs",
 "alsoKnownAs": null,
 "towns": [
  "DeFuniak Springs",
  "Santa Rosa Beach",
  "Miramar Beach",
  "Freeport",
  "Inlet Beach"
 ],
 "bordering": "Walton County borders Bay, Holmes, Okaloosa and Washington counties, and across the state line Covington County, AL and Geneva County, AL.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [
  {
   "name": "Okaloosa County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/florida/okaloosa-county"
  }
 ],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Walton County Clerk of the Circuit Court",
   "role": "Keeps the Official Records: deeds, mortgages, liens, lis pendens",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Walton County Property Appraiser",
   "role": "Owner of record, parcel data, assessed values and sale history",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
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  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 61272,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 78.6,
  "vacantPct": 43.9,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 1741,
  "medianYearBuilt": 2001,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 11.7
 },
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  "medianHomeValueUsd": 425100,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 1902,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 0.45,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 27004,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 1474
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "DeFuniak Springs"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Walton County Clerk of the Circuit Court"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Walton County Property Appraiser"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "61,272"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "78.6%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "43.9%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "2001"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "11.7%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$1,741 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$425,100"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$1,902 a year (0.45% 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/walton-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/florida/walton-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/florida/walton-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}