Durable Power of Attorney in Fort Myers (Lee County), Florida

Recording in Lee County

Recording is optional for validity. On 2026-10-02 the Record a Document how-to did not use the words "power of attorney." It is written around deeds and other instruments presented for recording. The Official Records Services examples list names liens, plats, certificates of title, mortgages, lis pendens, marriage licenses, deeds, judgments, death certificates, military discharges, and more. Power of attorney is not in that list. "And more" is not a finding that this document must be recorded, and it is not a finding that the Clerk cannot record one.

An eRecording type-code list, effective May 17, 2024, includes the code POA with the description Power of Attorney. A search snapshot of the fee calculator listed POWER OF ATTORNEY among document types. The calculator was not opened, and no total was copied. A type code and a menu label are not a duty to record. They are not a power-of-attorney price. They are not a promise that every vendor will accept a consumer power of attorney. Whether a title company wants the document recorded needs a Florida attorney.

The county recorder is Official Records Services, inside the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller. Clerk and Comptroller are one office here. The department page says that, as the County Recorder, Official Records Services assists with land records and other recorded instruments. Kevin C. Karnes is the name on the leadership page, as Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, elected in 2022. That page lists County Recorder among his roles. That is the name on the page, not a claim about who is at the counter today.

There is no second recorder website, and there is no city recorder. Do not use a Fort Myers city hall, a Cape Coral city hall, or the court e-filing portal to record a financial power of attorney. Collier County is not this office.

Primary recording page (checked 2026-10-02): Lee Clerk, Record a Document. Official Records Services: Official Records Services. Fort Myers facility page: Fort Myers facility. Clerk identity, as printed: About our leadership. Official Records FAQ: Official Records FAQ. eRecording type codes (effective May 17, 2024; not a duty to record): eRecording type codes.

Where to go

In person, the Fort Myers counter is the County Administration Building, 2115 Second Street, 2nd Floor, Fort Myers, FL 33901. The Record a Document page prints the same street without the floor: Fort Myers Location, 2115 Second Street. The street line and the 2nd-floor line are the same building, not a second door. The clerk pages do not print a second Fort Myers recording entrance.

Official Records phone on that facility page: (239) 533-5007. The building header also prints a call-center number, (239) 533-5000. Both numbers are on the live facility pages. The clerk pages print both, and they do not say one replaced the other.

eRecording vendor contact: [email protected]. Do not treat email as a way to record a power of attorney.

The clerk pages do not settle the recording-counter hours. They print a call-center hours line, a lobby hours line, and, on the Cape Coral branch, an hours-of-operation line. Those lines do not match. The call-center close is not the lobby close, and a lobby close is not a promise about when a document is recorded. Confirm the current hours with the Clerk before you go. The facility pages say hours exclude observed holidays. The holiday list stays on those pages.

A different address on Second Street is not this counter. 2201 Second Street is not the Official Records recording room. The Justice Center at 2075 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33901, is where the facility page places court divisions. It is not the recording counter. Do not take a financial power of attorney there to record it.

The unclaimed-money service is not this document. A notarized power of attorney on that page is a claim form for a check reissue. It is not a Chapter 709 recording, and that counter is not Official Records intake.

In person, mail, drop box, and vendor e-recording

In person, at 2115 Second Street, 2nd Floor, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Cape Coral is also listed for in-person recording, at 1039 SE 9th Place. The clerk pages do not settle whether that counter records a power of attorney the same way Fort Myers does. They also do not settle a recording-counter close. See the Cape Coral section. For a time-sensitive document, the eRecording page says to record in person. Confirm the current counter before you go.

By mail, use Lee County Clerk of Courts, Recording Department, P.O. Box 2278, Fort Myers, FL 33902. The Record a Document page prints the same box: Lee County Clerk of Courts, PO Box 2278, Fort Myers, FL 33902. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Make the check or money order payable to Lee County Clerk of Courts. Use only that box. Do not use the general or administration mailbox printed in the site footer, and do not use any other box.

If you do not include a self-addressed stamped envelope, the Record a Document page says recorded documents are held until one is provided. Documents still held after 90 days will be destroyed. The clerk page does not give a shorter hold.

A drop box is a drop-off, not the place the document is recorded. The Record a Document page says to put the document, payment, and a self-addressed stamped envelope in a sealed envelope and drop it outside the Fort Myers office at 2115 Second Street, or in Cape Coral at the Lee County Government Center at 1039 SE 9th Place. The 90-day line applies if no return envelope is provided.

eRecording is through a third-party vendor, not a Clerk upload page. The eRecording page says submission to Official Records Services is online through a vendor, and that the Clerk's office cannot recommend or endorse vendors. You cannot e-record a power of attorney on the Clerk's own site. No separate consumer upload portal for a financial power of attorney was on the pages checked. The page does not guarantee when a submitted document is recorded. It says a time-sensitive document should be recorded in person.

Higher-volume submitters, as printed on 2026-10-02: CSC eRecording Solutions; eRecording Partners Network; Hopdox; Indecomm; Simplifile. Lower-volume submitters, as printed: E-Recording USA; File and Go; Record-Nation. The page says those indirect services are typically focused on specific document types, such as a Notice of Commencement and lien or claim-related documents, and that the Clerk has no direct relationship with those providers. The POA type code is not a promise that every vendor will take a financial power of attorney. Phones stay on the Clerk's eRecording page. They are not copied here. eRecord Official Records.

The Record a Document page says the Clerk cannot assist with completing forms. The Official Records FAQ says the Clerk's office is restricted by state law from offering legal advice and does not provide forms. A large part of the how-to recites deed requirements and points at Chapter 695.26, Florida Statutes, including witness names and addresses, a notary acknowledgment, and blank space at the top of pages. Power of attorney is not named in that requirements text. A Florida attorney should review it before anyone applies that deed discussion to a financial power of attorney. It is not a substitute for § 709.2105, and it is not a Lee County execution rule.

Marriage licenses, passports, notary service at the counter, and court case filing are other services of this office. They are not this document.

Recording charges

See the fee page. Charges can change. These are general recording charges, not a power-of-attorney fee.

The fee page to use is Fees & Costs. On 2026-10-02 a search index of that page showed the category Official Records, Recording, and Land Records. The fee table itself is not copied on this page, and this page does not copy a figure from a snippet, a calculator, or an older table. The calculator is not a power-of-attorney price. The Official Records FAQ says recording fees are listed under the Fee Schedule. Fees & Costs. Calculator (not a power-of-attorney fee; no total copied): fee calculator.

Not the court portal

Recording a financial power of attorney is the Clerk & Comptroller Official Records path above. The Florida Courts E-Filing Portal is for filing court documents online. Do not use myflcourtaccess.com to record a durable power of attorney. myflcourtaccess.com.

The Justice Center on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is not the recording counter. Do not take a financial power of attorney there to record it.