How to check for liens on a property in Pasco County, FL
In Pasco County, liens and lis pendens recorded against a property are in the Pasco 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 Pasco County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Pasco County property, $49
Step by step in Pasco County
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Identify the parcel
Find the owner of record and the parcel number in the Pasco 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 Pasco 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 Pasco County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Pasco 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 Pasco County report
We ran this search on the Pasco County Courthouse (38053 Live Oak Ave, Dade City, FL 33523): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Pasco County sample report.
What the report checks in Pasco 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 Pasco 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 Pasco County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Pasco County property records
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