You can electronically record documents online (eRecording) or you can bring your original documents to the Main Courthouse, South County Courthouse, North County Courthouse, West County Courthouse, Royal Palm Beach branch or mail your documents.

Please include the Recording Transmittal Form when submitting documents to be recorded.

Some documents can only be recorded at the Main Courthouse.

The Recording Department records a variety of documents, including but not limited to:

• Deeds
• Bills of sale
• Agreements
• Mortgages
• Notices or claims of lien
• Other instruments relating to the transfer, ownership, encumbrance of or claims against real property or any interest in it.

Refer to Florida Statute 28.222 (3) for additional details.

Regular Mail Address
Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
P.O. Box 4177
West Palm Beach, FL 33402

Express Mail Address
Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 4.2500
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Yes. Documents that may be rejected include:

• Documents that are not covered by Florida Statute 28.222.
• Documents that do not include information required by Florida Statute 695.26.
• Documents that do not include the required fees, signatures or notary.
• Documents that are copies or photographs. 
• Documents that are not legible. Suggested font size is 10-point Times new Roman, or equivalent.
• Documents that are larger or smaller than 8 ½ x 11 or 8 ½ x 14, excluding plats.   
  

Florida Statutes specify what documents may be recorded and the legal requirements for documents (such as signatures that require notarization).

•  Your document must be formatted correctly:
  • A blank space must be available on the top right corner of each page of your document for the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller’s official Recording Stamp.
  • The first page must have a 3 inch by 3 inch space.
  • All other pages must have a 1 inch by 3 inch space.
• A self addressed postage paid envelope must be provided if submitting hard copy documents for recording by mail. It is not necessary to supply one envelope per document if all documents are to be returned to the same address, provided envelopes and postage meet the U.S. Postal Service guidelines.
• Documents will only be distributed to other parties if a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope for each party is included with the request. Otherwise, all documents will be returned to the party submitting the document for recording.
• You must pay the required fees. See Fees and Costs.
• Kindly limit your documents to no more than 20 documents per receipt.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's office is unable to accept modified, certified copies of any document for re-recording. We will not record an uncertified copy of any document, with or without changes. If you need to record a document which has changes from the original, please provide either a new document or make the modification to the original document.

All deeds and easements notarized in Florida require witness names and witness addresses. Other documents “by which title to real property or interest is conveyed, assigned, encumbered or disposed of” may or may not have witnesses, but an address is required if a witness is included. If there are no witnesses on these other documents, then no addresses are required. Learn more about witness address requirements.

Self-addressed, stamped envelopes are required for hard copy documents submitted for recording. See the mailing fees chart for more information.

• Florida law requires a “Notice of Commencement” to be recorded by the county and/or city before activities begin (such as renovations, building of a pool, etc.).
• Only the owner can sign this document for recording.

• Bonds
• Deeds / all conveyances
• Notes and written obligations to pay money
• Mortgage, liens and other evidence of indebtedness

Additional information is available online at from the Florida Department of Revenue.

Obligations to pay money involving real estate.

A Search Fee is required if the document to be recorded does not contain a legal description, but sites a book and page number and/or or a Clerk’s File Number. See Fees and Costs.

An Abstract Fee is required if the document references legal descriptions pertaining to real estate.

• Each block or section of land in a metes and bounds description or a building, unit, lot tract, etc. constitutes a legal description.
• See Fees and Costs.

• See Fees and Costs.
• Use our Recording Fee Calculator.
• You may contact the Division of Taxpayer Assistance of the Florida Department of Revenue for more information by calling 1-800-FLA-DOR1 (Florida only), or visit their website for information about State Documentary Stamps.

Most documents can be processed using eRecording. The most commonly eRecorded documents are deeds, mortgages, assignment of mortgages and satisfaction of mortgages. However, certain document types cannot be eRecorded.

Visit the eRecording web page for a list of available third-party vendors. Once you create an account with the vendor of your choice, you may submit documents from any computer with Internet access and a scanner.

• Submit electronically - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Expedites recording process.
• Increases efficiencies, streamlines work flow.
• Reduces payment errors.
• Improves document security – you retain original documents.
• Reduces time gap for recording.

eRecording is the secure electronic submission of documents to the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller’s office for recording in the Official Records of Palm Beach County.

Please contact the eRecording vendor you are working with to address any problems or questions you may have about their services. All requests to reject documents submitted through eRecording must originate from your eRecording vendor. You may contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's office with general questions about eRecording at eRecordinfo@mypalmbeachclerk.com.