For more information regarding access to electronic court records, please see Supreme Court of Florida Number AOSC18-16 (PDF).
Important-Please Note: If you are seeking court records, requests for court records in the custody of the Clerk of the Circuit Court are governed by rules established by the Supreme Court of Florida or Florida Statutes that are specific to those types of records.
Requests for court records in the custody of the Martin County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller shall be submitted in writing pursuant to Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.420(m)(1).
If provided, this information will be used to contact you about the status of your records request. However, it is optional and NOT required. If you do not provide contact information, you will need to contact the Clerk to check on your request. Under Florida law, this records request is a public record.
Printed copies of available court records are provided upon request at the statutory cost of $1 per page, plus additional costs for certified copies.
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Requests for official records in the custody of the Martin County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller may be submitted as follows:
If provided, this information will be used to contact you about the status of your records request. However, it is optional and NOT required. If you do not provide contact information, you will need to contact the Clerk to check on your request. Under Florida law, this records request is a public record.
Need to purchase e-certified copies of official records? Visit our E-Certify page.
Requests for tax deed sale records in the custody of the Martin County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller may be submitted as follows:
If provided, this information will be used to contact you about the status of your records request. However, it is optional and NOT required. If you do not provide contact information, you will need to contact the Clerk to check on your request. Under Florida law, this records request is a public record.
Requests for Administrative, Financial or Payroll records in the custody of the Martin County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller may be obtained as follows:
Pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes you do not have to provide your name or explain why you are making a request for public records. You are also not required to submit a request for public records in writing. However, for records that are not readily available and require more extensive searches, it may help facilitate your request if you choose to provide a method for us to communicate with you to ensure you receive the exact records you seek promptly and with little or no cost to you. To help us provide you the best response to your request, please carefully consider the scope and volume of information that will be useful to you. Very broad requests can take longer to fulfill and may become costly to produce.
As a constitutional and statutory records custodian, the Martin County Clerk and Comptroller's policy is to waive the first 60 minutes of administrative time to search, review and redact exempt or confidential information, and release public records. Requestor will be notified before fees for extensive use of staff time beyond 60 minutes is required to produce the records. The current hourly rate for extensive time is $23.63 for requests that do not require specialized technology services or legal review. Current cost information can be found in sec. 119.07, Fla. Stat.
Whenever possible, electronic transmission of records will be utilized to reduce costs to the requestor. When printed copies are necessary, the Clerk and Comptroller follows the fee schedule outlined in sec. 119.07, Fla. Stat. However, the Clerk and Comptroller waives copy costs of less than $1. Once that amount is exceeded, the full cost of copying and materials, such as CDs or flash drives, will be charged to the requestor.
For additional information about Florida's Public Records Laws, including information that may be exempt or confidential from disclosure, please see Florida's Government in the Sunshine Manual.
Requests for records of the Board of County Commissioners that are in the custody of the Martin County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, including meeting agendas and minutes, may be obtained as follows:
Pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes you do not have to provide your name or explain why you are making a request for public records. You are also not required to submit a request for public records in writing. However, for records that are not readily available and require more extensive searches, it may help facilitate your request if you choose to provide a method for us to communicate with you to ensure you receive the exact records you seek promptly and with little or no cost to you. To help us provide you the best response to your request, please carefully consider the scope and volume of information that will be useful to you. Very broad requests can take longer to fulfill and may become costly to produce.
As a constitutional and statutory records custodian, the Martin County Clerk and Comptroller's policy is to waive the first 60 minutes of administrative time to search, review and redact exempt or confidential information, and release public records. Requestor will be notified before fees for extensive use of staff time beyond 60 minutes is required to produce the records. The current hourly rate for extensive time is $23.63 for requests that do not require specialized technology services or legal review. Current cost information can be found in sec. 119.07, Fla. Stat.
Whenever possible, electronic transmission of records will be utilized to reduce costs to the requestor. When printed copies are necessary, the Clerk and Comptroller follows the fee schedule outlined in sec. 119.07, Fla. Stat. However, the Clerk and Comptroller waives copy costs of less than $1. Once that amount is exceeded, the full cost of copying and materials, such as CDs or flash drives, will be charged to the requestor.
For additional information about Florida's Public Records Laws, including information that may be exempt or confidential from disclosure, please see Florida's Government in the Sunshine Manual.