Welcome to the office of the City Clerk. This department has many important duties including being the custodian of all official City records. Additionally, the Clerk prepares and publishes legal advertisements required by law and is responsible for issuing local business tax receipts in accordance with the City's Code of Ordinances and State Statutes. Other duties include coordinating the appointments by the City Commission to various advisory boards, and keeping and attesting to all official records of the City while ensuring compliance by all departments with records retention/destruction requirements in accordance with Florida law.

The City Clerk is also the local Elections Official for the City. Regular elections are scheduled the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year. The Mayor and Commission are elected for two-year terms with three seats being up one year and the other two the next. Each candidate seeking the office of Mayor or City Commissioner shall be a qualified elector and shall have resided within the City limits for over one consecutive year immediately prior to the time for qualifying for office with the City Clerk. The qualifying period begins at 12:00 noon seventy-one (71) days prior to the municipal election, and ends at the same time four days later.

Please feel free to contact us by phone - 407-585-1415, fax - 407-585-1498, or send an e-mail to mailbox@lakemaryfl.com.