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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's access level. In addition, not all court progress dockets will have electronic case records available for viewing online. If you are unable to locate or view copies of court documents online, refer to the Records Request page.

* Please remember, information provided through this site does not constitute the official court records of the Clerk.

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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17th Judicial Circuit

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