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Santa Rosa County Lis Pendens Filings

Santa Rosa’s Clerk keeps Official Records and their images in an Acclaim search, and its courthouse is at 4025 Avalon Blvd. in Milton.

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Working Santa Rosa County

Panhandle military corridor near Eglin and Hurlburt, from Navarre and Gulf Breeze on the coast to Milton and Pace inland.

County seat
Milton
Filed in
1st Judicial Circuit
Busiest filing day
Tuesday

Where the deals are

Most Santa Rosa County activity concentrates around Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Milton and Pace. Foreclosure complaints are filed in the 1st Judicial Circuit, and the clerk in Milton records the lis pendens — usually the same day, which is what makes the filing the earliest public signal on the property.

What we collect here

Santa Rosa ships lis pendens and probate filings. Tax-delinquent lists run on Florida's annual certificate cycle under Fla. Stat. Ch. 197, so that lane refreshes once a year rather than daily — it is not stale when it does not move.

County figures measured from our own collection of Santa Rosa clerk records on 2026-10-07. The same records are public and free at the clerk's official records search — if ours ever disagree, the clerk is right.

Newest filing on file: Mon, Oct 26

Recent filings (sample)

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  • P. P.

    Albatross Dr · 32566

    Oct 26, 2026

  • M. A.

    Carl Booker Rd · 32583

    Oct 23, 2026

  • W. A.

    Blue Hillside Ln · 32583

    Oct 20, 2026

  • P. A.

    Calle De Palencia · 32566

    Oct 20, 2026

  • D. I.

    Old Stagecoach Rd · 32583

    Oct 19, 2026

What is a lis pendens?

A lis pendens (“suit pending”) is a public notice filed in county records when a lawsuit is pending against a property. In Florida, it's the earliest public signal of distress — typically filed at the start of a foreclosure case, divorce partition action, or HOA lien suit. See the full lis pendens explainer.

For real-estate wholesalers, lis pendens filings in Santa Rosa County are the top of the acquisition funnel.

Lis pendens filings in Santa Rosa County

Where Santa Rosa County lis pendens filings are recorded

A lis pendens on Santa Rosa County property starts as part of a lawsuit — typically a mortgage foreclosure complaint — filed in the 1st Judicial Circuit. Under Florida law, the notice itself only takes effect once it's recorded with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the property sits (Fla. Stat. § 48.23). In Santa Rosa that means the Official Records kept by the Santa Rosa County Clerk of the Circuit Court, the county's official recorder, whose public Official Records search is where anyone can look up a specific filing or property.

Searching Santa Rosa County records yourself

The records search is at acclaim.srccol.com, and a separate court records search is linked from the same page for case information.

Where Santa Rosa holds foreclosure sales

The Clerk’s Lis Pendens & Foreclosures page links a Real auction site, santarosa.realforeclose.com. The page does not state sale days or times.

Why daily freshness matters

National list vendors typically republish county filings on a multi-day delay. By the time you call, the homeowner may have already heard from other wholesalers and a hard-money lender.

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