Record a Document You have three options for recording your documents in the Official Records: You can bring your original documents in person, along with the appropriate fees, and a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. You can eRecord your document through one of our approved vendors.
3. How do documents get recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office? All papers presented to us for recording must be original documents, properly executed, signed, dated and acknowledged before a Notary Public with the notary's signature and date of expiration of the commission, before they can be accepted for recording.
The Office of the Property Appraiser reviews all ownership changes, properly recorded in the Clerk of Courts Recorder's Office. The ownership transfer is typically processed between 4 and 8 weeks, but may take up to 12 weeks.
All Notices of Commencement must be record via the Clerk of Courts. To view recording options available, please visit Clerk of Courts. You may eRecord your document through one of our approved vendors. With this option, you retain your original document and the recorded image is available the next day.
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.
The Widow/Widower's Exemption provides a $5,000 reduction in property assessment to every widow or widower who is a bona fide resident of this state. Form DR-501, (section 196.202, F.S.).
Documents are recorded at the Clerk of the Courts, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RECORDER, COURTHOUSE EAST, 22 N.W. First Street, 1st Floor, Miami, FL 33128. You can record the Notice of Commencement by mail. The original Notice should be sent to the County Recorder, P.O. Box 011711, Flagler Station, Miami, Florida 33101.