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President's Message

Lake Estates Improvement Association, Inc.

Neighbors,
eighbors are receiving letters from the Local Records Office in Tallahassee,
Florida stating the company provides a copy of the only document or deed
Nidentifying you as the property owner. They are requesting an $89.00
processing fee to obtain one. This mailing is a solicitation from a private company
selling copies of certified deeds at a rate much higher than one needs to pay. While
this practice is misleading, it is unfortunately, legal.

A certified copy of a document has the legal validity of the original document. Your
deed is a document or written legal instrument which, when executed and delivered,
conveys an interest in or legal title to a property. If you have lost or misplaced your
original deed you can obtain a certified copy from the Broward County Records,
Taxes and Treasury Division, in person, or by mail. Deeds recorded prior to 1978
must be ordered in person or by written request. The county charges a nominal fee
for reproduction ($1.00 a page/$2.00 certified). For more information, call
954.831.4000.

Linda W. Bird, President Non-certified copies of deeds and many other important documents are available
Lakes Estates for free online at Broward County Records, Taxes and Treasury Division’s website
Improvement Association, Inc.
(www.broward.org/records), which is also linked from our office’s website.
Reviewing and obtaining a non-certified copy of your deed is simple: Go to
www.bcpa.net and go to “Property Search” page, read the statement shown, and
click on “Accept,” click on the “Owner Name” button, and search by your last
name, followed by a comma, and then your first name. After hitting the SEARCH
button, you must select your property from a list. To select your property, click on
the “Parcel Number” that is in the same row as your address. All the information on
your property will be displayed. More than half way down this page, there will be
a section labeled “Sales History.” Click on the top “Book Number” (colored blue) to
view the most current version of the deed.

Unsafe left turn at Northeast 57th Street and
Federal Highway
After the Florida Department of Transportation made our egress at Northeast
57thStreet a right turn only, many neighbors have began cutting through the parking
lot of the small strip center on the left side of Northeast 57th Street to make a U
turn on a very congested Federal Highway. The City of Fort Lauderdale Police
Department has ticketed residents in our neighborhood to discourage this illegal
habit. Please take the right and drive to the traffic light with a red turn arrow to
make your U turn on Federal Highway as designed by the Florida Department of
Transportation. The life you save may be your own. n

All the best,
Linda Bird, President
Improvement Association of Lake Estates, Inc.
Board of Directors
954 491 8767

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