Hurricane Milton Update

In anticipation of Hurricane Milton, the Broward County Clerk of Courts and the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, will be OPEN on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, and CLOSED on Wednesday, October 9th and Thursday, October 10th, 2024. We anticipate normal operations will resume on Friday, October 11, 2024.

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Electronic Certified Documents

Overview


Broward County Clerk of the Court is now offering Electronic Certified Court Documents for purchase on the Clerk's website. Each electronic certified document uses advanced encrypted features to produce a tamper proof electronic certified document that will include a unique Clerk of Court digital signature.

With Electronic Certified Documents, local governments are taking steps to serve a digital society and tackle document fraud while increasing efficiency.

Benefits of Electronic Certified Documents are:


  • Online
  • Real-time
  • Convenient
  • Secure
  • Efficient
  • Environmental friendly

Purchase Documents Online


Electronic certified court documents are now available for purchase on the Clerk's website. Only viewable electronic court documents may be purchased online.

In order to purchase an Electronic Certified Court Document on the website, the document must be in a viewable electronic format. If the case and/or document you are looking for is not available for viewing on the website, you may submit a Court Records Request, or you may view or obtain court records in-person.


How to Purchase Electronic Certified Court Documents Online:


  • Perform a Case Search to locate the case.
  • On the Case Search results page, select the case number to view the case detail.
  • Select the red Purchase Certified Copies Online button.
  • Accept the terms of service to start the purchase process.
  • Select all the documents you would like to purchase and click on the green $ Purchase Selected Documents button to start checkout process.
  • Upon completion of purchase, you will receive an email from eCertify@browardclerk.org with links to the certified documents. The amount of time it will take to deliver the Electronic Certified Document(s) will depend on your email server. It is normal to have to wait for a couple of minutes before receiving an email to your inbox.



Verify Electronic Certified Document


Clerk E-Certify provides two fast and easy ways to verify and authenticate both your printed copies and your electronic certificates that have been issued by the Broward County Clerk's Office.

To better explain how to verify a document, a video has been provided on this page.


The Broward Clerk of Courts provides two fast and easy ways to verify and authenticate printed copies and electronic certified copies.

Users may simply enter the Unique Reference Code from the original record and we will return you the authentication results.

Users may upload an electronic certificate file and we will perform an automated authentication.
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Frequently Asked Questions