Clerk of the Circuit Court

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 Florida's judicial 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:

Facilitate the jury process, including the random selection of juror pools, summoning jurors, managing juror exemptions, and compensating jurors.
Maintain and manage access to all court records
Provide resources for individuals and attorneys filing legal actions
Maintain court finances, including collecting and disbursing fines, court costs, forfeitures, fees, and service charges. The Clerk also records payments, tracks financial obligations to the courts, and ensures court compliance.
Manage court appearances, including coordinating, scheduling, attending, and keeping records of court hearings and trials.
Process all civil and criminal cases and file indictments, information, and verdicts
Process domestic violence injunctions and vulnerable adult injunctions
Provide online and in-person resources for individuals representing themselves in court
Provide walk-in services to all county residents
Maintain accurate child support payment records
Audit annual reports on individuals under guardianship
Redacting or expunging sensitive legal information
Process petitions for Baker Act and Marchman Act cases
Arbitrate red flag law orders
Maintaining, preserving, storing, and managing access to all evidence entered into the court

Duties of Florida county comptrollers & treasurers:

Audit the county budget
Manage payroll for county employees and process accounts payable
Audit all county expenses and activities
Review all county contracts
Oversee and maintain all county assets, including county property, land, vehicles, and capital assets
Conduct public auctions
Manage all county investments
Maintain and prepare financial reports

Duties of Florida county recorders:

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

The following is a partial list of incumbent and former Florida clerks of the circuit court.