Effective Monday, February 1, 2010, the new County Civil Management System was implemented and affects the way case searches are performed on the website.

Effective Monday, August 24, 2009, the new Circuit Civil, Family and Probate Case Management System was implemented and affects the way case searches are performed on the website.

Effective May 01, 2009 the Broward County Clerk of Courts will no longer accept American Express Credit Cards.

The Online Scheduling for the Uniform Motion Calendar is provided and supported by the Court Administrator's Office for the 17th Judicial Circuit. Click here for more information. For Online Uniform Motion Calendar technical questions contact calendar@17th.flcourts.org. Please do not contact the Clerk of Court’s office requesting information or assistance on this service as this is not a program under the control of the Clerk’s office nor a function of the Clerk of Court and, therefore, the Clerk’s office is unable to provide any assistance.

Effective 04/06/2009, Passport pictures will be available at the One Stop Division Satellite Locations

Effective February 11, 2009, the Online Marriage License Application is available for use. You may use this application to complete an Online Pre-Application, get information on how to apply for a marriage license, search for the status of your marriage license, locate a premarital course provider and obtain answers to commonly asked questions.

Effective October 1, 2008, the Child Support Depository was assumed by the Broward Clerk of the Court. All child support or alimony payments to the Support Depository are now payable to the Clerk of the Court. Payments may be mailed to PO Box 14248, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33302 or paid in person at 540 SE 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,FL 33301.

This website is not intended for and should not be used to perform Background checks. Official statewide background checks are available from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Local background checks are available from the Broward Sheriff's Office for BSO's jurisdictions located within Broward County and other local background checks are available from the appropriate municipality or county.

Effective August 26, 2008, Probate eFiling was made available to all attorneys and filers.

Pursuant to the revisions contained in Supreme Court Administrative Order AOSC07-49, electronic access to Broward County court records will be modified. This revised administrative order supersedes the Interim Policy on Electronic Release of Court Records contained in AOSC06-21. As a result, Felony, Misdemeanor and Traffic Criminal electronic download files and reports have been modified and no longer contain the defendant's address, driver's license number or vehicle tag number.

Effective August 26, 2008, all checks received by the Clerk of the Court will be processed through TeleCheck Services.