Seminole County, FL Courts and Public Records

The Seminole County Circuit Court and County Court are the county's trial courts, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller keeps their records. Judicial Circuit 18 has 26 circuit judges and 17 county judges authorized (circuit-wide).

Have the full name, case number if known, and approximate dates ready before you search. The Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller keeps Seminole County court records.

The Seminole County Circuit and County Courts together recorded 64,161 new filings in fiscal year 2024-25 and disposed of 63,527 cases. Total filings rose 9.7% from fiscal year 2023-24, while dispositions rose 6.0%.

Civil filings drove the change, moving from 41,937 to 47,030 (5,093 more cases).

This table covers the five most recent fiscal years for Seminole County. Published years are shown as reported; earlier years marked with ~ are estimates based on the statewide trend and this county's latest published figures.

Total filings rose 9.7%, from 58,505 to 64,161, while dispositions rose 6.0%, from 59,936 to 63,527. County civil filings drove the increase, up 4,709 cases, while circuit civil rose 384 and county criminal rose 651. Family law rose 7 cases and probate rose 20.

Civil cases are the largest category at 73.3% of the 64,161 filings in FY 2024-25, followed by criminal cases at 16.3%.

Circuit civil filings grew fastest at +16.7%, while circuit criminal filings fell fastest at -5.0%.

Seminole County accounted for 1.77% of the 3,628,225 filings in Florida's circuit and county courts in FY 2024-25. Its filings per 1,000 residents were 16.4% below the statewide figure, and its filings grew 9.7% compared with a statewide change of +1.1%.

Seminole County's docket leans more toward civil cases than the state's, with civil cases at 73.3% of filings compared with 69.8% statewide. Its filings per 1,000 residents remain 16.4% below the statewide figure, though its filings grew 9.7% compared with a statewide change of +1.1%.

These figures are Florida statewide totals as reported to the FBI, not counts for Seminole County. Agency reporting may be incomplete, and county crime counts are not available here. Statewide violent and property crimes combined fell 10.0% from 2024 to 2025. In 2025, reporting agencies covered about 83.8% of Florida's population, so year-over-year changes can partly reflect which agencies reported.

Rates use the Florida 2025 population of 23,462,518. County-level rates are not published, so this section does not compare Seminole County with the state.

Seminole County Circuit and County Court proceedings are held at 1 courthouse location in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check your notice or case paperwork to confirm the courthouse assigned to your case before you go.

Addresses and phone numbers come from public directory listings and may change, so confirm them with the Clerk of Court or the Florida courts website before you visit.

The court that handles your case depends on the case type, and both Circuit Court and County Court have divisions for different matters. Federal cases go to the U.S. District Court, and parking tickets go to the issuing agency.

Yes, most Seminole County court records are public, with exceptions set by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.420.

Public records

Under Rule 2.420, the public may access judicial branch records except those that the rule or other law makes confidential. Most case files in the Circuit and County Courts are open for inspection through the county Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller.

Restricted or confidential records

Confidential records include juvenile delinquency, dependency and termination of parental rights records, adoption records, certain mental health records, and expunged or sealed records. Access to these records follows the procedure in the rule.

Online access

Online access depends on the county clerk's own search tools, and results may not show every document or any confidential record. Court information is available at flcourts.gov.

In-person access

Visit the county Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's office to view or request records, and confirm where your case is kept before you go.

Fees

This page does not list copy or certified copy fees, because the fee schedule was not verified. Ask the Clerk for current fees before you request copies.

Use the county Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's official online tools for Seminole County cases, and ask the Clerk for documents that are not online.

1. Identify the case type, such as criminal, traffic, civil, small claims, family law, probate, or juvenile.
2. Go to flcourts.gov to find the county's court information and clerk contacts.
3. Use the county clerk's official online search, if one is offered, and search by party name or case number.
4. Review the case details shown on the results page.
5. Contact the Clerk to request documents that are not online.

Payment options for Seminole County were not verified for this page, so confirm each method with the county clerk before you pay.

1. Online: MyFloridaCounty.com is a statewide payment portal that many Florida clerks use for traffic citations, so confirm that Seminole County accepts it before you pay.
2. Clerk: Contact the county Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, found through flcourts.gov, to ask which payment methods apply to your citation or case.

Parking tickets are generally paid to the issuing city or county parking office, not through the court's Traffic Division.