On Friday, November 29, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET, the MyFloridaCounty Official Records Index and Document Ordering System (MFC ORI) website will be permanently decommissioned. Please see below for current options. 

The Lee County Official Records are open to the public and anyone may obtain copies. Most documents can be printed from your personal computer or device by going to our Official Records Search Page.

Options For Certified Copies of Official Records: 

• Request an electronically certified copy online (Please Note: when requesting copies through this website additional service fees apply.)
• Visit our office at 2115 2nd Street, 2nd floor, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 or 1039 SE 9th Place, 2nd Floor, Cape Coral, Florida 33990.
• Request it by mail: include as much identifying information regarding the document or parties, as possible. Visit the Fees & Costs page to include the correct fees. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope to Lee County Clerk's Office, PO Box 2278, Fort Myers , Florida 33902 for the return of your copies.
• A certified copy of a death certificate can be ordered through VitalChek. 

NOTE: You can obtain a certified copy of a marriage license document with wet stamp or raised seal by visiting the Clerk’s Office in person.

 NOTICE: 

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, from a publicly available Internet website 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. The notice must state that information described in s. 28.222(2), F.S., grantor, grantee and party names, otherwise exempt under s. 119.071, will not be removed from the Official Record or the index.

Any person has a right to request that a county recorder or clerk of the court add information to a publicly available Internet website if that information involves the identity of a respondent against whom a final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485, F.S., is entered, unless the respondent is a minor.