APPOINTMENT AND RENEWAL PROCESS

Those seeking appointment (or renewal of appointment) as a commissioner of deeds can download the application form here. Your completed application should be submitted to the Florida Division of Corporations. Ultimately the appointment of a commissioner of deeds is up to the discretion of the Secretary of State. An appointment is a privilege, not a right.

JURISDICTION OF FLORIDA COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS

Unless the commission mentions specific territorial limitations to the commissioner's jurisdiction (e.g., a person commissioned as a "Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Florida in Australia" can only act within Australia), the jurisdiction of a "Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Florida," as established by Section 721.97, Florida Statutes, includes:

1. International waters 

2. Possessions, territories, and commonwealths of the United States outside the 50 states:

• American Samoa

• Guam

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

• Virgin Islands of the United States

• Baker Island

• Howland Island

• Jarvis Island

• Johnston Atoll

• Kingman Reef

• Midway Atoll

• Navassa Island

• Palmyra Atoll

3. Foreign countries:

• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

• Republic of Albania

• People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

• Principality of Andorra

• Republic of Angola

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Argentine Republic

• Republic of Armenia

• Commonwealth of Australia

  • Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  • Australian Antarctic Territory

  • Christmas Island

  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • Coral Sea Islands

  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  • Norfolk Island

• Republic of Austria

• Republic of Azerbaijan

• Commonwealth of The Bahamas

• Kingdom of Bahrain

• People's Republic of Bangladesh

• Barbados

• Republic of Belarus

• Kingdom of Belgium

• Belize

• Republic of Benin

• Kingdom of Bhutan

• Plurinational State of Bolivia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Republic of Botswana

• Federative Republic of Brazil

• Sultanate of Brunei, Abode of Peace

• Republic of Bulgaria

• Burkina Faso

• Republic of Burundi

• Republic of Cabo Verde

• Kingdom of Cambodia

• Republic of Cameroon

• Canada

• Central African Republic

• Republic of Chad

• Republic of Chile

  • Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

• People's Republic of China

  • Hong Kong

  • Macau

• Republic of Colombia

• Union of the Comoros

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Republic of the Congo

• Republic of Costa Rica

• Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

• Republic of Croatia

• Republic of Cuba

• Republic of Cyprus

• Czechia

• Kingdom of Denmark

  • Greenland

  • Faroe Islands

• Republic of Djibouti

• Commonwealth of Dominica

• Dominican Republic

• Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

• Republic of Ecuador

  • Galápagos Islands

• Arab Republic of Egypt

• Republic of El Salvador

• Republic of Equatorial Guinea

• State of Eritrea

• Republic of Estonia

• Kingdom of Eswatini

• Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

• Republic of Fiji

• Republic of Finland

  • Åland Islands

• French Republic (France)

  • French Guiana

  • French Polynesia

  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • Guadeloupe

  • Martinique

  • Mayotte

  • New Caledonia

  • Réunion

  • Saint Barthélemy

  • Saint Martin

  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • Wallis and Futuna

• French Polynesia

• Gabonese Republic

• Republic of The Gambia

• Georgia

• Federal Republic of Germany

• Republic of Ghana

• Hellenic Republic (Greece)

• Grenada

• Republic of Guatemala

• Republic of Guinea

• Republic of Guinea-Bissau

• Co-operative Republic of Guyana

• Republic of Haiti

• Republic of Honduras

• Republic of Hungary

• Republic of Iceland

• Republic of India

• Republic of Indonesia

  • Western New Guinea

• Islamic Republic of Iran

• Republic of Iraq

• Ireland

• State of Israel

• Italian Republic (Italy)

  • Lampedusa and Pelagie Islands

• Jamaica

• Japan

• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

• Republic of Kazakhstan

• Republic of Kenya

• Republic of Kiribati

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

• Republic of Korea (South Korea)

• Republic of Kosovo

• State of Kuwait

• Kyrgyz Republic

• Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Republic of Latvia

• Lebanese Republic

• Kingdom of Lesotho

• Republic of Liberia

• State of Libya

• Principality of Liechtenstein

• Republic of Lithuania

• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

• Republic of Madagascar

• Republic of Malawi

• Malaysia

• Republic of Maldives

• Republic of Mali

• Republic of Malta

• Republic of the Marshall Islands

• Islamic Republic of Mauritania

• Republic of Mauritius

• United Mexican States

• Federated States of Micronesia

• Republic of Moldova

• Principality of Monaco

• Mongolia

• Montenegro

• Kingdom of Morocco

• Republic of Mozambique

• Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma)

• Republic of Namibia

• Republic of Nauru

• Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

• Kingdom of the Netherlands

  • Aruba

  • Bonaire

  • Curaçao

  • Saba

  • Sint Eustatius

  • Sint Maarten

• New Caledonia

• New Zealand

  • Cook Islands

  • Niue

  • Tokelau

• Republic of Nicaragua

• Republic of Niger

• Federal Republic of Nigeria

• Republic of North Macedonia

• Kingdom of Norway

  • Svalbard

  • Jan Mayen

  • Bouvet Island

• Sultanate of Oman

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan

• Republic of Palau

• Republic of Panama

• Independent State of Papua New Guinea

• Republic of Paraguay

• Republic of Peru

• Republic of the Philippines

• Republic of Poland

• Portuguese Republic

  • Azores

  • Madeira

• State of Qatar

• Romania

• Russian Federation

  • Kaliningrad Oblast

• Republic of Rwanda

• Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

• Saint Lucia

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Independent State of Samoa

• Republic of San Marino

• Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Republic of Senegal

• Republic of Serbia

• Republic of Seychelles

• Republic of Sierra Leone

• Republic of Singapore

• Slovak Republic

• Republic of Slovenia

• Solomon Islands

• Federal Republic of Somalia

• Republic of South Africa

• Republic of South Sudan

• Kingdom of Spain

  • Ceuta

  • Melilla

• Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

• Republic of the Sudan

• Republic of Suriname

• Kingdom of Sweden

• Swiss Confederation

• Syrian Arab Republic

• Taiwan (Republic of China)

• Republic of Tajikistan

• United Republic of Tanzania

• Kingdom of Thailand

• Togolese Republic

• Tokelau

• Kingdom of Tonga

• Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

• Republic of Tunisia

• Republic of Türkiye (Turkey)

• Turkmenistan

• Tuvalu

• Republic of Uganda

• Ukraine

• United Arab Emirates

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia

  • Anguilla

  • Bermuda

  • British Antarctic Territory

  • British Indian Ocean Territory

  • British Virgin Islands

  • Cayman Islands

  • Falkland Islands

  • Gibraltar

  • Montserrat

  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

• Oriental Republic of Uruguay

• Republic of Uzbekistan

• Republic of Vanuatu

• Vatican City State

• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

• Socialist Republic of Vietnam

• Western Sahara

• Republic of Yemen

• Republic of Zambia

• Republic of Zimbabwe