Who pays for the owner’s policy in Brevard County?
The seller customarily pays for the owner’s title policy in Brevard County.
Owner’s policy The title policy that protects the buyer, issued for the full insurable value of the property, in a sale ordinarily the price. More in the glossary: Owner’s policy
Custom is not law. The purchase contract decides it, and in a negotiated deal either side can end up paying. Read the contract before assuming which line it falls on.
That is the custom as we see it on our own files, confirmed on September 24, 2026. It is a report of what is usual, not a rule, and not a promise about your contract.
How the custom runs in the other counties is on who pays for title insurance in Florida.
What does title insurance cost in Brevard County?
The same as anywhere in Florida — the premium is promulgated.
Premium The price of a title insurance policy. In Florida it is set by rule, applies throughout the state, and no one may knowingly quote, charge or collect a different one; it runs per $1,000 of coverage, in bands. More in the glossary: Premium
- Owner’s policy, $500,000
- $2,575
- Original rate, R. 69O-186.003(1)(a)
- At the reissue rate
- $1,530
- Where the prior title was insured and conditions are met
- Lender’s policy alongside
- $125
- Our charge; the rule’s minimum is $25
The Office of Insurance Regulation sets the premium by rule under Fla. Stat. § 627.782, and an owner’s policy is written for the full insurable value of the property. The Florida title insurance rates, both schedules, are printed in full on the calculator; what each side pays is on the buyer closing costs and seller closing costs pages.
More detail on what title insurance costs
The reissue rate applies where the owner’s or the seller’s own title was insured and the rule’s conditions are met. The rule sets $25 as the least a lender’s policy issued at the same time can be. That $25 is a minimum, not a price: Bayit Title charges $125 to issue the policy alongside the owner’s, and that is the figure the estimate prints. Where the loan is larger than the owner’s amount, the coverage above it adds the difference between the original rate at the loan amount and at the owner’s amount.
Read from Fla. Admin. Code R. 69O-186.003 on September 14, 2026. The rule was last amended January 27, 2002. Tell us if a figure here does not match what you are quoted and we will check it against the rule again.
Documentary stamp tax on a Brevard County sale
The deed is taxed by the state, not by the county.
Documentary stamp tax Florida’s tax on documents, paid at the closing. More in the glossary: Documentary stamp tax
The deed rate here is the rate in 66 of the 67 counties — Miami-Dade is the exception. The stamps are charged on each part of $100, so they round up. Which side pays is decided by the contract, not the statute.
A cash closing carries neither mortgage tax. The Florida doc stamp tax calculator works it out for a specific price and loan.
More detail on documentary stamp tax
Deed stamps. 70¢ per $100 of consideration, or part of $100. Charged on each part of $100, so the figure rounds up, not down.
Mortgage stamps. 35¢ per $100 of the amount secured, or part of $100. The $2,450 cap in § 201.08(1)(a) is on the tax on a note or other written obligation to pay money. There is no cap on the tax on a mortgage recorded against Florida property.
Intangible tax. 2 mills on each dollar secured — $2 per $1,000. One time, on the obligation the mortgage secures.
Each figure was read from the statute that sets it on September 14, 2026 and is linked to its section. Which county ch. 83-220 describes comes from the Department of Revenue’s documentary stamp tax guidance. Rates change by act of the Legislature — if one of these no longer matches what you are being charged, tell us and we will correct it.
Recording in Brevard County
Deeds and mortgages record with the Brevard County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Recording Entering a document in the county’s official records, which makes it notice to everyone. More in the glossary: Recording
- First page
- $10.00
- Then $8.50 a page
- A 3-page deed
- $27
- Same at every office
- A 25-page mortgage
- $214
- Same at every office
Set by statute and charged by the page — Fla. Stat. § 28.24(13) — so a Brevard County deed and a Levy County deed of the same length record for the same money.
More detail on recording
Recording, first page: $10.00. $5.00 service charge, plus $1.00 to the Public Records Modernization Trust Fund, plus $4.00. Fla. Stat. § 28.24(13)(a), (d)1., (e)
Recording, each page after the first: $8.50. $4.00 service charge, plus 50¢ to the trust fund, plus $4.00. Fla. Stat. § 28.24(13)(b), (d)2., (e)
Indexing, per name over four: $1.00. Reached by a deed with several grantors, or by a mortgage naming a trust. Fla. Stat. § 28.24(13)(c)
The office’s own fee schedule covers the other things it does — certified copies, searches, its own e-recording arrangements — and a third-party e-recording vendor may add a fee of its own, which is not the office’s charge and not this.
Read from the statute on September 14, 2026. If a charge here no longer matches what you are being charged, tell us and we will correct it.
How Brevard County records, in its offices’ own words
What the office that records deeds and mortgages says about how it works.
- Federal tax liens
- The Clerk warns that its index of federal tax lien notices is not identical in content to the documents the IRS presented, and that a search of it cannot be relied upon in proceedings related to title or transfer of property. Source: Federal tax liens
- Tax deed sales
- Tax deed auctions are online, on the auction site the Clerk links. The Clerk says governmental liens and judgments survive the issuance of the tax deed and are satisfied as far as possible from any overbid money from the sale. Source: Tax deed sales
- Fraud alert
- The Clerk’s free Recording Notification Service emails a subscriber when a document is recorded under any of up to 10 names or property descriptions registered to that email address. Source: Fraud alert
Each line restates what the page linked beside it said when it was read, on October 7, 2026: a page of one of the county’s own offices, or one it links to. Offices change these pages without notice; on a file where one of them matters, ask us and we will check it again.
All Brevard topicsNext Liens and charges that stay with the property
County liens, utility charges and assessments in Brevard County
What the county’s offices and its code say about charges and liens a buyer can inherit.
- Cap on code liens
- A code lien on real property, interest included, can’t exceed 35 percent of the property’s assessed value when the lien was imposed. The cap doesn’t cover association common areas or other nominally assessed land. Source: Cap on code liens
- Buyers and fine reductions
- Fines are reduced only after the property complies. The special magistrate weighs it against a reduction if a buyer knew or should have known of the fine or lien, and counts a homestead exemption in the owner’s favor. Source: Buyers and fine reductions
- Timing of reduction requests
- A request to reduce a code lien has to reach the County Commission before a foreclosure starts or the lien is assigned to a third party. The special magistrate holds a hearing first and sends a recommendation. Source: Timing of reduction requests
- Water and sewer liens
- County water and sewer bills are the owner’s debt as well as the tenant’s. A bill unpaid 30 days after billing is delinquent and becomes a lien ranking with county taxes, enforceable whether or not it is recorded. Source: Water and sewer liens
- Overgrown lot liens
- The cost of cutting an overgrown lot is a special assessment payable at the Tax Collector’s office 30 days after the invoice is mailed. It bears prime plus two percent and ranks ahead of every lien but taxes. Source: Overgrown lot liens
- Prorated garbage fees
- A newly built home owes a prorated garbage assessment from its first full month until October 1, whoever owned it before. Left unpaid it becomes a lien ranking with county taxes, and the yearly assessment doesn’t erase it. Source: Prorated garbage fees
Each line restates what the page linked beside it said when it was read, on October 16, 2026: a page of one of the county’s own offices, or the county’s code. Offices change these pages without notice; on a file where one of them matters, ask us and we will check it again.
Law particular to Brevard County
What the county’s charter, its code or a Florida law sets for Brevard in particular.
- Voter-approved assessments
- Brevard’s charter bars any new non-ad valorem special assessment, other than a municipal service benefit unit, unless a majority of voters in the affected area approve it at an election. Source: Voter-approved assessments
Each line restates what the page linked beside it said when it was read, on October 16, 2026: the county’s charter or code, a page of the county government, or the Florida Constitution. Offices change these pages without notice; on a file where one of them matters, ask us and we will check it again.
How Bayit Title handles a Brevard County file
Opened by the same four people who close it.
We order the search, examine what comes back, and put anything that could hold up the closing in writing — with what it would take to clear it — rather than waiting for it to surface at the table.
Wherever the signer is
We send a notary to the signer, including outside office hours.
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