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* CC Damages >$5,000 - $15,000
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Assault And Battery
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CC Contest Foreign Jgmt < /= $15,000
CC Credit Card Debt >$5k < $15k
CC Enforce Foreign Jgmt
CC Equity
CC Equity > $5,000 - $15,000
CC Foreclosure No Fee
CC Pre-Jgmt Writ of Attachment > $5,000 - $15,000
CC Pre-Jgmt Writ of Garn >$5,000 - $15,000
CC Property Insurance Claims >$5k < $15k
CC Replevin >$5,000 - $15,000
Chapter 82 - Unlawful Detainer
Citrus Warrant
Civil Rest Lien - No Fee (SP)
Civil Rest Lien: > 100 < 2500
Civil Restitution Judgment
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Code Violation
Code Violation < $100
Code Violation >100 - 500
Code Violation >2500 - 5000
Code Violation >500 - 2500
Code Violation Citation
Condominium Action
Confirm Arbitration Award
Contest Tax Assessment
Contract and Indebtedness
Damages $100 - $2500
Declaratory Judgment
Demand For Hearing
Distress < $5000
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Distress/Damages > $5,000 - $15,000
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Other - Anti-trust/Trade Regulation
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Pre-Jgmt Writ of Attachment +
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Prejgmt Writ of Attachment $100 - $2500
Prejgmt Writ/Garn $100 - $2500
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Product Liability/Del-Monte
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Professional Malpractice - Business
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Real Prop Comm Foreclosure - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Comm Foreclosure - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Comm Foreclosure =/>$250,000
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Real Prop Homestead Res Fore =/>$250,000
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Real Prop Non-Homestead Res Fore =/>$250,000
Real Prop Other - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Other - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Other =/>$250,000
Removal of Tenant
Replevin
Sequestration
Small Claims - Property Insurance Claim
Small Claims - Credit Card Debt
SP Damages <$2500 - No Fee
SP Distress/Damages No Fee
SP Fee Billed $2,500 - $5,000
SP Summary Replevin <$2,500 No Fee
Summary Replevin $100 - $2500
Summary Replevin +
Suspense Accounts - Circuit Civil
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Temporary / Permanent Injunction
XX Abandonment No Fee
XX Animal Abuse Action
XX Animal Control
XX Auto Recovery
XX Delayed Birth Certificate
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XX Other Filings (Non Monetary)
Family Case Types
Administrative DOR Order
Adoption
Adoption +
Amend Marriage Certificate+
Annulment +
Appeal (Certiorari)
Change of Name
Child Custody+
Child Custody/IV-D
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Dating Violence
Delayed Birth Certificate +
Disestablishment of Paternity +
Diss. of Marriage +
Diss. Of Marriage Simplified
Dissolution of Marriage
Dissolution of Marriage (Disposed)
Domestic Violence
Enf Admin Support/IV-D
Enf of For Jgmt (Support) +
Enf of For Jgmt-Dom Violence
Enf of Foreign Jgmt/IV-D
Enforcement of Foreign Jgmt Adoption
Family Court Transfer Code
Florida Jgmt Modification
Habeas Corpus (Family)
IV-D Pet to Establish Parenting Time Plan
Judicial Waiver
Mandamus
Name Change +
Notice of Registration
Other Domestic Relations +
Other/IV-D
Partition/Domestic +
Paternity +
Paternity/IV-D
Pet for Risk Protection Order- FS790.401
Petition for Modification
Petition for Modification/No Fee
Petition to Contest - Requires AO-55
Petition to Enforce Foreign Custody Ord +
Petition to Supersede Admin Order
Prior Disposed Case - DV +
Prior Disposed Case - FM +
Prohibition
Registration of Foreign Custody Order
Repeat Violence
Separate Maintenance
Sexual Violence
Stalking Violence
Surrogacy
Temp Custody by Extended Family +
Temp/Perm Injunction (Domestic)
Termination of Parental Rights
UIFSA Petition/IV-D
UIFSA Transcript/Non-IV-D
Probate Case Types
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Admit Transcript To Record
Admit Will To Record
Adversary
Ancillary Administration
Appoint Commissioner
Blood Test Screening
Caveat
Conservatorship
Curatorship
Declar. Death Of Missing Person
Declaration Preneed Guardian
Determination of Beneficiaries
Determination of Heirs
Determine Exempt Property
Developmentally Disabled - Person & Property
Developmentally Disabled - Person Only
Disposition of Personal Prop W/O Admin.
Enter Rooms and Places
Establish Depository Account
Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult
Foreign Guardian Sell Prop Non-Res.
Foreign Will To Record
Guardian Ad-Litem
Guardianship Minor - Person Only
Guardianship of a Minor
Guardianship of Person
Guardianship of Person & Property
Guardianship of Property
Incapacity
Miscellaneous Guardianship
Miscellaneous Probate
Notice of Trust
Open Safe Deposit Box
Pet Compel Production Of Will
Pet for Risk Protection Order- FS790.401
Petition For Administration
Petition For Cremation
Purported Will
Received Certified Copies
Settlement Of Minor's Claim
Standby Guardian
Successor Custodian
Successor Trustee
Suggestion Of Capacity
Summary Administration
Summary Administration Less Than $1,000
Transfer Will To Another State
Trusts
VA Guardianship Person & Property
Veterans Guardianship
Felony Case Types
1st Degree Felony
2nd Degree Felony
3rd Degree Felony
Capital Homicide
Capital Life
Capital Sex Felony
Career Criminal Felony
Domestic Violence
Drug Court
Felony
Mental Health Court Felony
Traffic/Misdemeanor Case Types
Appeals Criminal
Contempt of Court
County Ordinance
Domestic Violence
Misdemeanor
Misdemeanor *
Municipal Ordinance
Other Infractions
Search Warrant Misdemeanor
Traffic Criminal
Traffic Infraction Mandatory
Traffic Infractions

 
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Last Name and First Name are required fields. Last Names with less than three characters will return exact matches only. First Names with less than two characters will return exact matches only. If included, Middle Names with less than two characters will return exact matches only.

Filing Date range searches must include Date From and Date To values in the proper format.

Record searches are limited to the first 200 results. For better search results, please refine your search criteria by selecting a court type, entering the party middle name and/or by entering a filing date range.

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Court Types
Civil Case Types
* CC Damages >$5,000 - $15,000
* Foreclosure +
* PIP Small Claims +
* PIP Claims > $5,000 - $15,000
* Removal of Tenant +
* Small Claims +
Adversarial Prelim Hearing
Appeal (Administrative)
Appeal (Certiorari)
Appeal (County Court)
Appeals
Approve Minor's Settlement
Assault And Battery
Auto Negligence
Bond Estreature
Bond Validation
Cases Prior to 1990 (Disposed/Open)
CC Contest Foreign Jgmt < /= $15,000
CC Credit Card Debt >$5k < $15k
CC Enforce Foreign Jgmt
CC Equity
CC Equity > $5,000 - $15,000
CC Foreclosure No Fee
CC Pre-Jgmt Writ of Attachment > $5,000 - $15,000
CC Pre-Jgmt Writ of Garn >$5,000 - $15,000
CC Property Insurance Claims >$5k < $15k
CC Replevin >$5,000 - $15,000
Chapter 82 - Unlawful Detainer
Citrus Warrant
Civil Rest Lien - No Fee (SP)
Civil Rest Lien: > 100 < 2500
Civil Restitution Judgment
Civil Restitution Lien +
Code Violation
Code Violation < $100
Code Violation >100 - 500
Code Violation >2500 - 5000
Code Violation >500 - 2500
Code Violation Citation
Condominium Action
Confirm Arbitration Award
Contest Tax Assessment
Contract and Indebtedness
Damages $100 - $2500
Declaratory Judgment
Demand For Hearing
Distress < $5000
Distress SP Damages +
Distress/Damages > $5,000 - $15,000
Emergency Medical Treatment
Eminent Domain
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment
Extension of Time
Extradition
False Arrest
Foreign Judgment (Civil)
Forfeiture
Forfeiture (Prior to 7/1/16)
Fraud
Habeas Corpus (Civil)
Habeas Corpus (Criminal)
Hip Implant/Consolidated/Non-SRS
Interpleader
Invasion of Property
Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Landlord Bond
Mandamus
Neg - Business Governance
Neg - Business Tort
Neg - Construction Defect
Neg - Environmental/Toxic Tort
Neg - Mass Tort
Neg - Negligence Other
Neg - Negligent Security
Neg - Nursing Home Negligence
Neg - Premises Liability Commercial
Neg - Premises Liability Residential
Neg - Third Pty Indemnification
Other
Other - Anti-trust/Trade Regulation
Other - Business Transaction
Other - Constitutional Challenge Proposed Amendment
Other - Constitutional Challenge Statute or Ordinance
Other - Corporate Trust
Other - Discrimination Employment or Other
Other - Insurance Claim
Other - Intellectual Property
Other - Libel/Slander
Other - Securities Litigation
Other - Shareholder Derivative Action
Other - Trade Secret
Other - Trust Litigation
Partition/Non-Domestic +
Perpetuate Testimony
Petition Approve Minor Settlement
Petition Confirm Arbitration Award
PIP Transfer Case
Pre-Jgmt Writ of Attachment +
Pre-Jgmt Writ of Garn +
Prejgmt Writ of Attachment $100 - $2500
Prejgmt Writ/Garn $100 - $2500
Prior Disposed Case - CV +
Product Liability/Del-Monte
Products Liability
Products Liability (Armstrong)
Products Liability/Asbestos
Products Liability/Chinese Drywall
Products Liability/Tissue Harvesting
Products Liability/Tobacco Litigation
Professional Malpractice - Business
Professional Malpractice - Medical
Professional Malpractice - Other
Prohibition
Real Prop Comm Foreclosure - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Comm Foreclosure - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Comm Foreclosure =/>$250,000
Real Prop Homestead Res Fore - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Homestead Res Fore - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Homestead Res Fore =/>$250,000
Real Prop Non-Homestead Res Fore - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Non-Homestead Res Fore - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Non-Homestead Res Fore =/>$250,000
Real Prop Other - $0 - $50,000
Real Prop Other - >$50K - <$250,000
Real Prop Other =/>$250,000
Removal of Tenant
Replevin
Sequestration
Small Claims - Property Insurance Claim
Small Claims - Credit Card Debt
SP Damages <$2500 - No Fee
SP Distress/Damages No Fee
SP Fee Billed $2,500 - $5,000
SP Summary Replevin <$2,500 No Fee
Summary Replevin $100 - $2500
Summary Replevin +
Suspense Accounts - Circuit Civil
Suspense Accounts - County Civil
Temporary / Permanent Injunction
XX Abandonment No Fee
XX Animal Abuse Action
XX Animal Control
XX Auto Recovery
XX Delayed Birth Certificate
XX Demand for Hearing
XX Other Filings (Non Monetary)
Family Case Types
Administrative DOR Order
Adoption
Adoption +
Amend Marriage Certificate+
Annulment +
Appeal (Certiorari)
Change of Name
Child Custody+
Child Custody/IV-D
Child Support Dependency/IV-D
Child Support/IV-D
Child Support/Non IV-D
Child Support/Non IV-D +
Dating Violence
Delayed Birth Certificate +
Disestablishment of Paternity +
Diss. of Marriage +
Diss. Of Marriage Simplified
Dissolution of Marriage
Dissolution of Marriage (Disposed)
Domestic Violence
Enf Admin Support/IV-D
Enf of For Jgmt (Support) +
Enf of For Jgmt-Dom Violence
Enf of Foreign Jgmt/IV-D
Enforcement of Foreign Jgmt Adoption
Family Court Transfer Code
Florida Jgmt Modification
Habeas Corpus (Family)
IV-D Pet to Establish Parenting Time Plan
Judicial Waiver
Mandamus
Name Change +
Notice of Registration
Other Domestic Relations +
Other/IV-D
Partition/Domestic +
Paternity +
Paternity/IV-D
Pet for Risk Protection Order- FS790.401
Petition for Modification
Petition for Modification/No Fee
Petition to Contest - Requires AO-55
Petition to Enforce Foreign Custody Ord +
Petition to Supersede Admin Order
Prior Disposed Case - DV +
Prior Disposed Case - FM +
Prohibition
Registration of Foreign Custody Order
Repeat Violence
Separate Maintenance
Sexual Violence
Stalking Violence
Surrogacy
Temp Custody by Extended Family +
Temp/Perm Injunction (Domestic)
Termination of Parental Rights
UIFSA Petition/IV-D
UIFSA Transcript/Non-IV-D
Probate Case Types
Administrator Ad-Litem
Administrator Ad-Litem With Letters
Admit Transcript To Record
Admit Will To Record
Adversary
Ancillary Administration
Appoint Commissioner
Blood Test Screening
Caveat
Conservatorship
Curatorship
Declar. Death Of Missing Person
Declaration Preneed Guardian
Determination of Beneficiaries
Determination of Heirs
Determine Exempt Property
Developmentally Disabled - Person & Property
Developmentally Disabled - Person Only
Disposition of Personal Prop W/O Admin.
Enter Rooms and Places
Establish Depository Account
Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult
Foreign Guardian Sell Prop Non-Res.
Foreign Will To Record
Guardian Ad-Litem
Guardianship Minor - Person Only
Guardianship of a Minor
Guardianship of Person
Guardianship of Person & Property
Guardianship of Property
Incapacity
Miscellaneous Guardianship
Miscellaneous Probate
Notice of Trust
Open Safe Deposit Box
Pet Compel Production Of Will
Pet for Risk Protection Order- FS790.401
Petition For Administration
Petition For Cremation
Purported Will
Received Certified Copies
Settlement Of Minor's Claim
Standby Guardian
Successor Custodian
Successor Trustee
Suggestion Of Capacity
Summary Administration
Summary Administration Less Than $1,000
Transfer Will To Another State
Trusts
VA Guardianship Person & Property
Veterans Guardianship
Felony Case Types
1st Degree Felony
2nd Degree Felony
3rd Degree Felony
Capital Homicide
Capital Life
Capital Sex Felony
Career Criminal Felony
Domestic Violence
Drug Court
Felony
Mental Health Court Felony
Traffic/Misdemeanor Case Types
Appeals Criminal
Contempt of Court
County Ordinance
Domestic Violence
Misdemeanor
Misdemeanor *
Municipal Ordinance
Other Infractions
Search Warrant Misdemeanor
Traffic Criminal
Traffic Infraction Mandatory
Traffic Infractions

 
Search Tips
Business Name is a required field. Business Names with less than three characters will return exact matches only.

Filing Date range searches must include Date From and Date To values in the proper format.

Record searches are limited to the first 200 results. For better search results, please refine your search criteria by selecting a court type and/or by entering a filing date range.

Case Number Search

 
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Citation Number Search

 
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Citation Number is a required field.

Do not enter dashes or spaces.

Example: 1234ABC

Note: If your citation has not been entered into the Clerk's case management system, it will not appear on the Clerk's website. Also, this search is currently only for Traffic citations.
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Per Standards for Access to Electronic Court Records, Florida law restricts access to some cases, documents and information based on the record and the user. Not all court progress dockets will have electronic case records available for viewing, especially older case records that have not been electronically filed. You may also order copies of court records.

* Please remember that information provided through this site does not constitute the official court records of the Clerk.
Case Number Examples
Civil, Family and Probate Examples

Case numbers must be entered in a specific format. For Civil, Family and Probate cases, start with the proper 3 or 4 case style prefix, the 2 digit year and the 6 or 7 digit sequence number. Case Numbers are up to 12 characters long without spaces, dashes or any other characters.

Case Prefix Court Type Example
CACE Civil Action Central CACE15085978
COCE County Civil Central COCE14067845
CONO County Civil North CONO14056987
COSO County Civil South COSO14075412
COWE County Civil West COWE14074125
DVCE Domestic Violence Central DVCE14017759
FMCE Family Central FMCE12058932
PRC Probate PRC110069874
Felony, Traffic and Misdemeanor Examples

Case numbers must be entered in a specific format. Traffic, Misdemeanor and Felony cases consist of 2 digits for the year, a 6 digit sequence number, a 2 letter Division identifier, 2 digit Location and a 1 or 2 letter Companion Designator. Case Numbers are 13 characters long without spaces, dashes or any other characters.

Location Court Type Example
10 Central Felony 15011819CF10A
20 North Traffic 14099608TI20A
30 West Misdemeanor 13084596MM30A
40 South Municipal Ordinance 12019695MO40A
Division Identifiers
CF – Criminal Felony, CO - County Ordinance, CT - Contempt of Court, MM - Misdemeanor, MO - Municipal Ordinance, NI - Other Infractions, TC – Traffic Criminal, TI – Traffic Infraction

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