Durable Power of Attorney in Pasco County, Florida
Quick answer
A durable power of attorney in Pasco County is a Florida Chapter 709 financial document for money and property. It is not durable without the § 709.2104 words, or similar words. It needs your signature, two witnesses, and a notary. Recording is optional for validity. If you record it, use the Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller, who acts as County Recorder, not a city hall and not the court portal.
Who this is for
This page is for an adult who wants a Florida financial durable power of attorney and lives in Pasco County, or who may use the document with property here.
The phrase people type, pasco county durable power of attorney, is this page. So is pasco durable power of attorney, and so is durable power of attorney pasco county. A pasco county durable power of attorney is the same financial document. The page is the county. There is no city in the title, and there is no second city page.
One office records for the whole county: the Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller, who acts as County Recorder. There is no city recorder. Dade City and New Port Richey each have a counter. Those counters are the same Clerk, not a city hall. Each city has a section below. Neither is its own page.
The Clerk's pages do not publish a recording counter in Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, Zephyrhills, the City of Holiday, Trinity, or Hudson. Those places use this Clerk. They are not sections on this page, and they are not their own pages.
Who this is not for
This page is not for someone looking for a health care surrogate or a living will. This page is the financial document under Chapter 709. It does not cover health care documents.
It is not for someone who wants the power of attorney to wait until a doctor says they lack capacity. Except as § 709.2108 provides, a power of attorney is exercisable when executed. It is ineffective if it says it becomes effective at a future date or on a future event or contingency, except as that section provides. ClickDocs does not offer a springing power of attorney.
It is not a lawyer page. ClickDocs does not tell you to sign, whether you have capacity, or how homestead or gifts should be handled. Those questions need a Florida attorney.
Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg and the rest of Pinellas County, and Brooksville and the rest of Hernando County use a different clerk.
How it works on ClickDocs
You can finish a Florida financial DPOA without a law-firm maze. The signing rules and any recording choice stay yours.
- Answer the ClickDocs questions for a Florida financial durable power of attorney.
- Preview the draft before checkout.
- After you have the document, it still needs your signature, two witnesses, and a notary acknowledgment under § 709.2105. ClickDocs does not notarize it on this page.
- Record with the Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller only if you need it in Official Records. Recording is optional for validity.
The document ClickDocs prepares is the financial form. It is not a statutory form.
Florida requirements
These are statewide Chapter 709 rules. Pasco County does not add its own execution statute on top of them. The Clerk's Chapter 695.26 notes about instruments that affect real property, and the legal-description line on the recording page, are not a second signing rule for this document.
A Florida power of attorney is not durable without the § 709.2104 words, or similar words of intent. Source: Florida Senate, § 709.2104 (2026), checked 2026-10-02.
Execution is the principal's signature, two subscribing witnesses, and an acknowledgment before a notary, or as § 709.2105 provides. That section also points to § 695.03 for the acknowledgment. Do not shorten this to "signed and notarized," and do not turn it into a Pasco County rule. Source: Florida Senate, § 709.2105 (2026), checked 2026-10-02.
Except as § 709.2108 provides, the power of attorney is exercisable when executed. It is ineffective if it says it becomes effective at a future date or on a future event or contingency, except as that section provides. That is not a product on this page. Source: Florida Senate, § 709.2108 (2026), checked 2026-10-02.
Some authority, including gifts, must be separately signed or initialed under § 709.2202. This page does not claim the form grants those powers unless the form itself has that separate signature or initial. Homestead, gifts, and capacity need a Florida attorney. Source: Florida Senate, § 709.2202 (2026), checked 2026-10-02.
Whether a title company wants the document recorded is an attorney question. The Recording a Document page does not name a power of attorney. That silence is not a duty to record, and it is not a refusal. It does not mean an unrecorded power of attorney is invalid. The statewide product page and the Learn page go deeper on the financial document. They are not a second Pasco County page. Statewide product: /florida/durable-power-of-attorney. Learn (planned article, not this county page): /learn/florida-durable-power-of-attorney.
Recording in Pasco County
Recording is optional for validity. On 2026-10-02 the Recording a Document page did not use the words "power of attorney." It says the Clerk & Comptroller, as County Recorder, records instruments required or authorized to be recorded by law. The Official Records hub lists examples that include assignments, deeds, dismissals, judgments, liens, lis pendens, mortgages, orders, plats, and satisfactions, and more. That list is not a finding that this document must be recorded, and it is not a finding that the Clerk will refuse one.
The recording page says that, as County Recorder, the Clerk & Comptroller accepts documents which are numbered and placed in the Official Records of the county. The Official Records page says the Official Records Department of the Clerk & Comptroller is the County Recorder. Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Esq. is the name on the locations page, as Clerk & Comptroller. The fee page's payable line uses the same name without "Esq." That is the name on the page, not a claim about who is at the counter.
There is no second recorder website, and there is no city recorder. Do not use a city hall to record a financial power of attorney.
Primary recording page (checked 2026-10-02): Pasco Clerk, Recording a Document. Official Records hub (same two contact blocks; search examples do not name a power of attorney): Official Records. Official Records search (indexes from 1975; images from 1990 to the present, with stated exceptions; the page does not name a power of attorney; a search description is not a duty to record): Search Official Records.
The forms center does not offer a durable power of attorney form. A declaration of domicile on that page is a residency statement, not this document. Forms.
Where to go
In person, recording is listed at two counters only. Both share one hours line.
The footer on the recording, fee, locations, Official Records, and e-recording pages prints 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The locations heading writes the same window as 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. ET. Both counters use that line. This page does not give Dade City and New Port Richey different closes, and it does not list holiday dates. Confirm the current hours with the Clerk before you go. Office locations and directions (checked 2026-10-02).
The recording page and the locations page do not agree on the suite or the ZIP+4. This page does not print a suite number or a ZIP+4, and it does not pick one.
Court operations and record-storage buildings are not the recording counter. The Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center is one of those court doors. Do not walk a financial power of attorney in there. Court case filing is not this step. Do not use a city hall.
Dade City
Dade City is the East Pasco Government Center counter. It is the same Clerk, not a city recorder, and not its own page.
The recording page prints East Pasco Government Center, 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523, and it also prints a suite and a ZIP+4. Phone (352) 521-4408.
The locations page lists document recording and Official Records searches at East Pasco Government Center, 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523. It does not print a suite, and it does not print a ZIP+4.
The pages do not agree on the suite or the ZIP+4. This page does not pick one. They are not two buildings on that street.
Hours are the shared line: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
New Port Richey
New Port Richey is the West Pasco Government Center counter. It is the same Clerk, not a city recorder, and not its own page.
The recording page prints West Pasco Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654, and it also prints a suite and a ZIP+4. Phone (727) 847-8086.
The locations page lists document recording and Official Records searches at West Pasco Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654. It does not print a suite, and it does not print a ZIP+4.
The pages do not agree on the suite or the ZIP+4. This page does not pick one. They are not two buildings on that street.
Hours are the same line as Dade City: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, Zephyrhills, the City of Holiday, Trinity, and Hudson do not have a section here. No recording counter in those places was published on the pages checked.
In person, mail, and a third-party e-recording vendor
The recording page says the office accepts documents over the counter during business hours, or through the mail, at one of the two locations. Documents that used to go by runner or courier may be processed with e-recording. The recording page does not say whether the counter hands the original back the same visit or returns it by mail. It also does not spell out a return-envelope rule.
In person, at the East Pasco Government Center in Dade City or the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey, during the shared hours above. Use the address lines in those sections. Mail is not the walk-in door.
By mail, the two mail lines are not the two counters. East mail, as the recording page and the Official Records page print it: 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, FL 33523. The recording page also prints a ZIP+4 on that line. That street is also the Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center. The judicial center is court operations, not the recording counter. Do not walk a power of attorney in because the mail street matches. The locations page prints that mail street as Dade City, FL 33523, without a ZIP+4. That shorter line is the same mail address, not a second office.
West mail, as both the recording page and the locations page print it: P.O. Box 338, New Port Richey, FL 34656. The official pages also print a ZIP+4 on that box. The box ZIP is not the government-center street ZIP. They are not two recorders. The box stays on the mail line. The street stays on the counter line.
Do not mail cash. Checks and money orders are payable to Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Clerk & Comptroller.
e-Recording is through a third-party vendor. The e-recording page says it means submitting, receiving, and processing documents via the internet through a third-party vendor, and that submitters must follow national electronic recording standards. It describes scanning an original and sending it through the vendor. The page does not describe a public account on the Clerk's own site.
Higher-volume names on the page checked 2026-10-02: Corporation Service Company (CSC); eRecording Partners Network; Hopdox; Simplifile. Lower-volume names are E-Recording USA, File and Go, and Record-Nation. The page says those lower-volume vendors provide specific document types, such as notices of commencement and lien or claim-related documents. File and Go is labeled Notice of Commencement. Being listed is not a promise that a vendor will take a financial power of attorney. The page says to check each website for what it accepts. Phones and vendor prices stay on that page. They are not copied here. The Clerk is not affiliated with those agencies. Documents are processed in the order received.
The recording page says e-recording can simplify and accelerate recording compared with runner or courier delivery. It does not print a clock. This page does not state when a financial power of attorney is recorded. e-Recording.
The recording page also lists what to put on an instrument: the date, legible names of the parties, a notary seal and notary signature, a return address, and, if the document deals with real property, a Pasco County property legal description. A separate list for deeds adds grantor and grantee addresses, a preparer name, consideration, two witnesses, and citations to Chapter 695.26 and Chapter 689.01. Those deed bullets are not a Chapter 709 execution rule. The legal-description line is not a substitute for two subscribing witnesses.
The same page includes a Chapter 695.26 note, effective January 1, 2024, about instruments affecting real property. Power of attorney is not named inside that note. A Florida attorney should review it before anyone applies that note to a financial power of attorney. It is not a substitute for § 709.2105, and it is not a Pasco County execution rule.
Marriage licenses, passports, jury, traffic, tax deed sales, court-file viewing, and property fraud alerts appear as other services. 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 says all fees are subject to legislative changes. It contains a table. No figure from that table is copied here. A vendor may add its own price. This page does not copy one. Fees and costs.
Not the court portal
Recording a financial power of attorney is the Clerk & Comptroller recording path above. The Clerk's Electronic Filing and Recording page treats court filing and Official Records recording as separate links. Court e-filing is for court documents. It is not this step. Electronic Filing and Recording. Electronic Filing of Court Documents.
The Florida Courts E-Filing Portal is for filing court documents online. The court portal is myflcourtaccess.com. It is not the way to record this document. myflcourtaccess.com.
What the document can and cannot do
It can name an agent for financial matters under Chapter 709 when it has the durability words and Florida execution: signature, two witnesses, and a notary.
It is not durable without the § 709.2104 words. A clause that waits for a future date or a future event does not make a delayed product, except as § 709.2108 provides.
This page is the financial document under Chapter 709. It does not cover health care documents. Section 709.2201 says a durable power of attorney may include health care decisions only if that authority is specifically granted. This ClickDocs form does not add that authority. The form stays financial. The health-care document is a separate Chapter 765 designation, not this form. Source: Florida Senate, § 709.2201 (2026), checked 2026-10-02.
Recording is optional for validity. Skipping it does not, by itself, make the document invalid. Whether a title company wants it in Official Records needs a Florida attorney. The recording how-to does not name a power of attorney. That does not create a duty to record, and it does not create a refusal.
Related pages
- Statewide financial durable power of attorney: /florida/durable-power-of-attorney
- Volusia County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/volusia-county/durable-power-of-attorney
- Duval County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/duval-county/durable-power-of-attorney
- Miami financial durable power of attorney: /florida/miami-durable-power-of-attorney
- Fort Lauderdale financial durable power of attorney: /florida/fort-lauderdale-durable-power-of-attorney
- Tampa financial durable power of attorney: /florida/tampa-durable-power-of-attorney
- Orlando financial durable power of attorney: /florida/orlando-durable-power-of-attorney
- Palm Beach County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/palm-beach-county-durable-power-of-attorney
- Pinellas County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/pinellas-county-durable-power-of-attorney
- Lee County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/lee-county-durable-power-of-attorney
- Naples financial durable power of attorney: /florida/naples-durable-power-of-attorney
- Sarasota County financial durable power of attorney: /florida/sarasota-county-durable-power-of-attorney
- Florida hub: /florida
- Learn, financial durable power of attorney (planned; thin shell on 2026-10-02, not a finished article): /learn/florida-durable-power-of-attorney
- Learn, power of attorney forms (planned; thin shell on 2026-10-02, not a finished article): /learn/florida-power-of-attorney-forms
This page does not reprint those pages. It does not use their clerk facts.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Pasco County durable power of attorney?
It is a Florida Chapter 709 financial document for money and property. This page is that document for Pasco County. It does not cover health care documents.
Who is this page for?
An adult who wants a Florida financial durable power of attorney and lives in Pasco County, or who may use the document with property here. It is not for a health care surrogate or a living will. It is not for a different Florida county.
Why is this a county page, not a city page?
The recorder is one Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller for the whole county. Dade City and New Port Richey are where the two counters sit. They are sections, not their own pages, and not city recorders. Wesley Chapel, Land O Lakes, Zephyrhills, the City of Holiday, Trinity, and Hudson are not sections. No municipal recorder was published for them.
Do I have to record a financial durable power of attorney in Pasco County?
Recording is optional for validity. The Recording a Document page does not name a power of attorney. That is not a duty to record, and it is not a refusal. It is not a statement that an unrecorded power of attorney is invalid. The pages also do not say the Clerk will refuse one. Whether a title company wants it recorded needs a Florida attorney. The statewide product page and the Learn page go deeper on the financial document.
Where do I record in Pasco County?
Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller, who acts as County Recorder. That is one office, not a city hall. In Dade City, the East Pasco Government Center is 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523, phone (352) 521-4408. The recording page adds a suite and a ZIP+4. The locations page prints 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523, without a suite and without a ZIP+4. In New Port Richey, the West Pasco Government Center is 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654, phone (727) 847-8086. The recording page adds a suite and a ZIP+4. The locations page prints 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654, without a suite and without a ZIP+4. This page does not pick a suite or a ZIP+4. Both counters use 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Do not use the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
What does Pasco County charge to record?
See the fee page. Charges can change. These are general recording charges, not a power-of-attorney fee. No figure is copied here.
Can I record in person, by mail, or through a vendor?
In person, at the East Pasco Government Center in Dade City or the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey, during the shared hours. Mail is not the walk-in door. East mail is 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, FL 33523. The recording page adds a ZIP+4 on that mail line. Do not walk into the Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center because that mail street matches a courthouse. West mail is P.O. Box 338, New Port Richey, FL 34656. The official pages add a ZIP+4 on that box. Do not mail cash. The pages do not say how the original comes back. e-Recording is third-party vendors only. Higher-volume names are CSC, eRecording Partners Network, Hopdox, and Simplifile. Lower-volume names are E-Recording USA, File and Go, and Record-Nation, and the page ties those to specific document types such as notices of commencement and liens. There is no public account on the Clerk site. Being listed is not a promise that a vendor will take a financial power of attorney. The pages do not print a recording clock.
Why do the addresses look different?
The recording page and the locations page do not agree on the suite or the ZIP+4, and this page does not pick. In Dade City, the recording page prints a suite and a ZIP+4 at 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523. The locations page prints 14236 6th Street, Dade City, FL 33523, without a suite and without a ZIP+4. In New Port Richey, the recording page prints a suite and a ZIP+4 at 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654. The locations page prints 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654, without a suite and without a ZIP+4. The east mail line on the recording page adds a ZIP+4, and the locations page prints the same street in Dade City, FL 33523 without that ZIP+4. That is one mail address, not a second office. The west mail box is P.O. Box 338, New Port Richey, FL 34656. The official pages add a ZIP+4 on that box. That box is not a second recorder. Confirm the counter with the Clerk before you go.
Can I use the court e-filing portal to record it?
No. The Florida Courts E-Filing Portal is for court documents. Court e-filing on the Clerk site is a separate link from Official Records recording. If you record a financial power of attorney, you use the Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller.
How do I get the document on ClickDocs?
Answer the questions, preview the draft, then sign with two witnesses and a notary. ClickDocs does not notarize it on this page. The start page is the Florida financial durable power of attorney only.
What are the Florida signing rules?
Your signature, two subscribing witnesses, and a notary acknowledgment, under § 709.2105. It is not durable without the § 709.2104 words, or similar words. Pasco County does not add its own execution rule. Notes from the Clerk on instruments that affect real property do not name a power of attorney. Ask a Florida attorney before you apply those notes to this document. They are not a substitute for the signing statute.
Can I make it start only if I become incapacitated?
Except as § 709.2108 provides, a power of attorney is exercisable when executed. It is ineffective if it says it becomes effective at a future date or on a future event or contingency, except as that section provides. ClickDocs does not offer a springing power of attorney.
Is this a health care document?
This page is the financial document under Chapter 709. It does not cover health care documents. A durable power of attorney may include health care decisions only if that authority is specifically granted. This ClickDocs form does not add that authority.
Is a clerk residency form this document?
No. A declaration of domicile is a residency statement. It is not this financial document. Marriage, passport, tax-deed, and court packets are not this document either.
Which places does this page cover?
Pasco County, through one Clerk. Dade City and New Port Richey are sections, not their own pages. Wesley Chapel, Land O Lakes, Zephyrhills, the City of Holiday, Trinity, and Hudson are mentions, not sections. A different county has a different recorder.
Is this a statutory form?
No. ClickDocs does not call this financial document a statutory form.
ClickDocs is not a law firm. Using this page or the form does not create an attorney-client relationship. This page describes a Florida financial durable power of attorney under Chapter 709 and Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller facts checked on 2026-10-02. It is not legal advice. It does not tell you to sign. Talk to a Florida attorney about homestead, gifts, capacity, whether a title company wants the document recorded, and before you apply the Clerk's deed-presentation notes to a financial power of attorney. Confirm the counter, the suite, the hours, and the mail address with the Clerk before you go. The official pages do not agree on the suite or the ZIP+4, so this page does not pick one. Charges can change. No recording price is stated on this page. The pages checked do not say how the original comes back.