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- $80B County GDP
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Duval County
Duval County
Duval County is consolidated with the City of Jacksonville and is Florida's largest city by area. The economy spans logistics (JAXPORT), banking, healthcare, NAS Jacksonville, and a deep insurance/financial cluster. The Clerk of Courts (Jody Phillips) runs Core, Official Records, and a clerk-operated tax deed system. Foreclosure and tax deed volumes are large.
Property in Duval
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Duval.
Duval homeowners benefit from a large urban housing market with affordable entry prices for a Florida metro area.
- Florida Homestead Exemption and Save Our Homes 3% cap apply.
- Tax bills Nov 1; discounts through February; delinquent April 1.
- Wind insurance is moderate inland; flood and hurricane storm-surge risk concentrate along the St. Johns River and beaches.
- Tax deed redemption to day of sale (Ch. 197, F.S.).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under § 45.032, F.S. (60 days).
- Code-enforcement liens are common in older urban neighborhoods.
Investing in Duval.
Duval is a top Florida market for affordable single-family rentals, distressed-property flips, and tax deed activity.
- Foreclosure auctions on duval.realforeclose.com.
- Tax deed sales on duval.realtaxdeed.com.
- Official Records at or.duvalclerk.com.
- Property Appraiser at paopropertysearch.coj.net.
- Court case search at core.duvalclerk.com.
- Watch for code-enforcement liens, demolition orders, and Jacksonville municipal lien priority issues.
After a Duval foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Duval runs one of Florida's largest foreclosure and tax deed dockets. All foreclosures are judicial (Ch. 45, F.S.); tax deeds run under Ch. 197, F.S.
- Foreclosure auctions held online via duval.realforeclose.com; the 4th Judicial Circuit handles cases.
- Surplus funds: claim under § 45.032, F.S. within 60 days of certificate of disbursement.
- Tax certificates sold yearly by the Tax Collector; tax deed application after 2 years.
- Tax deed sales on duval.realtaxdeed.com; surplus paid to lienholders, then former owner.
- Notices published in the Daily Record.
Courts and records in Duval.
- Duval County Courthouse — 501 W Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202 — 4th Judicial Circuit
- 4th Judicial Circuit (Clay, Duval, Nassau)
- First District Court of Appeal — Tallahassee
- Clerk of Courts — Jody Phillips — (904) 255-2000 — duvalclerk.com
- Property Appraiser — Jerry Holland — 231 E Forsyth St, Jacksonville — coj.net/pa
- Tax Collector — Jim Overton — 231 E Forsyth St — jaxtaxcollector.com
- Sheriff — T. K. Waters — 501 E Bay St, Jacksonville — jaxsheriff.org