How to check for liens on a property in Duval County, FL
In Duval County, liens and lis pendens recorded against a property are in the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court index, searched by the owner's name and the property. Each mortgage also needs a recorded satisfaction or release to be off the title. 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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Identify the parcel
Find the owner of record and the parcel number in the Duval County Property Appraiser records: liens are indexed against the owner's name and the property.
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Search the recorded liens
Search the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court index under the owner's name and the property for liens, lis pendens and other notices.
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Check every mortgage
A mortgage with no recorded satisfaction or release is still a lien of record; Florida gives the lender 60 days after the loan is paid in full (or paid under an estoppel letter) (Fla. Stat. § 701.04(2)).
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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.
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
- Florida court records and federal court records matched to the owner
Questions
How long does a lender have to record a satisfaction or release in Florida?
60 days after the loan is paid in full (or paid under an estoppel letter) (Fla. Stat. § 701.04(2)). Statutory duty to execute and record the satisfaction.
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
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Title search cost
- Before the auction
- Duval County title search guide
Check the title of a Duval County property
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