How to find out if a property in Hillsborough County, FL has a mortgage
A home loan in Florida is usually secured by a mortgage, recorded with the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court; it stays a lien of record until a satisfaction or release is recorded, which Florida law requires within 60 days after the loan is paid in full (or paid under an estoppel letter) (Fla. Stat. § 701.04(2)). A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Hillsborough County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Hillsborough County property, $49
Step by step in Hillsborough County
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Find each mortgage
Search the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court index under each owner's name for mortgages recorded since they took title.
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Match the satisfaction or release
For each one, look for a recorded satisfaction or release that refers to it by document number or book and page. 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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Treat the unmatched as open
A mortgage with no satisfaction or release of record is still a lien until the lender records one, even when the loan was paid.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Hillsborough County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County report
We ran this search on the International Plaza (2223 N West Shore Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 1 recorded lien. See the Hillsborough County sample report.
What the report checks in Hillsborough County
- Official records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court: deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, liens and lis pendens
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 Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Hillsborough County property records
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