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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 81
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (6th Circuit : Pasco County)
Title, Dates: Deed records, 1876-1953.
Amount: 12.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
Medium Included: microfilm
Organization/Arrangement: Deeds arranged chronologically within each record book.
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Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:     Pasco County was established in 1887 by an act of the State Legislature.  It was formed from the southern portion of Hernando County.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     This series consists of the deed records of Pasco County, Florida, from 1876 to 1953.  In the broadest sense, a deed (or conveyance) is a legal instrument by which real property is transferred from one party to another.  Included in this series are many types of title conveyances and contracts, including: mineral leases, quit claim deeds, and tax deeds.  The series includes four index volumes covering the years 1876-1913.  Also included is a microfilm copy of homestead patents.  This volume consists of the recorded copies of titles of land granted by the United States General Land Office to settlers under the Homestead Law of 1862. The volume is arranged chronologically by the date the patent was filed with the Pasco County Clerk of Court.  The recording dates range from 1884 to 1926; the actual dates of the patents are ca. 1883-1911.
Finding Aids: Microfilm list available (volumes deaccessioned 6/3/2005).
Additional Physical Form:
Reproduction Note: Homestead patents on microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals of homestead patents located at Pioneer Pasco Historical Museum, Dade City, Florida.
Associated Materials: Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pasco County.  Office of the Clerk.  Dade City, Florida.
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Publication Note:
General Note: ( Volumes deaccessioned - 06/03/2005 )
Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields: Deeds Florida --Pasco County
Homestead law Florida
Deeds. aat
Pasco County (Fla.)
Added Entries United States. General Land Office.  --Florida District.