Where to find legal notices for Gainesville and Alachua County: FloridaPublicNotices.com, City Commission agendas, and the clerk's foreclosure and tax deed sales.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. This page is an index, not an official publication. It points to where Gainesville and Alachua County legal notices are published. A notice has legal effect only where the law requires it to be published.

Florida requires governments, courts and some private parties to publish notice of hearings, budgets, rezonings, foreclosures, name changes, fictitious business names and more. Most of those notices still run in a newspaper of general circulation, and newspaper notices are also collected on a statewide website.

Where to look first

  • Statewide notice site: FloridaPublicNotices.com, searchable by county; sign up for text or email alerts
  • City of Gainesville: City Clerk’s Office, 352-334-5015, City Hall, 200 E. University Ave.
  • Alachua County Clerk of the Court (foreclosures, tax deeds, official records): 352-374-3636, 201 E. University Ave.

The statewide site

FloridaPublicNotices.com, run through the Florida Press Association, collects the legal notices that Florida newspapers publish. Search by county (Alachua) and by keyword, such as a street name, a case number or “Gainesville.” Older notices are in its archive.

Online-only notices

Since 2022, section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, has let a city, county or school board publish legally required notices on its county’s designated public website instead of in a newspaper, if that costs less. Notices published that way must be searchable and show the date they were first posted. If a Gainesville or Alachua County body uses that route, its notice will be on the county-designated site instead of in the paper, so check both.

City of Gainesville

  • Meeting agendas and minutes: City Commission and city board agendas are on the city’s eScribe meeting portal.
  • Official notice of public meetings: posted by the City Clerk’s Office on the bulletin board in the City Hall lobby, 200 E. University Ave.
  • Planning and zoning hearings: the Planning Division, 352-334-5023. See our building permits and zoning guide.
  • Code enforcement cases: Code Enforcement, 352-334-5030.
  • Phone numbers for every department: our who to call at City Hall guide.

Alachua County

  • Clerk of the Court: J.K. “Jess” Irby is the clerk. The office is at 201 E. University Ave.; phone 352-374-3636, TDD/TTY users call 711.
  • Tax deed sales: held online at alachua.realtaxdeed.com beginning at 10 a.m. on sale days. The clerk’s tax deed sales page links the sale calendar and the list of lands available. All owners and lienholders are notified of a sale, the clerk says.
  • Foreclosure sales: listed on the clerk’s foreclosure sales page.
  • Official records (deeds, liens, mortgages): the clerk’s official records search.
  • Value Adjustment Board (property value appeals): run through the clerk’s office. See our property taxes guide for deadlines.
  • County public records requests: the county’s Public Records Custodian, 352-264-6906, publicrecordsrequest@alachuacounty.us.

Elections

Official election notices, including potential ineligibility notices, are posted on the Supervisor of Elections’ official notices page. See our voting guide.

What this means for you

  • Search FloridaPublicNotices.com for “Alachua” plus your street to catch rezonings, hearings and sales near you.
  • If you follow development, check the city’s eScribe portal before each City Commission and board meeting.
  • This page is a guide; the notice itself is the legal record.

Related: building permits and zoning, property taxes and voting.

Frequently asked questions

Where are public notices published in Alachua County?

Legal notices that run in Florida newspapers are also posted on FloridaPublicNotices.com, the statewide site, where you can search by county. Florida law also lets local governments publish some notices on a county-designated website instead.

Where are Gainesville City Commission agendas posted?

On the city’s eScribe meeting portal. The City Clerk’s Office, 352-334-5015, posts the official notice of public meetings on the bulletin board in the City Hall lobby, 200 E. University Ave.

Where are Alachua County tax deed sales held?

Online at alachua.realtaxdeed.com, starting at 10 a.m. on sale days, according to the Alachua County Clerk of the Court.

Is this page the official notice?

No. This page is an index to help you find notices. The legal notice is the one published in the newspaper, on FloridaPublicNotices.com or on the government’s designated website.