Find Court Cases in Seminole County

This page helps users look for Court Records in Seminole County, Florida, including civil, criminal, and traffic case information. It explains which official search tools to use, what details can help narrow a search, and when to contact the Seminole County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.

The Clerk processes and maintains court documents and also provides online case search pages for several court record categories.

Search for a court case

The Seminole County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller provides separate online searches for different court record types. Choose the search that matches the case or citation you need.

• Search civil court cases for civil, family, domestic, and probate-related case categories shown in the civil search.
• Search criminal court cases for felony, misdemeanor, criminal traffic, municipal, county, and infraction categories shown in the criminal search.
• Search traffic citations by citation, case, driver license, name, date ranges, or listed traffic-related categories.

Useful search entries vary by case type. Civil and criminal searches include name, case number, and filing date fields. The traffic search includes name, date of birth, driver license number, citation number, case number, offense date, filing date, hearing date, statute number, and ordinance number fields.

• Select the search page that matches the record type.
• Enter the most specific information you have, such as a case number, citation number, party name, or date range.
• Use case type or category filters when available to narrow the results.
• Review docket entries and available images when the system provides them.

Civil court records

The civil case search includes fields for a litigant’s last name, first name, case number, filing date range, case type, and case category. Business names may be entered in the last name field.

Civil-related categories shown in the search include county civil, circuit civil, domestic family, and probate selections. For civil case filing, the Clerk notes that the Florida Courts e-Filing Portal is the most convenient way to file a case or later pleading, while self-represented parties may also file at listed Clerk office locations.

Refine broad searches. If a civil search returns too many results, try a narrower date range, partial case number, case type filter, or more specific name entry.

Criminal court records

The criminal case search includes fields for last name, first name, date of birth, case number, Clerk filing date range, case type, and case category. Listed criminal categories include felony, misdemeanor, criminal traffic, municipal, county, and infraction categories.

Name searches do not show confidential cases. If a record does not appear by name, use a case number or contact the Clerk’s Office for the appropriate next step.

Traffic citations

The traffic citation search supports citation-related lookups and traffic case filters. Users may search by last name, first name, date of birth, driver license number, citation number, case number, offense date range, case status, filing date range, statute number, hearing date range, ordinance number, or listed case categories.

Traffic categories shown in the search include traffic, county, municipal, infraction, criminal traffic, misdemeanor, and felony.

Online record limits and official copies

The Clerk’s online court record searches state that court records are available for most cases starting from 1985. Scanned docket images are available starting with open cases from 2005 for civil, criminal, and juvenile searches. Dockets may take several days to appear because of indexing and review.

Searches are limited to a maximum of 500 records per request and may also be limited by database resources. Public accounts may see captchas after repeated requests or image retrievals.

Use certified records for official use. The Clerk states that only Clerk “Certified” or “eCertified” documents should be relied on as the official court record.

Other court record categories

The Clerk also lists searches and service pages for dependency cases, juvenile delinquency, foreclosures, court events, family law, divorce, injunctions, and probate. Some case types may have access limits or different handling because of confidentiality rules.

For juvenile cases, the public or restricted user notice states that name searches will not show results on juvenile cases. Dependency and juvenile searches include name, date of birth, case number, and date fields, but users should expect restrictions for confidential matters.

The court events calendar lists hearings and events by date and category, but the Clerk notes that the event system does not reflect motion hearings set through the JACS System.

Clerk locations and service hours

Several Clerk locations are listed for court-related services. Hours and service areas vary by location.

Court records contact information

Use the Clerk contacts below for court record questions, case categories, and related court services.

• Seminole County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller, Post Office Box 8099, Sanford, FL 32772-8099
  Phone: (407) 665-4300
  Email: [email protected]
• Circuit Civil
  Phone: (407) 665-4300
• County Civil
  Phone: (407) 665-4300
• Criminal Division Traffic Citations, Felony Crimes, Misdemeanor Crimes
  Phone: (407) 665-4300
• Domestic Relations
  Phone: (407) 665-4300
• Juvenile Crimes
  Phone: (407) 665-5350
• Probate
  Phone: (407) 665-4369
• Injunctions, 91 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773
  Phone: (407) 665-4771
  Email: [email protected]