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Hamilton County
Hamilton County
Hamilton County is a small rural county on the Florida–Georgia line at the I-75/SR-6 corridor. Jasper is the county seat. The economy is dominated by phosphate mining, agriculture, and trucking. Court records run on Civitek OCRS.
Property in Hamilton
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Hamilton.
Hamilton is a low-volume, low-price rural housing market.
- Florida Homestead Exemption and Save Our Homes apply.
- Tax bills Nov 1; discounts through February; delinquent April 1.
- Inland location keeps wind insurance moderate; flood risk near the Suwannee.
- Tax deed redemption to day of sale (Ch. 197, F.S.).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under § 45.032, F.S. (60 days).
Investing in Hamilton.
Hamilton offers cheap rural and timber-tract land deals; rental demand is thin.
- Court records via Civitek OCRS (county/24).
- Property Appraiser via qPublic.
- Watch for agricultural/timber exemptions and phosphate-mining boundaries.
After a Hamilton foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Hamilton uses Florida's judicial foreclosure process and Ch. 197 tax deed sales; volume is very low.
- Foreclosures filed in the 3rd 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 Hamilton.
- Hamilton County Courthouse — 207 NE 1st St, Jasper, FL 32052 — 3rd Judicial Circuit
- 3rd Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor)
- First District Court of Appeal — Tallahassee
- Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller — W. Greg Godwin — (386) 792-1288 — hamiltonclerk.com
- Property Appraiser — qPublic Hamilton
- Tax Collector — 207 NE 1st St
- Sheriff — Jasper, FL