Information for Recording and Filing Foreign Judgments 

Requirements:

1. A certified or exemplified copy of the judgment.
   
   
2. An original, notarized affidavit of last known address for
   
       • Debtor(s)
       • Creditor(s) named in the judgment, and
       • The creditor's attorney, if one IN FLORIDA.
   
   
3. A self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of the recorded documents.
   
   
4. A check payable to “Board of County Commissioners” for the following fees:

Fees for all Foreign Judgments:
Recording judgment (CJF)	10.00	First page + $8.50 each additional page
Indexing additional names in CJF	1.00	Per name if over 4 names
Recording affidavit	10.00	First page + $8.50 each additional page
Indexing additional names in affidavit	1.00	Per name over 4 names
Notice of Recording preparation fee	*7.00	Per debtor name & mailing address (i.e 1 debtor name with 2 mailing addresses= 2 Notices Multiple debtor names at same mailing address = 1 notice per each debtors name)
Notice of Recording certified mail fee	5.54	(Or current rate) per debtors mailing address (or actual cost if outside the USA)
Additional Fees (required for Out-Of-Country Foreign Judgments - please see  item 4 below)
Records Search / Notice of Objection	*2.00	Per debtor name
Preparation of Certificate re objection	*7.00	Per certificate
Recording Certificate re objection	10.00	Recording fees per certificate
Indexing additional names in Certificate	1.00	Per name if over 4 names
*Note:  Effective 7/1/08, fees that were $1.50 have increased to $2.00, and fees @ $6.00 have increased to $7.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

Broward County Government Center

Records, Taxes, and Treasury, Room 114

Attn:  Specialty  Desk

115 S. Andrews Ave.

Fort Lauderdale, FL  33301

What Records, Taxes, and Treasury does:

1. Records the judgment and affidavit.
   
   
2. Mails notices of the recording of the foreign judgment, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the judgment debtors to the mailing addresses given in the Affidavit.
   
   Our office does not provide proof of mailing. The judgment creditor may mail notice of recording of the judgment debtors and may record proof of mailing.
   
   
3. Returns the original recordings to you, along with a signed and sealed Notice of Recording. These documents must be retained by you in order to file with the Clerk of the Court and obtain a domestic case number. The clerk will not assign a Broward County case number until 30 days have elapsed from the date of recording.
   
4. In the case of out-of-country foreign judgments, the judgment debtor has 30 days after service of the Notice of Recording to record a Notice of Objection.
   
   At the end of the 30 days, we search the Official Records to determine whether objection has been recorded; prepare a certificate as to the results of that search; record the certificate; and mail the recorded certificate to the party who presented the foreign judgment for recording. This certificate will be required by the Clerk of Courts to obtain a Broward County case number.

Please contact the Clerk of the Court for information on case filing at:

Broward County Courthouse
Room 230
201 S. E. 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-831-5742

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