Durable Power of Attorney in Jacksonville (Duval County), Florida

Recording in Duval County

Recording is optional for the power of attorney to be valid. Recording is a Clerk Official Records step. It often matters when real property or a title company is involved. This page does not say Duval requires every financial DPOA to be recorded.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the official recorder of instruments that may be recorded in Duval County. Instruments go in one series called the Official Records. Primary Clerk Recording page (checked 2026-09-14): duvalclerk.gov Recording. Official Records research (search and copies — not the recording counter how-to): Official Records and research.

Where to take it

Recording Department, Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court, 501 West Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Phone: (904) 255-2000. Hours: Monday–Friday (excluding holidays), 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Mail uses that street address with Attention: Recording Department 1054, as printed on the Clerk page.

The Official Records research desk is Room 1253, phone (904) 255-2025. That desk is for search and copies. It is not a substitute for the recording how-to. The Duval Recording page fetched 2026-09-14 does not name power of attorney in its instrument list. Silence is not a statement that a POA cannot be recorded.

In person, mail, and e-recording

When you bring original documents into the office to be recorded, the Clerk says your originals will be scanned, recorded, and returned to you while you wait. Copies cannot be recorded.

The Clerk cannot guarantee same or next-day recording for documents received by mail or through eRecording. For time-sensitive recording, consider going in person. The filer is solely responsible for timeliness. There is no Duval drop box published on the Recording page checked 2026-09-14.

All packages are required to have the Clerk’s Recording Transmittal Sheet attached and completed. Mail: originals + Recording Transmittal Cover Sheet + self-addressed stamped envelope. Payment: money order, business check, or cashier’s check payable to “Duval Clerk of the Circuit Court.” No personal checks.

The Clerk offers eRecording through third-party vendors and does not recommend or endorse a vendor. Direct submitters listed on the page include CSC, eRecording Partners Network, Hopdox, and Simplifile. This page does not claim that a consumer can e-record a power of attorney in Duval. Check the Clerk and vendor for document-type eligibility. Do not use the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess) to record a financial power of attorney. That portal is for court case filings.

Recording charges

These are general recording charges from the Duval Clerk Recording page, checked 2026-09-14. They are not a power of attorney fee. Charges can change. Confirm on the Clerk page before you rely on a dollar total: $10.00 for the first page of a document; $8.50 for each additional page, per document; $1.00 indexing fee for each name after the fourth. Do not use the Clerk’s mortgage/deed fee calculator defaults as a power of attorney quote. Notice of Domicile fees on the same page are not POA fees. Source: duvalclerk.gov Recording.