Redaction/Removal of Records

NOTICE OF THE RIGHT OF ANY AFFECTED PARTY TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF CERTAIN CHAPTER 119 INFORMATION OR RECORDS 

Any person has a right to request that a county recorder remove, from a publicly available Internet website, information made exempt from inspection or copying under s. 119.071, F.S., or an image or copy of a public record, including an official record, if that image or copy is of a military discharge; death certificate, or a court file, record or paper relating to matters or cases governed by the Florida Rules of Family Law, the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, or the Florida Probate Rules. However, grantor, grantee or party names may not be removed from the Official Records index unless the grantor, grantee or party name includes the street address, such as in a Trust or LLC. Requests must be notarized, state the statutory basis for removal, and confirm the individual’s eligibility for the exemption. Please use the contact information below when submitting a request. 

A request for redaction must be signed, legibly written and delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in person to the county recorder. The request must specify the identification page number of the record that contains the number to be redacted. Please use the non-court public records redaction forms below. Completed forms should be submitted to the Clerk's Office either by:

Mail:
Highlands County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller
Attention: Recording Division
590 S Commerce Ave
Sebring, Florida 33870

In person:
Highlands County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller 
Government Center – 2nd Floor
590 S Commerce Ave
Sebring, Florida 33870
 
Phone: (863) 402-6590
Fax: (863) 402-6862
 
The request for exemption only applies to documents listed on the form and does not apply to unlisted documents or documents received by the Clerk's Office at a later date. For these type of documents, additional requests must be submitted. 
 
Pursuant to Florida Statues Section 295.186, veterans of the United States of America Armed Forces, their widows or widowers, attorneys, personal representatives, executors or court appointed guardians may request the removal or deletion of official records or instruments. 
 
 
Please be advised that if you made a request of a county recorder to remove from the official records any of the documents described in F.S. 295.186, the removal of any such documents from the official records will be permanent and no further record of the document will exist in the official records of the county.