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Broward County Condo Ownership Records: How to Look Up Who Owns a Unit
Who owns any condo unit in Broward County is public record, searchable free through the Broward County Property Appraiser (BCPA). Enter the unit's address — including the unit number — and the record shows the current owner, the mailing address on file for the tax bill, and the property's sale history.
For associations from Fort Lauderdale to Hollywood to Pompano Beach, the one-unit search is the easy part. The hard part is noticing when any of a building's units changes hands — Broward's condo stock is older than Miami-Dade's on average, which means more estate transfers, more trust conveyances, and more units quietly moving to heirs or investors without an estoppel ever being requested.
Look up a Broward County building now
Live against the Broward County Property Appraiser (BCPA) roll — enter a building address and see what the county shows today.
Searching the county site manually
- Open the BCPA property search (web.bcpa.net).
- Search by street address with the unit number, or by owner name or folio.
- Open the record: owner of record, mailing address, sales history, and assessment details are on the property page.
- Save the folio number for anything you'll need to re-check — it's the stable identifier across county systems.
Understanding the folio number
Broward folios are 12–13 characters and, unlike Miami-Dade's all-numeric format, often contain letters (for example, 4943 30 AG 0003). The letter pair identifies the condominium within its section, and each unit carries its own folio. BCPA displays the folio in grouped segments on the property record.
The county's free fraud alert
BCPA offers a free Owner Alert service that notifies an enrolled owner by email when a deed changes ownership of their property. Like every county's version, it's per-parcel and owner-enrolled — useful personal protection, not a way for an association to watch a building.
For associations: one unit vs. the whole building
Everything above works one unit at a time — fine for a question, unusable as a process. A 120-unit building checked monthly is over 1,400 lookups a year, and the transfers that cost associations money (LLC and trust conveyances, foreclosures, probate) are precisely the ones nobody thinks to check for. ParcelTower pulls every unit in your Broward County buildings from the Broward County Property Appraiser (BCPA) roll, rechecks them on a schedule, and sends a digest of ownership and mailing-address changes. Here's why associations miss transfers otherwise.
Frequently asked questions
Are property ownership records public in Broward County?
Yes. Owner names, mailing addresses, sale history, and assessments are public record on the BCPA website, free to search. Recorded deed documents live with the Broward County Records Division.
Why does a Broward folio number contain letters?
Broward's folio format encodes the subdivision or condominium with a letter pair (like AG) inside the parcel number. Each condo unit still has its own unique folio; units in one building share the leading segments.
How quickly does a sale show up in BCPA records?
After the deed records with the county and BCPA processes it — typically weeks after closing, varying with volume. Slower than an estoppel request, but it catches the transfers that never generate one.
Can an association monitor all of its Broward units automatically?
Not through the county's own tools — the public search is one property at a time and Owner Alert is per-owner. ParcelTower pulls every unit in a Broward building from the BCPA roll and rechecks it on a schedule; snapshot up to three buildings free.
General information about public records, not legal advice. County site layouts and services change — the county's own pages are authoritative.