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There are three types of joint ownership title vesting in Florida; Tenancy in Common, Joint Tenancy, and Tenancy by Entirety.

Last week we covered Tenancy in Common, this week, let’s look at Joint Tenancy and what defines it.

– Parties: Two or more persons.

– Division: Ownership interests must be identical and interests must be obtained at the same time.

– Title: Each joint tenant has an equal undivided interest, which may be conveyed to a third party without the joinder of the remaining tenants.

– Possession: Equal right of possession.

– Conveyance: Conveyance by one joint tenant (without the others) breaks the joint tenancy to that co-tenant.

– Purchasers: Purchaser of less than the entire estate becomes a tenant in common with the former joint tenants.

– Death: Upon joint tenant’s death, decedent’s interest automatically passes to surviving joint tenant(s). Right of survivorship.

– Creditor’s Rights: Joint tenant’s interest may be sold pursuant to an execution sale to satisfy a creditor. Joint tenancy is broken and creditor becomes a tenant in common.

Right of survivorship must be expressly stated to create a joint tenancy. Merely reflecting, for example, John Doe and Jane Doe, as joint tenants, is insufficient to create a survivorship interest.

How do you quickly find out who is on the deed to a certain property? There are different ways to find this out, and the methods can vary from County to County. It is very simple to do in most Counties.

For this Title Tip, let’s look at how you look up a deed in St. Johns County. It has a few more steps than Duval County and is a bit trickier, but with the steps below you’ll have no problem.

For this example, let’s look at 233 Marietta Dr. Open up a browser tab on your computer and follow along with me.

Here are the simple steps to follow:
1. Go to http://www.sjcpa.us.
2. Select “Search.”
3. Select “Property Records Search.”
4. Select the “Basic Search” if you are using IE for your browser, or “Basic Property Records Search” if using Chrome.
5. At Property Record Search, as with Duval County, all you really need is the property address. I always enter at this point just the street number, as the names can be reordered or misspelled – but the number is always correct. In this case, “233.”
6. There are a lot of addresses that start with 233, but you can find the street in the list. Once you do, you can just click the appropriate STRAP in the left side of the page. That will get you to the property details. In this case, 0680530030.
7. Confirm you have the correct property, and then scroll down to the “Sales Information” section. At the top should be the last sale, 2/22/2016. The 4th column is “Book & Page,” for this example 4154/1110. You will need to write that down or open a new tab on your browser.
8. Type in http://www.clk.co.st-johns.fl.us/ (it may not take depending on your browser version. If not, follow the suggestion they offer or simply cut-n-paste the link in to a google search and it will get you there) and in the green horizontal oval you want to click “Online Records Search.”
9. At the next page, select “Official Records Search.”
10. That will bring up a new tab on most browsers. On that page under a picture of a red book will be “Book & Page.”
11. Click “Book & Page” then enter the Book & Page you wrote down or have in another tab as outlined in #7 above.
12. Your results should be at the top of the list. Confirm the Book & Page is correct, click it, and there you go. From there you can print out the deed.

Of note, there are some specific properties that you cannot get information on in a Public Records search. It is rare and only applies to certain people, but we can help you with that if needed.

You can find the PDF of this Title Tip here.

How do you quickly find out who is on the deed to a certain property? There are different ways to find this out, and the methods can vary from County to County. It is very simple to do in most Counties.

For this Title Tip, let’s look at how you look up a deed in Duval County. As an example, let’s look at 1011 Meadow Point Ct. in Jacksonville. Open up a browser tab on your computer and follow along with me.

Here are the simple steps to follow:
1. Go to http://www.coj.net.
2. Select “Online Services.”
3. Under “Find” select “Property Search.”
4. At Property Search, on the left enter the address of the property in question. You don’t need it all, just the number will do, in this case “1011.”
5. There are a lot of addresses that start with 1011, but you can find the street in the list. Once you do, you can just click the appropriate RE# in the left side of the page. That will get you to the property details.
6. Confirm you have the correct property, and then scroll down to the “Sales History” section. At the top should be the last sale, in this case 1/5/2016. The first column is “Book/Page,” for this example 17422/01243. Click that hyperlink for Book/Page.
7. That brings you to the Duval County Public Records. On the right side of the page, you can “View Image” or “View Thumbnail.” Either way will give you the option to download or print out the deed.

There you go! Once you are used to it, you can get a deed printing out for you in 30-seconds.

Of note, there are some specific properties that you cannot get information on in a Public Records search. It is rare and only applies to certain people, but we can help you with that if needed.

You can get the PDF of this Title Tip here.