Florida Recording Requirements |
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BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
| | FORM REQUIREMENTS:
| Paper: | - 8 1/2" by 11" accepted
- 8 1/2" by 14" (maximum accepted)
- One-sided or double-sided
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| Deeds | - Form DR-219 - Return for Transfers of Interest in Real Property Form
- Previous Recorded Information Required
- Legal Description
| Non-Standard Fee: | | | Lost Affidavit | | Margins: | - First Page: 3" by 3" Top-Right corner; 1" other sides.
- Other Pages: 1"
| | Death Certificate | - Affidavit not required
- Must NOT list "cause of death"
| Print: | - Black Ink
- 9 point font minimum
| | Power of Attorney | - Original Only(copies not accepted)
- Legal Description
| Preparer Info: | | | COMMON REJECTION REASONS: | Vesting: | | | | Martial Status: | | | | APN/PID Number: | | | - DR-219 form missing/incomplete
| Witnesses: | - Two witnesses required on signature page
| | - Prepared by statement missing/incomplete
| Signatures: | - Borrower(s) address(es) must be printed beneath signature(s) and printed names(s)
| | - Borrower's address missing nunder signatures
| Printed Names: | - Required below all signatures
| | | Legal: | - County
- Include state, county, and municipality in 1st paragraph
- Must accompany all instruments
| | - Name not printed beneath signature
| Notary: | - Date of Acknowledgment
- Expiration Date of Notary
- Stamp or Seal
| | - Mortgages Require addesses beneath signature on the first page and/or on the signature page.
| SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS: Broward, Brevard, Pinellas, and Orange Counties - do NOT require envelopes. Miami-Dade County requires two(2) witnesses. |
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