County seat
Tallahassee
Florida law is the same in every county. What changes in Leon County is where you go: which office records a power of attorney, which courthouse takes an eviction complaint, and where a will is deposited after a death. The offices, fees and statutes below were read from the Clerk's and the Legislature's own pages on October 25, 2026.
Tallahassee is Leon County's only municipality and the state capital, and the Clerk's public counters are gathered in Suite 100 of the Leon County Courthouse at 301 South Monroe Street, across from the Capitol. County Civil and Small Claims, where eviction complaints are filed, Probate, and Official Records all answer from that suite. A Northeast Branch on Metropolitan Boulevard also records documents and issues certified copies of Official Records.
The Clerk accepts electronic recording and keeps separate phone lines for recording, for county civil and evictions, and for probate, which are listed with the offices below. Leon County sits in the Second Judicial Circuit with five smaller counties to its west and south.
Florida's signing rule is statewide: the principal signs before two witnesses and a notary (§ 709.2105(2)). Nothing is filed with the county when the document is signed, and a durable power of attorney keeps working during the principal's incapacity because of the words it carries (§ 709.2104), not because of any registration.
Recording comes up when the agent uses the power to sign a deed or a mortgage. Under § 695.01(1), a conveyance made under a power of attorney is good against creditors and later buyers only if the power of attorney itself is recorded, before their rights arise, in the Official Records of the county where the property is. In Leon County those records are kept by the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller:
Recording fees are set statewide by § 28.24 and posted by every clerk at $10 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page, plus $1 for each name indexed beyond four. The Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller also accepts electronic recording through its approved vendors, which is how title companies and attorneys usually record.
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A Florida will is signed before two witnesses (§ 732.502) and is not filed anywhere during the testator's lifetime. Probate is handled by the circuit court, and the venue is the county where the person was domiciled (§ 733.101(1)(a)). Within 10 days of learning of a death, whoever holds the original will deposits it with the clerk of that county (§ 732.901(1)); no probate case needs to be open to deposit it. In Leon County the deposit and the probate filings go to:
Probate filing fees are set by § 28.2401: $395 for formal administration, $340 for summary administration of an estate of $1,000 or more, $230 for an estate under $1,000, and $230 for disposition of personal property without administration, before the few dollars of statutory service charges each clerk adds. Florida Probate Rule 5.030 requires an attorney for formal administration unless the personal representative is the only interested person; summary administration and disposition without administration are commonly filed by the family.
Assets held in a revocable living trust are administered by the trustee under Chapter 736 rather than through the probate case, which is the reason the trust is paired with a will in many Florida estate plans.
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A Florida living will and a designation of health care surrogate are signed before two adult witnesses, at least one of whom is neither the signer's spouse nor a blood relative (§§ 765.202, 765.302). No notary is required and nothing is filed with the county: there is no registry at the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller or anywhere else in Leon County. The document works by being in the right hands, so copies go to the surrogate, the alternate and the treating physician, and the original stays where family can find it.
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The notice is statewide. For unpaid rent it is the three-day notice under § 83.56(3), which counts neither the day of delivery nor Saturdays, Sundays and court holidays; for other lease violations it is one of the seven-day notices under § 83.56(2). The notice is delivered to the tenant, not filed. Once the notice period runs out without payment or move-out, the landlord files a complaint for possession in the county court of the county where the premises are located (§ 83.59(2)). In Leon County eviction complaints are filed with the Clerk at:
The county court filing fee for a removal of tenant action is $180 by statute (§ 34.041(1)(a)8.); with the statutory add-on, clerks post it at $185 for possession only, and the fee rises with the amount of back rent claimed as damages. The Clerk charges $10 to issue each summons (§ 28.241(1)(d)), and the Leon County Sheriff's Office $40 to serve each one (§ 30.231(1)(a)). After judgment the Clerk issues a writ of possession to the Sheriff, who posts a 24-hour notice at the property before restoring possession; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays do not pause that 24 hours (§ 83.62(1)). The Sheriff's fee to execute the writ, $40 plus the $50 seizure fee in § 30.231(1)(b), is posted at $90.
A landlord's agent who is not an attorney may file the complaint but take no other step in the case (§ 83.59(2)). The complaint can also be filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, which self-represented landlords use as well as attorneys. Security deposit claims follow their own statewide clock: the notice of intention to impose a claim goes by certified mail within 30 days after the tenant leaves (§ 83.49(3)(a)).
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The same offices serve every address in the county, including:
Not for the document to take effect. A Florida power of attorney is signed before two witnesses and a notary (§ 709.2105(2)) and nothing is filed when it is signed. Recording matters when an agent signs a deed or mortgage with it: § 695.01(1) makes that conveyance good against creditors and later buyers only if the power of attorney is recorded first, in the Official Records of the county where the property is. In Leon County the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller records it at Official Records, Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Clerks post the statewide recording fee at $10 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page (§ 28.24).
In the county court of the county where the rental is located (§ 83.59(2)). In Leon County eviction complaints are filed with the Clerk at County Civil & Small Claims, Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301. The complaint can also be filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
The statutory filing fee for a removal of tenant action is $180 (§ 34.041(1)(a)8.), which clerks post at $185 for a possession-only case after the statutory add-on; claiming back rent as damages raises the fee by the amount claimed. The Clerk charges $10 to issue each summons (§ 28.241(1)(d)) and the Leon County Sheriff's Office $40 to serve each tenant (§ 30.231(1)(a)). The Sheriff's fee to execute a writ of possession, $40 plus the $50 seizure fee in § 30.231(1)(b), is posted at $90.
To the Clerk of the county where the person lived (§§ 732.901(1), 733.101(1)(a)), within 10 days of learning of the death, whether or not a probate case is opened. In Leon County that is the Probate, Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301.
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