How to find out if a property in Okaloosa County, FL has a mortgage
A home loan in Florida is usually secured by a mortgage, recorded with the Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Okaloosa County property, $49
Step by step in Okaloosa County
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Find each mortgage
Search the Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County report
We ran this search on the Santa Rosa Mall (99 Eglin Pkwy NE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548): 1 deed, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Okaloosa County sample report.
What the report checks in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Okaloosa County property records
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