Florida Distress Records

8,589 records · 52 counties

Florida probate is administered county by county through the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and new estate filings are public the day they are docketed. LeadTrace pulls those dockets nightly so you see estates before the heirs have decided what to do with the house.

4,611 records · 55 counties

Florida sells tax certificates rather than the property itself when property taxes go unpaid. Those certificates are recorded per county and are the earliest public marker that an owner is falling behind.

1,220 records · 7 counties

Florida code enforcement cases are municipal and county records with dates, deadlines, and escalating fines attached. They document deferred maintenance in writing, which is why they correlate so strongly with owners who are ready to talk.

3,242 records · 24 counties

Vacancy is not a court filing, so there is no single statute or register behind it. It is assembled from municipal registries, utility shutoffs, postal vacancy signals and field observation — which is exactly why so few lists have it.