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Recording Fees When Filing A Notice of Lis Pendens In A Real Property Action

According to Florida Statue 28.24, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall charge for services rendered by the Clerk’s office in recording documents and instruments including Lis Pendens in actions involving Real Property.

Section 28.24(12), provides for the charges of fees for the recordation of instruments in the official records. Pursuant to subparagraph (a), $5.00 for the first page is to be charged; pursuant to subparagraph (b), $4.00 for each subsequent page is to be charged; pursuant to subparagraph (c), an additional indexing charge of $1.00 per person in excess of 4 party names is to be charged.

Beginning January 1st, 2012, the fees to record a notice of lis pendens would consist of the following:

s.28.24 (12) (a) $5.00 for the first page

s.28.24 (12) (b) $4.00 for each additional page

s.28.24 (12) (c) $1.00 for each party in excess of four

Failure to pay the proper recording fees will result in the Lis Pendens being returned and will not be filed in the official record until payment is rendered in full. However the case itself will be filed with the court.

Please contact this office at 941-637-2279 or visit www.co.charlotte.fl.us should you have any questions or need additional information.

Foreclosure Final Judgement Package

Starting Monday November 9th, the Clerk’s office will no longer accept and hold Foreclosure Final Judgment Packages prior to the scheduled hearing date.

All proposed Foreclosure Final Judgment Packages shall be brought in person to mortgage foreclosure hearings seeking a Final Judgment.

Please continue to mail pre-judgment documents (such as original note & mortgage, affidavits, etc.) that need to be filed with the Clerk’s office separately from the Foreclosure Final Judgment Package.

Included in the Foreclosure Final Judgment Package, should be copies to be sent concurrently to all parties/counsel of record with the appropriate number of envelopes with the correct pre-paid postage amount.

Electronic Sales Fee

Senate bill 2108 will require that starting July 1st, 2009, if a sale (real or personal property) is conducted by electronic means, a service charge of $28.00 shall be paid by the winning bidder.

Value of Real Property or Mortgage Foreclosure Claim Form

Senate Bill 1718 will require that starting June 1, 2009 a party instituting a civil action in circuit court relating to real property or mortgage foreclosure shall pay a graduated filing fee based on the value of the claim.

The VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY OR MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CLAIM form has been designed to assist with the calculation requirements regarding mortgage foreclosure graduated filing fees, based on the estimated value of the claim and includes the required fees for mediation, education and additional defendants. Click here to print a copy of the form…

NOTICE TO BAR AND PUBLIC

Tax Deed and Foreclosure Sales

On-line Tax deed and Foreclosure Sales are being held at the clerk off the Court's on-line auction web site www.charlotte.realforeclose.com. Prior to bidding on Tax Deeds or foreclosures you must first register at the web site.

Notice of Foreclosure Sale Changes

Recent changes to Florida Statues have enabled Clerks of Court to hold foreclosure sales online.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Barbara T. Scott has selected Realauction.Com LLC to process foreclosure sales online. Please be advised that any Foreclosure Judgement submitted to the court setting a sale after January 1, 2009 shall contain the following language:

The Clerk shall sell the property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash,
except as set forth hereinafter, on ________________, 2009 at 11:00 am at
www.charlotte.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45 Florida Statues.

Please contact this office at 941-637-2279 or www.co.charlotte.fl.us should you have any questions or need additional information.

Pending motions to seal or set aside and/or vacate order to seal. Click here to view list.

Pursuant to Florida Supreme Court Amended Administrative Order AOSC06-21 dated June 30, 2006, the Clerk of Court is not permitted to electronically release any court record containing the full birth date or address contained in that record.

Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

On or after October 1, 2002, any person preparing or filing a document for recording in the Official Record may not include a social security number in such document unless required by law.

Any person has the right to request the Clerk/County Recorder to redact/remove his or her social security number from an image or copy of an Official Record that has been placed on such Clerk's/County Recorder's publicly available internet website.

The request must be legibly written, signed, and delivered in person or by mail, to the Clerk/County Recorder. The request must specify the identification page number that contains the social security number. No fee is charged for this service.

This information is provided by the Clerk of the Circuit Court as a public service. You may reach our office at (941) 505-4716.

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Charlotte County
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350 E. Marion Avenue
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
(941) 505-4716

Murdock Annex
18500 Murdock Circle
Port Charlotte, FL 33948
(941) 743-1400
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