How to check title before buying at a Duval County, FL tax deed sale
Before bidding at the Duval County tax deed sale, search the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court for mortgages, liens and lis pendens on the property: the sale list says what the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Tax Deeds is selling, not what is recorded against it. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Duval County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Duval County property, $49
Step by step in Duval County
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Find the property on the list
The Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Tax Deeds publishes the tax deed sale list with each property's sale date and opening bid.
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Search what is recorded
Search the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court for mortgages, liens and lis pendens against the property and its owner.
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Know what survives the sale
No right, interest, restriction or other covenant survives the tax deed, except a lien of record held by a municipal or county government, special district or community development district that the sale proceeds do not satisfy (197.552). Those liens stay with the property.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Duval County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Duval County records show
In Florida, deeds, mortgages, liens and other land records are kept in the Official Records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county.
Duval County properties on the list now
214 properties with a street address are on the tax deed sale list for upcoming sales, the next on Jan 13, 2027. Each has its own page with the sale facts and a title check:
- 647 N Myrtle Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32204Jan 13, 2027
- 818 Niagara Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32254Jan 13, 2027
- 7777 Point Vicente Ct 7777, Jacksonville, FL 32256Jan 13, 2027
- 1954 W 15th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209Jan 13, 2027
- 7226 E Ken Knight Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32209Jan 13, 2027
- 2142 N Allandale Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32254Jan 13, 2027
- 2033 W 17th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209Jan 13, 2027
- 1961 W 26th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209Jan 13, 2027
The whole list: Duval County tax deed sale list.
A real Duval County report
We ran this search on the Wells Fargo Center Jacksonville (1 Independent Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32202): 1 deed, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Duval County sample report.
What the report checks in Duval County
- Official records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court: deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, liens and lis pendens
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Duval County not cover?
Documents recorded before the clerk's electronic records begin may need an in-person search.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Duval County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Duval County property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Title search cost
- Duval County title search guide
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