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Orange County property data
Where Orange County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Orlando.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Orange County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Orange County Comptroller, Official Records Department. Official Records from 1843 to the present can be searched free online by name, date, document type, document number or book and page, and copies can be printed from the website at no charge.
Owners and values
Orange County Property Appraiser (OCPA). The Property Appraiser's website offers a free property record search with values, sales and photos, plus a free web map of parcels.
Tax sales
Orange County Comptroller, Tax Deed Sales (certificates are sold by the Orange County Tax Collector). Tax deed sales are held online through RealAuction, and tax deed files, the Tax Deed Sale Search and the Lands Available for Taxes list are free on the Comptroller's site.
Foreclosure sales
Orange County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Court-ordered foreclosure sales are held online at myorangeclerk.realforeclose.com, and court case files can be searched free at myeclerk.myorangeclerk.com.
Parcel maps
Orange County Property Appraiser web map. A free online parcel map from the Property Appraiser; the Comptroller also offers a GIS map of Lands Available and pending tax deed properties.
How property is sold here
Orange County follows Florida's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Florida guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Florida sells tax certificates (liens) first and the property itself later at a tax deed sale. The Orange County Tax Collector holds the yearly certificate sale on unpaid taxes, and once a certificate has gone unpaid for two years the holder can apply to force a tax deed sale. The Comptroller runs tax deed sales online only through RealAuction, starting at 10 a.m.; bidders register and wire a deposit of the greater of $200 or 5% of the bid by 4 p.m. the day before, and pay the balance within 24 hours.
Foreclosure sales
Orange County foreclosures are judicial, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court sells foreclosed property in online auctions at myorangeclerk.realforeclose.com starting at 11:00 a.m. on the date set in the final judgment, to the highest bidder for cash. Upcoming sales are listed on the auction site, and the Clerk has held its foreclosure sales online since January 2011.
Assessed values
The Property Appraiser values every property each year as of January 1, and owners get their proposed values and taxes in a TRIM notice each August.
Transfer tax
Florida's documentary stamp tax on deeds is $0.70 per $100 of the price (0.7%), paid to the Comptroller when the deed is recorded, and Orange County adds no county surtax; mortgages pay $0.35 per $100 in stamps plus 0.2% intangible tax.
Worth knowing
In Orange County the Comptroller, not the Clerk of Court, keeps deeds and mortgages and runs tax deed sales, while the Clerk of Court runs foreclosure sales.
Worth knowing
Property offered at a tax deed sale that does not sell goes on the Lands Available for Taxes list, and after 90 days anyone can buy it for the opening bid plus omitted taxes.
Worth knowing
Orlando is the county seat and largest of 13 incorporated cities and towns, which also include Winter Park, Apopka, Ocoee and Winter Garden.
Every town in Orange County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Apopka city
- Bay Lake city
- Belle Isle city
- Eatonville town
- Edgewood city
- Lake Buena Vista city
- Maitland city
- Oakland town
- Ocoee city
- Orlando city
- Windermere town
- Winter Garden city
- Winter Park city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Orange County?
Deeds are recorded by the Orange County Comptroller's Official Records Department at 109 E. Church St., Suite 300, in Orlando. Records from 1843 on can be searched and printed free online.
When is the Orange County tax sale?
The Tax Collector sells tax certificates once a year, and the Comptroller holds tax deed sales online through RealAuction throughout the year, starting at 10 a.m. Sale dates and files are listed in the Comptroller's Tax Deed Sale Search.
How do I find who owns a property in Orange County?
Search the address or parcel on the Orange County Property Appraiser's website for free. You can also search deeds by name in the Comptroller's free Official Records search.
Are Orange County property records online?
Yes. Official Records back to 1843, Property Appraiser records and maps, tax deed files and the Clerk's online foreclosure auctions are all online, and searching is free.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- occompt.com/287/Tax-Deeds
- occompt.com/m/faq?cat=16
- occompt.com/m/faq?cat=18
- occompt.com/m/faq?cat=19
- occompt.com/QuickLinks.aspx
- myorangeclerk.com/Divisions/Civil/Foreclosures
- ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2011-01-02%20-%20Amended%20Order%20Authorizing%20Cler
- ocpaweb.ocpafl.org/
- maps.ocpafl.org/webmapjs/
Every parcel in Orange County, on one map
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