Sales History on a Property Dossier: Where the Two Recorded Sales Come From
Every Florida parcel dossier opens a sales history block that lists the last two recorded sales. The block is not scraped from a listing site: it is the Department of Revenue tax roll's own sale fields, which the property appraiser fills from the clerk's recorded deeds. This page explains each field, what the qualification code means for using a sale as a comp, and how the block reads next to the deed flag.
- The sales-history block carries two sales per parcel: price, month and year of each, the appraiser's qualification code, the official-records book and the clerk instrument number.
- A qualified sale (code 01 or 02 on the roll) is an arm's-length transfer the appraiser uses for valuation; disqualified codes mark family transfers, foreclosure deeds, corrections and partial interests.
- The sale year on the roll is the appraiser's most recent reading of the clerk's deed, so the dossier's deed flag and the sales block usually agree; where they differ the clerk recording is newer.
- Sales history never shows an asking price or a listing: only prices that were recorded on a deed.
sales-history: the sales history section figures as of 2026-10-20; source the Florida Department of Revenue NAL tax roll sale fields.
| Dossier field | Roll column | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (latest) | sale_prc1 | Consideration on the most recent recorded deed |
| Sale month / year (latest) | sale_mo1, sale_yr1 | Recording period of that deed |
| Qualification (latest) | qual_cd1 | Appraiser's arm's-length code |
| Official records (latest) | or_book1, clerk_no1 | Book and clerk instrument number |
| Sale price (prior) | sale_prc2 | Consideration on the previous deed |
| Sale month / year (prior) | sale_mo2, sale_yr2 | Recording period of the previous deed |
| Qualification (prior) | qual_cd2 | Appraiser's code on the previous deed |
| Official records (prior) | or_book2, clerk_no2 | Book and clerk number of the previous deed |
Fields in the sales-history block and the DOR roll column each one reads.
Reading the sales-history fields
Sale price 1 and sale price 2 are the consideration stated on the two most recent deeds, with month and year beside them. The qualification code tells you whether the appraiser treated the transfer as a market sale; the official-records book and clerk number let you pull the deed image from the county's records search. A price of a few hundred dollars with a disqualified code is almost always a quit-claim or an estate transfer, not a bargain.
How sales history fits the distress read
A recent qualified sale at full value with a fresh mortgage recording says the owner has little equity, which makes a short sale more likely than a discount purchase. An old sale at a low price with no mortgage flag says the owner is equity-rich and can discount for speed. The dossier puts the sales block beside the flags so both readings take one glance.
Where the block does not reach
Sales recorded after the appraiser's last roll certification are not yet in the block; the deed flag and the clerk link cover that gap. Non-Florida parcels do not carry the block, because the roll is a Florida source.
Open sales-history on a parcel
Open any Florida parcel on the live board to read its two recorded sales beside the flags, or start from the county pages to find the parcels worth opening.
Sales-history is read live from its dataset.
Sales History on a Property Dossier: Where the Two Recorded Sales Come From: questions
Why do I see only two sales?
The DOR roll keeps two sale slots per parcel. Older transfers are in the clerk's official records, which the dossier links where the county publishes them.
Is the price the same as the deed stamps imply?
Usually. Florida documentary stamps are paid on consideration, and the appraiser derives the roll price from the deed; small differences come from rounding and from partial-interest transfers.
Can I use a disqualified sale as a comp?
Not as a market comp. It is still useful as evidence of what the owner paid and when.
More on the sales history section
Sales History on a Property Dossier: Where the Two Recorded Sales Come From (sales-history) is computed from the Florida Department of Revenue NAL tax roll sale fields; the sales history section is research (sales-history), not legal advice; nothing on the sales-history page is tax or sales-history investment advice, so verify every sales-history figure with its issuing agency before acting.