St. Johns County Lis Pendens Filings
St. Johns County auctions foreclosed property online at saintjohns.realforeclose.com, with the county name spelled out in full.
Filings landed in the last 7 days
10
Working St. Johns County
One of Florida’s wealthiest counties by median income, so distress here skews toward higher-value property and larger equity positions.
- County seat
- St. Augustine
- Filed in
- 7th Judicial Circuit
- Busiest filing day
- Thursday
- Filings, last 30 days
- 49
Where the deals are
Most St. Johns County activity concentrates around St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach and Nocatee. Foreclosure complaints are filed in the 7th Judicial Circuit, and the clerk in St. Augustine 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
Lis pendens only in St. Johns. Probate and tax-delinquent filings are recorded by the clerk but we do not ship those lanes for this county yet — you can pull them free from the clerk's own records search in the meantime.
By recent filing volume, St. Johns ranks 9th of the 26 Florida counties we cover.
County figures measured from our own collection of St. Johns 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: Fri, Oct 23
Recent filings (sample)
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P. J.
Golden Lake Loop · 32084
Oct 23, 2026
G. S.
A1A · 32080
Oct 23, 2026
Y. a.
Brown Bear Run · 32259
Oct 23, 2026
H. K.
Bella Vista Blvd · 32084
Oct 21, 2026
L. W.
Melanie St · 32145
Oct 20, 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 St. Johns County are the top of the acquisition funnel.
Lis pendens filings in St. Johns County
Where St. Johns County lis pendens filings are recorded
A lis pendens on St. Johns County property starts as part of a lawsuit — typically a mortgage foreclosure complaint — filed in the 7th 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 St. Johns that means the Official Records kept by the St. Johns 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 St. Johns County records yourself
Official Records are searched at apps.stjohnsclerk.com/Landmark. The Clerk also runs a separate TaxSmart search for tax deeds and publishes a foreclosure sales FAQ.
Where St. Johns holds foreclosure sales
The Clerk states that foreclosure sales are held online at saintjohns.realforeclose.com, spelled out as Saint Johns, on specified Thursdays at 12:00 PM EST, except legal holidays. A search for stjohns.realforeclose.com will not find it.
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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