County customs & mechanics
- Owner's title policy: seller customarily selects the title company and pays the premium — the contract can override
- Deed documentary stamps at the statewide $0.70 per $100 (no surtax here)
- Recording with the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller
- Reissue credits directly reward sellers here: a qualifying prior policy lowers the premium the seller is customarily paying — bring it to listing
- HOA-layer diligence dominates the county's west-side communities; coastal files add condo and waterfront patterns
Clerk & courthouse logistics
Recording runs through the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller, with deed stamps at the statewide $0.70 per $100 — no surtax north of the county line. Because the seller customarily selects the title company here, recording, payoff, and estoppel coordination usually sit with the seller's chosen closer — one more reason the title choice belongs in the listing appointment.
- Recording timing: South Florida clerks accept e-recording — standard documents are typically recorded the same or next business day after funding, through the Clerk & Comptroller
- Municipal lien timing: results typically return within one to two weeks, so the search is ordered at file opening — historic districts like Flamingo Park and Old Northwood carry century-old permit and renovation history worth the scrutiny
- Estoppel timing: layered west-side communities can require multiple estoppels — master, sub, sometimes a club document set — identified at file opening and ordered all at once, with fees statutorily capped per association and the closing's critical path built around the slowest certificate
What seller-pays means for listing agents
In this county the title conversation belongs in the listing appointment: the seller is customarily buying the policy, choosing the closing team, and benefiting from any reissue credit. A listing priced with Broward assumptions understates the seller's costs; a net sheet that misses the reissue credit overstates them. Our seller net sheet applies Palm Beach defaults automatically — agents use it live in listing presentations.
Remote-first county coverage
From Boca Raton to Jupiter, our Palm Beach County files run remote-first: e-signings and RON, mobile notaries where ink is required, couriered originals when lenders demand them, and the same attorney-supervised escalation lane the home county gets. The office is in Hallandale Beach; the service level doesn't know that.