Escrow services for Florida,
held by an attorney.
We serve as neutral escrow and settlement agent for transactions anywhere in Florida — holding earnest money, closing funds, deposits and deal holdbacks in our attorney trust account and releasing them only when the written terms are met. Most escrows we open never require anyone to set foot in our office.
Held in our attorney trust account. Neutral, accountable, and released only when the written terms are met.
Open your escrow
Send us the contract or escrow instructions and we'll confirm terms and issue wire details — usually the same day.
An escrow agent you can actually hold accountable
Escrow is the part of a deal where a neutral third party holds the money — and sometimes the documents — until every side has done what it promised. Whoever holds those funds is the single point of failure in the transaction, which is why who you pick matters more than most people realize. A title company, a broker or an attorney can all serve as escrow agent in Florida. Only one of them answers to The Florida Bar for how the money is handled.
As your escrow agent we are deliberately neutral: we don't advocate for the buyer or the seller, we follow the written escrow instructions exactly, we keep the funds segregated and reconciled, and nothing moves until it is supposed to. That neutrality is the entire reason an escrow agent is worth having.
Escrow anywhere in Florida — not just Miami
Our office is in Miami-Dade, but escrow is not a business that requires you to be down the hall. Funds arrive by wire, instructions arrive in writing, signatures are handled electronically or by mail-away package, and disbursement happens the same way regardless of which county the property or the parties sit in. We routinely act as escrow agent for transactions across all 67 Florida counties — Broward and Palm Beach, the Treasure Coast, Orlando and Central Florida, Tampa Bay, Southwest Florida, Jacksonville and the First Coast, Tallahassee and the Panhandle.
For out-of-state parties and foreign buyers the distance matters even less. What matters is that the person holding the money is licensed in Florida, is bound by trust-accounting rules, verifies every wire instruction by voice before funds move, and will still answer the phone the week of closing.
We hold escrow across Florida — not just the county we sit in.
Why use an attorney as your escrow agent.
Anyone can hold a deposit. An attorney escrow agent brings four things a title company or broker cannot.
A higher fiduciary standard
As lawyers we owe heightened fiduciary duties and answer to The Florida Bar for every dollar we hold. Escrow is not a side service bolted onto a sales business — it is held to the same professional-responsibility standard as everything else we do.
Trust-accounting oversight
Funds sit in an attorney trust account governed by Chapter 5 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar — kept separate from firm money, never commingled, reconciled monthly, and applied only to their stated purpose.
We can read the agreement, not just file it
A non-attorney closer can process what you hand them. We can tell you whether the escrow instructions actually say what you think they say — and what has to happen before the money is released.
Wire-fraud discipline
We never send or accept changed wire instructions by email, and we confirm account details by voice at a number you already have before a dollar moves. Escrow fraud is the largest single loss risk in a Florida closing.
Four steps, usually inside a day.
Send us the agreement
Email the contract or the escrow instructions. We read them, confirm we can act as neutral agent, and flag anything in the escrow terms that is unclear or contradictory before it becomes a problem.
We issue wire instructions
You get our escrow letter and account details. Call us at a number you already have and confirm them out loud — every time, on every deal, no exceptions.
Funds held & reconciled
Your money sits in our attorney trust account, segregated and accounted for, while contingencies run. It is not the firm's money and is never used for anything else.
Disbursement on written terms
When the conditions are satisfied we disburse exactly as the agreement and settlement statement direct — and send you the accounting.
The escrows we open most.
If money needs to sit safely between two parties until conditions are met, it usually falls into one of these.
Real estate deposits & closing funds
Earnest money under a FAR/BAR or commercial contract, plus the full closing proceeds — held from the day you go under contract until the settlement statement balances and the deed records.
Business & M&A escrow
Purchase-price holdbacks, indemnity escrows, earn-out reserves and deal deposits when a Florida business changes hands.
Commercial & investment property
Larger deposits and closing funds for office, retail, multifamily, industrial and land transactions, including 1031 coordination with your qualified intermediary.
Realtor & brokerage referrals
Brokers who would rather not carry deposits in their own escrow account send them to us. The broker stays out of the money, and the file gets an attorney reading the contract.
Foreign & out-of-state parties
Remote escrow for buyers and sellers who never travel to Florida — verified wires, electronic or mail-away signing, and FIRPTA withholding handled at the table.
Contract & seller-financing escrow
Documents, down payments and periodic payments held under a written escrow agreement where a deal settles over time rather than all at once.
Protect yourself from wire fraud
Scammers impersonate closing agents and email fake wire instructions. We never change wire instructions by email. Before sending any funds, call us at a verified number to confirm every detail in person.
(305) 515-5003Escrow in Florida, answered.
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Client and third-party funds we hold in connection with a closing are deposited in an attorney trust account maintained in accordance with the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar (Chapter 5), kept separate from firm funds.
B&M Law Group serves as escrow, settlement and title agent for transactions throughout Florida from its principal office in Miami, Miami-Dade County. Se Habla Español. This page is general information, not legal advice.
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