Department Functions and Services:
As established by the Constitution of 1838, one of the responsibilities of the Clerk of the Circuit Court is to act as the guardian of public records for the county. In St. Lucie County that duty is carried out by the Official Records/Recording Department.
The Official Records/Recording Department accepts certain documents that are to be recorded and made available to the public. Upon payment of the statutory fees, the Clerk of the Circuit Court will record in the County's Official Records a variety of instruments such as: deeds, leases, bills of sale, agreements, mortgages, claims of lien, satisfactions, certificates of discharge from military service and any other instrument required or authorized by law to be recorded. All documents are recorded upon receipt. They must be microfilmed, indexed, verified and scanned in order to appear in the public records database. The department also records and maintains records of final judgments, some misdemeanor judgments, Family Relations and Domestic Violence orders and judgments, Small Claims judgments, dismissals and some orders, along with some orders for Child Support.
