Official records finder · 11 Florida cities
Florida police report and court-record finder
Police and incident reports are usually requested from the agency that responded or took the report. Court records are kept by the county clerk. This finder lists the official city police or public-records page and the county clerk page for each supported city, so you can start at the right office.
Not legal advice. AnswerSignalApp is not a law firm. It does not retrieve records, interpret court notices, calculate deadlines, assess fault or guilt, or provide legal advice.
What you may need before requesting a record
Helpful if you have it. Requirements differ by agency — follow the official page.
- The incident date, or your best approximate date
- The approximate location (street, cross street, or landmark)
- The responding agency, if you know it
- A report or case number, only if you already have one
- The name as it appears, or would appear, on the record
Where a record is kept is not where a hearing is
An arrest location, police records office, clerk office, or search result is not necessarily the hearing location. Compare your own notice with official clerk information, and ask the clerk administrative questions or a lawyer legal questions.
You do not need official records to submit an intake request. The intake form asks short, general questions.
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Showing 11 of 11 cities.
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Boundary reminder: City of Tampa and unincorporated Hillsborough County are different jurisdictions.
- Police or incident records
Tampa Police Records
Purpose: Instructions for requesting Tampa Police traffic/crash reports, incident reports, and CAD reports.
Next step: Use this only when Tampa Police was the responding or reporting agency; follow the page's request instructions.
Open official site: Tampa Police Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Hillsborough County Clerk
Purpose: Official access to HOVER court search and clerk information for Hillsborough County.
Next step: Compare court information with your own notice, then ask the clerk administrative questions or a lawyer legal questions.
Open official site: Hillsborough County Clerk (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Tampa intake orientation page- Police or incident records
St. Petersburg
Pinellas County
Boundary reminder: St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach are separate cities with separate local departments.
- Police or incident records
St. Petersburg Police Records Division
Purpose: Official instructions for requesting St. Petersburg Police records; release depends on the record and case status.
Next step: Use this when St. Petersburg Police holds the record, and review the listed request and release requirements.
Open official site: St. Petersburg Police Records Division (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Pinellas County Clerk
Purpose: Official links for court records, hearing search, criminal court information, and clerk locations.
Next step: Use the court tools for administrative record, date, and listed-location information; do not treat a clerk office as the hearing venue without checking your notice.
Open official site: Pinellas County Clerk (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
St. Petersburg intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Clearwater
Pinellas County
Boundary reminder: Clearwater Beach is part of the City of Clearwater.
- General city public records
City of Clearwater Public Records
Purpose: Official Clearwater instructions for public-record requests, including city police records.
Next step: Use this when the City of Clearwater is the record holder; confirm the agency on your paperwork before requesting.
Open official site: City of Clearwater Public Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Pinellas County Clerk
Purpose: Official court-record, hearing-search, criminal-court, and clerk-location information for Pinellas County.
Next step: Check your notice and the clerk's tools for administrative date or listed-location information; ask a lawyer to interpret legal meaning.
Same county office as listed under St. Petersburg.
Open official site: Pinellas County Clerk (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Clearwater intake orientation page- General city public records
Miami
Miami-Dade County
Boundary reminder: Miami Beach is a separate city from the City of Miami.
- General city public records
City of Miami Public Records
Purpose: Official instructions for requesting records held by the City of Miami.
Next step: Use this only for a City of Miami record; confirm the reporting agency because Miami Beach and other municipalities are separate.
Open official site: City of Miami Public Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Miami-Dade Clerk Criminal Search
Purpose: Official criminal case and calendar search for Miami-Dade County.
Next step: Use the criminal search for administrative case or calendar information and compare it with your own notice.
Open official site: Miami-Dade Clerk Criminal Search (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Miami-Dade Clerk Records Information
Purpose: Explains the clerk's records categories, including the distinction between court searches and Official Records.
Next step: Choose the record system that matches the document you need; ask the clerk administrative questions and a lawyer legal questions.
Open official site: Miami-Dade Clerk Records Information (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Miami intake orientation page- General city public records
Orlando
Orange County
Boundary reminder: Winter Park, Ocoee, and Apopka are separate Orange County municipalities.
- Police or incident records
Orlando Police Records
Purpose: Official Orlando Police Department instructions linking to records.orlando.gov for police reports.
Next step: Use the linked records portal only when Orlando Police is the record holder; confirm the agency first.
Open official site: Orlando Police Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Orange County Clerk Court Records
Purpose: Official Orange County court-record guidance and access information.
Next step: Use the clerk's court-record system for administrative case information and compare it with your own notice.
Open official site: Orange County Clerk Court Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Orange County Clerk my eClerk
Purpose: Official online search for Orange County court records.
Next step: Search court records rather than property records; direct legal interpretation questions to a lawyer.
Open official site: Orange County Clerk my eClerk (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Orlando intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Jacksonville
Duval County
Boundary reminder: Police reports and court records come from different offices.
- Police or incident records
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Public Records
Purpose: Public-record requests online, by phone (904-630-2209), by mail to JSO Public Records Unit, 501 E Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, or at district locations.
Next step: Use this when the Sheriff's Office is the agency on your paperwork. JSO notes its Public Records Unit relocation beginning Sept. 11, 2026 may cause temporary delays.
Open official site: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Public Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Duval County Clerk — Official Records and Research
Purpose: Official-record research and copies at 501 W Adams Street, Room 1253, Jacksonville, FL 32202.
Next step: Use the clerk for official-record research and copies, not for police reports; ask a lawyer what a record means.
Open official site: Duval County Clerk — Official Records and Research (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Jacksonville intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County
Boundary reminder: Fort Lauderdale Police records cover incidents within Fort Lauderdale city limits.
- Police or incident records
Fort Lauderdale Police Records Unit
Purpose: Maintains and distributes offense, accident, arrest, and incident reports for incidents within Fort Lauderdale city limits; located at 1300 W Broward Blvd.
Next step: Use this only when the incident was inside Fort Lauderdale city limits and FLPD responded.
Open official site: Fort Lauderdale Police Records Unit (opens in a new tab) - Police or incident records
Fort Lauderdale Police Public Records Request
Purpose: The department's public-record request process.
Next step: Follow the department's request instructions; a report is not required to start intake.
Open official site: Fort Lauderdale Police Public Records Request (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Broward County Clerk — Records Request
Purpose: Access and request options for court documents filed in the 17th Judicial Circuit.
Next step: Use the clerk for court documents and administrative questions; ask a lawyer legal questions.
Open official site: Broward County Clerk — Records Request (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Fort Lauderdale intake orientation page- Police or incident records
West Palm Beach
Palm Beach County
Boundary reminder: West Palm Beach Police records cover incidents in the City of West Palm Beach.
- Police or incident records
West Palm Beach Police Records Request
Purpose: Online public-record request process for City of West Palm Beach police, accident, and arrest records.
Next step: Use this only for incidents in the City of West Palm Beach; county incidents go to the Sheriff's Office.
Open official site: West Palm Beach Police Records Request (opens in a new tab) - Police or incident records
West Palm Beach Police Records Department
Purpose: Explains what the Records Division maintains and which records belong with the county Sheriff's Office.
Next step: Confirm the reporting agency on your paperwork before requesting.
Open official site: West Palm Beach Police Records Department (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Palm Beach Clerk eCaseView
Purpose: Free public search of civil, criminal, and traffic case information and documents where public.
Next step: Use it for administrative case details and compare with your own notice; ask a lawyer what it means.
Open official site: Palm Beach Clerk eCaseView (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Palm Beach Clerk Official Records
Purpose: The clerk's Official Records service, separate from court case search.
Next step: Choose eCaseView for court cases and Official Records for recorded documents.
Open official site: Palm Beach Clerk Official Records (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
West Palm Beach intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Fort Myers
Lee County
Boundary reminder: Fort Myers Police is a City of Fort Myers department.
- General city public records
City of Fort Myers
Purpose: City public-record process and Transparency Portal; City Hall is at 2200 Second Street.
Next step: Use the City's process for records the City of Fort Myers holds.
Open official site: City of Fort Myers (opens in a new tab) - Police or incident records
Fort Myers Police Department
Purpose: City police department directory: 2210 Widman Way, Fort Myers; main phone 239-321-7700.
Next step: Contact for records only when Fort Myers Police was the responding agency; discuss allegations with a lawyer, not records staff.
Open official site: Fort Myers Police Department (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Lee County Clerk — Copies of Records
Purpose: How to request copies of court and official records from the Lee County Clerk.
Next step: Use the clerk for court-record copies and administrative questions.
Open official site: Lee County Clerk — Copies of Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Lee County Clerk — Official Records Copies
Purpose: Official Records services for copies of recorded documents.
Next step: Choose this for recorded documents rather than police reports.
Open official site: Lee County Clerk — Official Records Copies (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Fort Myers intake orientation page- General city public records
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Boundary reminder: Sarasota Police records cover incidents within Sarasota city limits.
- Police or incident records
Sarasota Police — Request a Public Record
Purpose: Online request portal; the Records Unit processes offense, accident, arrest, and incident reports within city limits.
Next step: Use this only when the incident was inside Sarasota city limits and Sarasota Police responded.
Open official site: Sarasota Police — Request a Public Record (opens in a new tab) - General city public records
City of Sarasota Records and Information Management
Purpose: City records guidance distinguishing City police records from Sarasota County Sheriff's Office records.
Next step: Confirm which agency responded before choosing where to request.
Open official site: City of Sarasota Records and Information Management (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Sarasota Clerk Court Records
Purpose: Online access to many Sarasota County court records, including criminal case information.
Next step: Use for administrative case details and compare with your own notice.
Open official site: Sarasota Clerk Court Records (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Sarasota Clerk Courts
Purpose: Court services information, including daily court-event dockets.
Next step: Ask the clerk administrative questions and a lawyer legal questions.
Open official site: Sarasota Clerk Courts (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Sarasota intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Lakeland
Polk County
Boundary reminder: Lakeland Police records cover reports made by LPD only.
- Police or incident records
Lakeland Police Records and Information
Purpose: The LPD Records Section maintains reports for LPD only and explains how to request reports and crash reports.
Next step: Use this only when Lakeland Police was the responding agency.
Open official site: Lakeland Police Records and Information (opens in a new tab) - Police or incident records
Lakeland Police — How Do I
Purpose: Distinguishes Lakeland Police records from Polk County Sheriff's Office arrest, warrant, and jail information.
Next step: Confirm which agency is on your paperwork before requesting anything.
Open official site: Lakeland Police — How Do I (opens in a new tab) - Court or clerk records
Polk Records Online
Purpose: The Polk County Clerk's public case-record system, with separate civil and criminal access paths.
Next step: Use the matching path for administrative case details; ask a lawyer legal questions.
Open official site: Polk Records Online (opens in a new tab)
Want a participating lawyer to review your situation? Records are not required.
Lakeland intake orientation page- Police or incident records
Editorial note: compiled from the official government links already verified in AnswerSignalApp's city registry. Resource types are labelled from each office's own name. This finder was not written or reviewed by an attorney and is not legal advice. Rely on the linked agency or clerk site for current instructions, fees, and availability. No agency or clerk endorses this site, and there is no paid or affiliate relationship. Last internally reviewed: October 10, 2026.