Florida, Monroe County
Where Islamorada's records are kept. Court and property records for Islamorada sit with Monroe County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Florida.
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The cards below include Islamorada's own offices, along with State of Florida and federal offices; the Monroe County offices are on our Monroe County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Florida Department of Law Enforcement page on getting state and national criminal history checks. Mailed request forms ended July 1, 2020; requests now go through the online Florida Criminal History Record Check.
Open official site FDLE Criminal History Record ChecksProperty records
The Department of Revenue guides the county property appraisers, tax collectors and value adjustment boards who run Florida property tax, and posts forms, Truth in Millage details and links to county officials.
Open official site Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax OversightState records
Florida Department of State guide to genealogy sources at the State Library, including Ancestry Library Edition, Fold3 and HeritageQuest used on site; birth and death records come from a state bureau in Jacksonville.
Open official site State Library of Florida Genealogy ResourcesCounty court
Clerk's offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays; the court also runs free information sessions where a bankruptcy attorney gives general advice.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of FloridaCounty court
Florida's state court website, supported by the Office of the State Courts Administrator, links the Supreme Court, six district courts of appeal and 20 circuit courts, with family law forms and appellate docket search.
Open official site Florida CourtsVital records
Issues Florida birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates, makes amendments and corrections and handles apostilles; online and phone orders run through VitalChek, the only vendor the department recommends.
Open official site Florida Department of Health Certificates and RecordsPolice & jail
Look up felony offenders sentenced to Florida state prison or state supervision by name or DC number, with current and prior offenses; county jail and county probation cases are not included.
Open official site Florida Department of Corrections Offender Information SearchState records
Search Florida missing and unidentified person cases by category, such as endangered, runaway, parental abduction or disaster victim, and by name, county, city, age, race or sex, with an images only view.
Open official site FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
FDLE search of people wanted by Florida law enforcement agencies, covering only records those agencies chose to make public and updated every 24 hours; report sightings to local police instead of acting yourself.
Open official site FCIC Public Access System Wanted Persons SearchPolice & jail
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement compiles this registry from corrections, motor vehicle, police and offender reports; search by name or near an address, see absconded offenders and sign up for free email alerts.
Open official site FDLE Sexual Offender and Predator RegistryFederal
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for Islamorada.
Open official site Islamorada Florida Census QuickFactsCity records
Village of Islamorada, with the clerk records, meeting minutes and permit information the local government publishes.
Open official site Village of IslamoradaCity records
The Islamorada Village Council publishes its members, its meeting agendas and the minutes the village keeps.
Open official site Islamorada Village CouncilEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
What we hold on Islamorada, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Islamorada is an incorporated village; its Village Clerk keeps council records and takes public records requests. Courts, deeds and the jail are Monroe County offices in Key West, the county seat. Our Monroe County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Florida is run by the Florida Division of Elections, and the county Supervisor of Elections keeps the roll for Islamorada. You can register online, by mail or in person. The deadline to register to vote for an upcoming election is 29 days before the election.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Florida come from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. The fee is $9 for the first computer generated birth certification (includes the $9 search fee); $4 for each additional copy. Local county health departments take mail in and walk in requests for Florida birth records from 1917 to the present; fees vary by county.
Deeds for property in Islamorada are recorded by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, as county recorder, the county Property Appraiser sets the assessed value, and the county Tax Collector sends the tax bill. Our Monroe County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Islamorada register with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), which runs the state business entity search. Counties and cities may levy a local business tax and issue local business tax receipts under Chapter 205, Florida Statutes.
Florida criminal history checks are run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Information Services. The fee is $24.00 per search, plus a $1.00 credit card processing fee. Online name based search of public Florida criminal history through the FDLE Instant Search (results are not certified), or a certified request; FDLE no longer takes mailed request forms.
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Other places in Monroe County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Monroe County records are on the county page.