Select the state and county.
Start with the property jurisdiction, not the owner’s mailing address. If your county is unavailable, use its official septic program to identify the correct system. This is not a complete national database.
Independent platform guide / Carmody
Find your SepticSearch record.
Choose the property’s state and county, search the available identifiers, then open the scanned documents—not just the summary.
Open SepticSearch ↗Follow the search steps ↓SepticPath is independent of SepticSearch, Carmody and government agencies.
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Find the record behind the result.
Try one useful identifier at a time.
The current search offers last name, tax parcel ID, street and permit-related fields. For street-name searches, omit suffixes such as Street or Road; the street number is optional. Broaden an overly specific search, but do not treat a nearby result as the right property.
Open the scanned documents.
Compare the address, parcel or lot, permit number and document date on every page. Separate the application, approved design, installation record, final approval and later repairs. A service-history entry is not necessarily the original plan.
Read the drawing and approval together →Keep the missing item specific.
No property result, no scanned drawing and no final approval are different gaps. Save the identifiers you searched and ask the responsible office for the missing existing file. An empty result is not an agency no-record response.
Continue after an empty search →Verified agency referral / Florida
Franklin County links to SepticSearch.
The Florida Department of Health in Franklin County lists the platform among its environmental-health resources. That referral does not guarantee a record for every property or establish coverage in other counties.
Check the official agency referral ↗Other Florida OSTDS lookup routes → · Agency sent you to OnlineRME instead? →
Before you rely on the result.
Is SepticSearch the same as SepticPath?
No. SepticSearch is Carmody’s records platform. SepticPath is an independent research and file-explanation service, not its operator or a government office.
Does an empty SepticSearch result mean there is no septic system?
No. The platform says not every property is included and some records are incomplete. Check the jurisdiction and identifiers, then ask the local records custodian about archives and missing attachments.
Can I search by address or parcel number?
The current property search provides tax parcel ID, street name, optional street number, last name and permit-related fields. Choose the state and county first; use the search type available for that area.
Can SepticPath help if I already found the file?
Yes. Send the complete file and your question for a property-match and document-stage review. A historical record review is not a current-condition inspection.
Sources and review
SepticSearch: current search instructions
SepticSearch: platform questions
Reviewed 2026-10-11. Search fields and county availability can change. This review checked the public instructions and search screen, not a successful search for a particular property.
A historical file does not establish current condition, exact field location or permission to build or dig.