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.