Leon County, Florida public records

In Leon County, deeds are recorded by the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division; property values come from the Leon County Property Appraiser; court files are split between the Leon County Clerk - Circuit & County Criminal and the Leon County Clerk - Circuit Civil and County Civil/Small Claims.

Last checked against official sources on November 4, 2026.

On this page

Where to get each record
Deeds and land records
Property values, owners and tax bills
Court records: which clerk keeps which case
Marriage records
Divorce records
Birth certificates
Death certificates
Probate records and wills
Historical records
Other records at the county
Good to know about Leon County records
Office addresses, phones and hours
Records that are not online: public records requests
Questions people ask
Official copies vs look-alike sites
Sources

Where to get each record

Record	Office	Search online	Fee
Deeds and land records	Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division³	Search deeds²	$1.00 per page²
Property values and owners	Leon County Property Appraiser⁴	Property search⁵	—
Property tax bills	Leon County Tax Collector⁴	Tax bill search⁶	—
Court cases	Leon County Clerk - Circuit & County Criminal³ Leon County Clerk - Circuit Civil and County Civil/Small Claims³	Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit⁷ County Court⁷	Certification $2.00; copies $1.00 per page (oversized $5.00); exemplified certificates $7.00; searching records $2.00 per year searched⁸
Marriage records	Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division³	—	Certified copy fee: Certified copy $3.00; certified copy prior to 1972 $7.00⁹
Divorce records	Leon County Clerk - Family Law³	—	—
Birth certificates	Florida Department of Health in Leon County - Vital Statistics¹⁰	—	$15 birth certificate¹⁰
Death certificates	Florida Department of Health in Leon County - Vital Statistics¹⁰	—	$15 death certificate¹¹
Probate and wills	Leon County Clerk - Probate, Wills & Estates³	—	—
Business names (DBA)	Statewide: Fictitious names (DBAs) are registered statewide with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) - not with counties¹²	—	—

Deeds and land records

Deeds, mortgages and other land documents for property in Leon County are recorded by the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division.³

Online search: lforms.leonclerk.com/official_records²
About this search: Search County Records²
Years online: Official Records (OR, Deed and Mortgage Books) from 01/01/1945; Plats through Book 27 Page 27¹³

Copy fee: $1.00 per page²
Certified copy fee: $1.00 per page plus $2.00 per document²
Recording fee: $10.00 first page, $8.50 each additional page; $1.00 per name over 4; plats $30.00 first page, $15.00 each additional²
DOC stamps: Deed documentary stamp tax $.70 per $100; mortgage $.35 per $100 plus intangible tax $.20 per $100²
How to order: Call (850) 606-4030, visit 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., Ste. 101 or 301 South Monroe Street, Ste. #100, or mail a written request with payment to Attn: Official Records²
Fraud alerts: Property Fraud Alerts from the Clerk²

How deeds work in Florida

Property values, owners and tax bills

The Leon County Property Appraiser sets property values⁴; the Leon County Tax Collector bills and collects the tax⁴.

Property search: search.leonpa.gov/Search/Property (Property Appraiser 'Property Search'; also Sales Search and Tangible Personal Property Search)⁵
Tax bill search: wwwtax2.leoncountyfl.gov/… (Tax Collector 'Search the Tax Roll'; 'Search & Pay Property Taxes & Print Receipts' via wwwtax2.leoncountyfl.gov/…)⁶
Parcel map (GIS): experience.arcgis.com/… (Property Appraiser 'Map Search', ArcGIS)⁵
Appealing a value: Petition the Leon County Value Adjustment Board (administered by the Clerk); 2026 filing opened August 17, 2026; deadline September 11, 2026; online filing at vab.leonclerk.com¹⁴
Tax deeds: Tax deed sales by the Clerk (Property Sales division); online auction site leon.realforeclose.com linked by the Clerk³

How property tax works in Florida

Court records: which clerk keeps which case

Court	Cases	Records kept by	Case search
Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit (Leon County)	Felony, circuit civil, family law (dissolution, paternity, injunctions), probate and guardianship, juvenile	Leon County Clerk - Circuit & County Criminal (Felony; Misdemeanor & Criminal Traffic)	lforms.leonclerk.com/… Clerk court records search; Civil/CT and Criminal/CF/MM⁷
County Court (Leon County)	Misdemeanor and criminal traffic, county civil, small claims, evictions, traffic infractions	Leon County Clerk - Circuit Civil and County Civil/Small Claims	lforms.leonclerk.com/… Clerk court records search; Civil/CT and Criminal/CF/MM⁷

Access: Public self-service: view, print, or download images free of charge for CA, CC, SC, TR, CT, MM and CF cases; Family Law, Guardianship and Probate images through registered Secure Web⁸
Requests: Submit & Track Court Records Request (GovQA) for cases without images: historical probate, offsite, microfilm, background checks⁸
Fees: Certification $2.00; copies $1.00 per page (oversized $5.00); exemplified certificates $7.00; searching records $2.00 per year searched⁸
Circuit site: 2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov (Second Circuit Judiciary)¹⁵

Criminal records and background checks

Online search: lforms.leonclerk.com/…⁷
About this search: Clerk court records search; Civil/CT and Criminal/CF/MM⁷

Seal expunge: Sealing/expunging a criminal record $66.50⁹
Inmates: Sheriff's inmate search linked by the Clerk³

How Florida courts keep their files

Marriage records

Kept by the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division.³

Marriage license fee: $86.00; $61.00 if both parties are Florida residents with a registered premarital course certificate¹⁶
How to apply: Both applicants in person at the Clerk's Official Records Division with government photo ID and social security numbers; no appointment needed for licenses; online application form available²
Certified copy fee: Certified copy $3.00; certified copy prior to 1972 $7.00⁹
Ceremony: Clerk ceremonies by appointment, $30²

Florida marriage records, statewide

Divorce records

Kept by the Leon County Clerk - Family Law.³

Filing fee: Dissolution of marriage & annulment filing fee $397.50⁹
Copies: View/download divorce documents by registering on the Clerk Secure Website; certified copies via E-Certify⁸

Florida divorce records: decree or state record

Birth certificates

Kept by the Florida Department of Health in Leon County - Vital Statistics (Main Office, Roberts & Stevens Clinic).¹⁰

Fee: $15 birth certificate¹⁰
How to order: Online (VitalChek), by mail, or in person at DOH-Leon; valid unexpired photo ID required¹⁰
Pre: Births before 1930 only from the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville¹⁰

Ordering a Florida birth certificate

Death certificates

Kept by the Florida Department of Health in Leon County - Vital Statistics (Main Office, Roberts & Stevens Clinic).¹⁰

Fee: $15 death certificate¹¹
How to order: Completed Death Certificate Application with fee, in person, by mail or online (VitalChek); ID copy required¹¹

Ordering a Florida death certificate

Probate records and wills

Kept by the Leon County Clerk - Probate, Wills & Estates.³

Filing fees: Formal administration $400.00; summary administration $345.00 ($1,000 or more) / $235.00 (less than $1,000); caveat $41.00⁹
Historic: Leon County Historic Probate Lookup (Clerk)¹⁷

Historical records

Documentary stamp tax history chart (deed rates from 1931); Official Records index from 1945²

Other records at the county

Domestic partnerships

What the office says: Leon County Domestic Partnership Registry (Ordinance 13-09, adopted March 12, 2013), recorded in Official Records²

Good to know about Leon County records

Florida's Clerk of the Circuit Court is also County Treasurer, Recorder, Auditor, Finance Officer and Ex-Officio Clerk of the County Commission¹⁸
Leon County Clerk began issuing same-gender marriage licenses on January 6, 2015¹⁶
Leon County keeps a Domestic Partnership Registry (since 2013) in its Official Records²
Official Records online index from January 1, 1945¹³
Older court cases may have no images and some paper files were destroyed under Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.430⁷
Gwen Knight, elected 2016, is the first woman and African American Clerk of Leon County¹⁹

Office addresses, phones and hours

Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division

Address: Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe St., #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301, and Northeast Branch (Metro 8), 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312²
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller, Attn: Official Records, 301 South Monroe Street, Ste. 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301²
Phone: (850) 606-4030 (Recording); (850) 606-4050 (Viewing); fax (850) 606-4155¹⁵
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com/…³

Leon County Property Appraiser

Address: Leon County Government Annex Building, 315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 300 (Third Floor), Tallahassee²⁰
Mail: Leon County Property Appraiser, P.O. Box 1750, Tallahassee, FL 32302-1750²⁰
Phone: (850) 606-6200; fax (850) 606-6201²⁰
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday²⁰
Website: leonpa.gov⁴

Leon County Tax Collector

Address: Metro-8: 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., Suite 102, Tallahassee, FL 32312; Lake Jackson: 3840 N. Monroe Street, Suite 102; Southside: 3477 S. Monroe Street²¹
Mail: Leon County Tax Collector, Post Office Box 1835, Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1835²¹
Phone: (850) 606-4700 (Communications Center)²¹
Email: [email protected]²¹
Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday-Friday (excluding holidays)²¹
Website: leontaxcollector.net⁴

Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller

Ex officio Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners (minutes, county finance, VAB)

Address: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301; also Metro 8 Building, 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312 and Government Annex, 315 S. Calhoun St., 7th Floor¹⁵
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller's Office, Attn: (division name), 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301¹⁵
Phone: (850) 606-4000 (Administration)¹⁵
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com¹⁸

Leon County Clerk - Circuit & County Criminal (Felony; Misdemeanor & Criminal Traffic)

Address: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301; also Metro 8 Building, 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312 and Government Annex, 315 S. Calhoun St., 7th Floor¹⁵
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller's Office, Attn: (division name), 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301¹⁵
Phone: Felony (850) 606-4070; Misdemeanor (850) 606-4130; fax (850) 606-4183¹⁵
Email: [email protected]⁷
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com/…³

Leon County Clerk - Circuit Civil and County Civil/Small Claims

Address: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301; also Metro 8 Building, 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312 and Government Annex, 315 S. Calhoun St., 7th Floor¹⁵
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller's Office, Attn: (division name), 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301¹⁵
Phone: Circuit Civil (850) 606-4170; County Civil (850) 606-4110¹⁵
Email: [email protected]⁷
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com/divisions/circuit-civil³

Leon County Clerk - Probate, Wills & Estates

Address: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301; also Metro 8 Building, 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312 and Government Annex, 315 S. Calhoun St., 7th Floor¹⁵
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller's Office, Attn: (division name), 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301¹⁵
Phone: (850) 606-4180; fax (850) 606-4179²²
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com/divisions/probate³

Leon County Clerk - Family Law

Address: Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301; also Metro 8 Building, 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., #101, Tallahassee, FL 32312 and Government Annex, 315 S. Calhoun St., 7th Floor¹⁵
Mail: Leon County Clerk & Comptroller's Office, Attn: (division name), 301 S. Monroe Street, #100, Tallahassee, FL 32301¹⁵
Phone: (850) 606-4150; fax (850) 606-4179¹⁵
Hours: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday¹⁵
Website: leonclerk.com/divisions/family-law³

Florida Department of Health in Leon County - Vital Statistics (Main Office, Roberts & Stevens Clinic)

Address: 1515 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, FL 32303²³
Mail: Same as main office (mail requests accepted)¹⁰
Phone: 850-404-6300²³
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.¹⁰
Website: leon.floridahealth.gov/…¹⁰

Leon County Sheriff's Office (inmate search linked by the Clerk)

Address: Leon County Sheriff's Office, 2825 Major James Morgan Jr. Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304; Records Management Bureau, 3333 West Pensacola Street, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32304²⁴
Phone: (850) 606-3300 (main)²⁴
Website: leoncountyso.com/…³

Leon County Supervisor of Elections

Address: 2990-1 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee FL 32301²⁵
Mail: Leon County Supervisor of Elections Office, P.O. Box 7357, Tallahassee FL 32314-7357²⁵
Phone: (850) 606-8683; fax (850) 606-8601²⁵
Email: [email protected]²⁵
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM²⁵
Website: leonvotes.gov²⁶

Records that are not online: public records requests

Request page: leonclerk.com/… (Clerk records; GovQA court records request portal leonclerk.govqa.us)⁸
Where to send it: (850) 606-4000⁸
Fees: Public (non-court) records: letter page one-sided $0.15/page; CD $25.00⁸

How to write a public records request

Questions people ask

How do I get a copy of a deed in Leon County?

The Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - Official Records Division keeps deed records. To order copies: Call (850) 606-4030, visit 1276 Metropolitan Blvd., Ste. 101 or 301 South Monroe Street, Ste. #100, or mail a written request with payment to Attn: Official Records. Plain copies: $1.00 per page. Certified copies: $1.00 per page plus $2.00 per document.³²

How much is a birth certificate in Leon County?

$15 birth certificate.¹⁰

How much does a marriage license cost in Leon County?

$86.00; $61.00 if both parties are Florida residents with a registered premarital course certificate.¹⁶

How do I look up who owns a property in Leon County?

Use the property search of the Leon County Property Appraiser: search.leonpa.gov/Search/Property⁵

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Leon County office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

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Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 27 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

Government Units List 2026US Census Bureau
Official RecordsLeon County Clerk
Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - homeLeon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
Find a County Official (drop-down values)Florida Department of Revenue
Leon County Property Appraiser home pageLeon County Property Appraiser
Property TaxesLeon County Tax Collector
Court RecordsLeon County Clerk
Records RequestLeon County Clerk
FeesLeon County Clerk
Birth CertificatesFlorida Department of Health in Leon County
Death CertificatesFlorida Department of Health in Leon County
S. 865.09 F.S. Fictitious Name ActThe Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)
Official Records SearchLeon County Clerk
Value Adjustment BoardLeon County Clerk
ContactLeon County Clerk
MarriagesLeon County Clerk
Search Court RecordsLeon County Clerk
History of the Clerk's OfficeLeon County Clerk
About the ClerkLeon County Clerk
Contact UsLeon County Property Appraiser
ContactLeon County Tax Collector
ProbateLeon County Clerk
Main Office - Roberts & Stevens ClinicFlorida Department of Health in Leon County
Inmate searchLeon County Sheriff's Office
LeonVotes.gov home pageLeon County Supervisor of Elections
.gov domain list (current-full.csv)CISA / get.gov
County population totals: Vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025)US Census Bureau