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• Florida Constitution Florida Statutes Florida Criminal Punishment Code Manual (PDF) Florida Attorney General Opinions Municipal Codes in Florida Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure (PDF) Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure (PDF) Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure (PDF)
• Florida Evidence Code

Florida State Court System

Circuits - On the trial court level, Florida's court system is divided into judicial circuits:

• First Circuit -- Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Second Circuit -- Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla Third Circuit -- Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor Fourth Circuit -- Clay, Duval and Nassau Fifth Circuit -- Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter Sixth Circuit -- Pasco and Pinellas Seventh Circuit -- Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Eighth Circuit -- Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union Ninth Circuit -- Orange and Osceola Tenth Circuit -- Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Eleventh Circuit -- Dade (Judges Directory) Twelfth Circuit -- DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota Thirteenth Circuit -- Hillsborough Fourteenth Circuit -- Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Fifteenth Circuit -- Palm Beach (Judges Directory) Sixteenth Circuit -- Monroe Seventeenth Circuit -- Broward (Judges Directory) Eighteenth Circuit -- Brevard and Seminole Nineteenth Circuit -- Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie
• Twentieth Circuit -- Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee

District Courts of Appeal

First District Court of Appeal
301 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 487-1000
Circuits: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 14th Circuits
Counties: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, Washington Second District Court of Appeal
1005 E. Memorial Blvd.
Lakeland, FL 33801
(863) 499-2290
Circuits: 6th, 10th, 12th, 13th and 20th Circuits
Counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota Third District Court of Appeal
2001 S.W. 117 Ave
Miami, FL 33175-1716
(305) 229-3200
Circuits: 11th and 16th Circuits
Counties: Dade, Monroe Fourth District Court of Appeal
1525 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33402
(561) 242-2000
Circuits: 15th, 17th and 19th Circuits
Counties: Broward, Indian River, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Martin Fifth District Court of Appeal
300 S. Beach St.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386) 255-8600 (Clerk's Office)
(386) 947-1500 (Marshal's Office)
Circuits: 5th, 7th, 9th and 18th
Counties: Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, Sumter, Volusia Florida Supreme Court Supreme Court of Florida

Prosecuting Authorities

Statewide

• Florida Attorney General
• Office of Statewide Prosecution

State Attorney Offices - List of State Attorneys with Contact Info

• First Circuit -- Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Second Circuit -- Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla Third Circuit -- Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor Fourth Circuit -- Clay, Duval and Nassau Fifth Circuit -- Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter Sixth Circuit -- Pasco and Pinellas Seventh Circuit -- Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Eighth Circuit -- Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union Ninth Circuit -- Orange and Osceola Tenth Circuit -- Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Eleventh Circuit -- Dade (Phone Directory) Twelfth Circuit -- DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota Thirteenth Circuit -- Hillsborough Fourteenth Circuit -- Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Fifteenth Circuit -- Palm Beach Sixteenth Circuit -- Monroe Seventeenth Circuit -- Broward (Phone Directory) Eighteenth Circuit -- Brevard and Seminole Nineteenth Circuit -- Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie
• Twentieth Circuit -- Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee

Clerk Offices By County - Here is a helpful list of every clerk's office in Florida. Please note - some of the offices are not set up for an online record search for criminal records:

Clerk Directory for All Counties (with phone numbers)

Municipal Police Departments