Florida public records scorecard
How openly each Florida county publishes the property records a commercial broker reaches for first: the appraiser's parcel layer, the assessment roll file, recorded deeds, zoning, building permits and development review. Every status below comes from a dated check recorded in the county registry, and each county's guide shows the address, the date and what is not yet verified.
Newest check on this page: October 7, 2026. 13 of 67 counties have enough verified sources to score today.
Ranked by openness
Highest score first; a tie goes to the county with more sources checked, then to the name. A low score here means the open sources are not all confirmed yet, not that a county withholds anything.
| # | County | Score | Checked | Parcel layer (property appraiser data) | Assessment roll file (download) | Recorded deeds (clerk of court) | Zoning and land use layers | Building permits | Development review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County | 90 of 100 | 5 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: |
| 2 | Palm Beach County | 80 of 100 | 5 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Partly published: |
| 3 | Brevard County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 4 | Duval County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 5 | Hillsborough County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 6 | Indian River County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 7 | Lake County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 8 | Manatee County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 9 | Orange County | 75 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 10 | Martin County | 65 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Published: |
| 11 | St. Lucie County | 65 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Published: |
| 12 | Alachua County | 63 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Partly published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
| 13 | Sarasota County | 63 of 100 | 4 of 6 | Partly published: | Published: | Published: | Published: | Not yet verified: | Not yet verified: |
How the score is computed
Six sources, weights that add to 100. Each source for each county has one of four statuses. Published earns the full weight. Partly published earns half. Not published by the county earns nothing and counts as checked, because a dated check looked and found none. Not yet verified earns nothing and does not count as checked, because nobody has confirmed it either way. A county is scored only when at least 4 of its 6 sources are checked; below that it reads "Not scored yet". A source that has not been verified earns nothing until it is, so a low score means open sources are not confirmed yet. It does not mean a county withholds anything.
| Source | Weight | Full weight | Half weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel layer (property appraiser data)The property appraiser's parcel map service: owners, land use, values and sales, read straight from the county. | 25 | The appraiser's own parcel layer answered a dated check and its field names were confirmed. | A layer answered but its field names are not confirmed, or only a state mirror of the parcel layer serves the county. |
| Assessment roll file (download)The Florida Department of Revenue's county assessment roll (name, address and legal description) as a free file. | 10 | The county's roll file was read on a dated check. | Not applicable |
| Recorded deeds (clerk of court)The clerk of court's official records search, where deeds and mortgages are recorded. | 20 | The clerk's official records search page answered a dated check. | Not applicable |
| Zoning and land use layersThe county's own zoning and future land use map layers. | 20 | A county zoning or future land use layer answered a dated check. | Not applicable |
| Building permitsA live building permit feed published by the county or its cities. | 15 | A countywide permit feed answered a dated check. | Only a city permit feed answered, not the whole county. |
| Development reviewA live development review or planning-case feed published by the county or its cities. | 10 | A countywide development review feed answered a dated check. | Only a city list answered, not the whole county. |
The score is the weight earned, rounded, out of 100. It is computed from the same registry facts that fill each guide, with no database in the middle, so the same facts always give the same score.
Across all 67 counties
| Source | Published | Partly published | Not published by the county | Not yet verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel layer (property appraiser data) | 23 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| Assessment roll file (download) | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Recorded deeds (clerk of court) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Zoning and land use layers | 50 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Building permits | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Development review | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
The assessment roll is a statewide file, so it reads Published for every county; the Florida Department of Revenue portal listed 60 files in its 2026 final-roll folder and 7 in the preliminary-roll folder on October 31, 2026.
Counties with too few verified sources to score
These 54 counties have fewer than 4 of 6 sources checked, so they carry no number. Their guides list what is verified so far and are not indexed by search engines until a score is possible.
- Bay County3 of 6 checked
- Broward County3 of 6 checked
- Charlotte County3 of 6 checked
- Collier County3 of 6 checked
- DeSoto County3 of 6 checked
- Flagler County3 of 6 checked
- Glades County3 of 6 checked
- Hendry County3 of 6 checked
- Hernando County3 of 6 checked
- Highlands County3 of 6 checked
- Lee County3 of 6 checked
- Leon County3 of 6 checked
- Marion County3 of 6 checked
- Okeechobee County3 of 6 checked
- Osceola County3 of 6 checked
- Pasco County3 of 6 checked
- Pinellas County3 of 6 checked
- Polk County3 of 6 checked
- Putnam County3 of 6 checked
- Seminole County3 of 6 checked
- Suwannee County3 of 6 checked
- Volusia County3 of 6 checked
- Baker County2 of 6 checked
- Bradford County2 of 6 checked
- Calhoun County2 of 6 checked
- Citrus County2 of 6 checked
- Clay County2 of 6 checked
- Columbia County2 of 6 checked
- Dixie County2 of 6 checked
- Escambia County2 of 6 checked
- Franklin County2 of 6 checked
- Gadsden County2 of 6 checked
- Gilchrist County2 of 6 checked
- Gulf County2 of 6 checked
- Hamilton County2 of 6 checked
- Hardee County2 of 6 checked
- Holmes County2 of 6 checked
- Jackson County2 of 6 checked
- Jefferson County2 of 6 checked
- Lafayette County2 of 6 checked
- Levy County2 of 6 checked
- Liberty County2 of 6 checked
- Madison County2 of 6 checked
- Monroe County2 of 6 checked
- Nassau County2 of 6 checked
- Okaloosa County2 of 6 checked
- Santa Rosa County2 of 6 checked
- St. Johns County2 of 6 checked
- Sumter County2 of 6 checked
- Taylor County2 of 6 checked
- Union County2 of 6 checked
- Wakulla County2 of 6 checked
- Walton County2 of 6 checked
- Washington County2 of 6 checked
The assessment roll comes from the Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax Data Portal. This guide describes public sources as the registry recorded them on the dates shown. Availability, fees and terms of use are set by each publishing office and can change, so confirm with the office before relying on a source. It is not legal advice and makes no statement about any office's staff or practices.
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