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Glades County
Glades County
Glades County is a sparsely populated inland county on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee. Moore Haven is the county seat. The economy is built on cattle, sugarcane, fishing, and the Brighton Seminole Reservation. Court records run on Civitek OCRS.
Property in Glades
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Glades.
Glades is one of Florida's smallest housing markets with very low prices and limited new construction.
- Florida Homestead Exemption and Save Our Homes apply.
- Tax bills Nov 1; discounts through February; delinquent April 1.
- Lake Okeechobee dike improvements affect long-term flood maps.
- Tax deed redemption to day of sale (Ch. 197, F.S.).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under § 45.032, F.S. (60 days).
Investing in Glades.
Glades offers cheap rural and waterfront-adjacent land but very thin transaction volume.
- Court records via Civitek OCRS (county/22).
- Property Appraiser at gladescountypa.com.
- Watch for agricultural exemptions, Lake Okeechobee flood plain, and Seminole Tribe boundary issues.
After a Glades foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Glades uses Florida's judicial foreclosure process and Ch. 197 tax deed sales; volume is very low.
- Foreclosures filed in the 20th Judicial Circuit.
- Surplus claim window: 60 days under § 45.032, F.S.
- Tax certificates sold yearly; tax deed application after 2 years.
Courts and records in Glades.
- Glades County Courthouse — 500 Avenue J, Moore Haven, FL 33471 — 20th Judicial Circuit
- 20th Judicial Circuit (Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee)
- Second District Court of Appeal
- Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller — Tami Pearce Simmons — (863) 946-6010 — gladesclerk.com
- Property Appraiser — Larry Luckey — gladescountypa.com
- Tax Collector — Moore Haven
- Sheriff — David Hardin — 1297 E SR 78, Moore Haven