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Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County is on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee, anchored by Okeechobee (county seat). The economy mixes agriculture (dairy, beef cattle, citrus), bass fishing/tourism, and small-business retail. The Clerk (Jerald Bryant) runs Civitek records and a clerk-operated tax deed system on RealAuction.
Property in Okeechobee
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Okeechobee.
Okeechobee is a low-cost rural and lake-adjacent market.
- Florida Homestead Exemption and Save Our Homes apply.
- Tax bills Nov 1; discounts through February; delinquent April 1.
- Inland exposure keeps wind insurance moderate; Lake Okeechobee dike/flood zones add complexity.
- Tax deed redemption to day of sale (Ch. 197, F.S.).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under § 45.032, F.S. (60 days).
Investing in Okeechobee.
Okeechobee offers cheap rural and lake-front-adjacent land with steady but low-volume foreclosure activity.
- Foreclosure auctions on okeechobee.realforeclose.com.
- Tax deed sales on okeechobee.realtaxdeed.com.
- Property Appraiser at okeechobeepa.com.
- Court records via Civitek OCRS (county/47).
- Watch for agricultural exemptions, dike-flood-zone overlays, and mobile-home park zoning.
After a Okeechobee foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Okeechobee uses Florida's judicial foreclosure process and runs Ch. 197 tax deed sales online via RealAuction.
- Foreclosures filed in the 19th Judicial Circuit.
- Surplus claim window: 60 days under § 45.032, F.S.
- Tax certificates sold yearly; tax deed application after 2 years.
- Notices published in the Okeechobee News.
Courts and records in Okeechobee.
- Okeechobee County Courthouse — 312 NW 3rd St, Okeechobee, FL 34972 — 19th Judicial Circuit
- 19th Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie)
- Fourth District Court of Appeal — West Palm Beach
- Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller — Jerald Bryant — (863) 763-2131 — okeechobeeclerk.org
- Property Appraiser — Mickey L. Bandi — 307 NW 5th Ave — okeechobeepa.com
- Tax Collector — Celeste Watford — 409 NW 5th Ave — okeechobeetax.com
- Sheriff — Noel E. Stephen — 504 NW 4th St, Okeechobee