Clerk of the Circuit Court (Florida)
Florida state court clerk and county clerk
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is a Florida constitutional officer and countywide elected official. In most Florida counties, the clerk also serves as ex officio county comptroller, county treasurer, county auditor, county recorder, and clerk to the Board of County Commissioners.
The Clerk is a state and county official, serving both the state circuit court and the county court. The Clerk's Office, headed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, provides access to state and county resources as well as oversees public access to justice within the county. The Clerk performs a wide range of functions, including record keeping, information management, and financial administration services for the Florida State Courts System and the county government. Clerks establish the budgets for their offices with revenue stemming from court-related fees, fines, and service charges of taxpayers. The Clerk is elected every four years, coinciding with presidential elections, by the voters of the county in partisan elections. In the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office of a clerk of the circuit court, the governor of Florida is empowered to fill the vacancy until the next regularly scheduled election.
Duties and responsibilities
Florida clerks have over 1,000 statutory duties and responsibilities. The duties, as enumerated in the Florida Statutes, include:
As county comptroller & treasurer
Duties of Florida county comptrollers & treasurers:
As county recorder
Duties of Florida county recorders:
As clerk to the county commission
Duties of Florida clerk to the county commission:
Attend all meetings of the board of county commissioners and count commission committees
Produce, maintain, and distribute office minutes of county commission meetings
Maintain legal custody of the official county seal
Maintain custody of all county resolutions, ordinances, and contracts
List of Florida clerks of the circuit court
The following is a partial list of incumbent (bolded) and former Florida clerks of the circuit court.
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