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Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Our office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (with the exception of Holidays)

For assistance with non-emergency matters:

  • Call (727) 464-7000 during regular office hours

For assistance with emergency injunctions or similar circumstances:

  • Between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - call (727) 464-3341
  • Before 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. - call Hope Villages of America in Clearwater at (727) 442-4128 or CASA in St. Petersburg at (727) 895-4912

If you are hearing or voice impaired, you may call 711 and the Florida Relay Service will assist you with your call to our office.

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To contact the Public Records Liaison, send an email to clerkinfo@mypinellasclerk.org

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Clearwater Courthouse
315 Court Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-7000
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Services

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Pinellas County Justice Center
14250 49th Street North
Clearwater, FL 33762
Phone: (727) 464-7000
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Services

Open Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Clearwater Courthouse
315 Court St., Room 114
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-5150
Fax: (727) 453-3423
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday appointments.

Open Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.)

St. Petersburg Judicial Building
545 First Ave. N., Room 103
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 582-7941
Fax: (727) 582-7945
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday appointments.

Open Tuesdays only, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.)

North County Customer Information & Service Center 
29582 U.S. 19 N., Room 101
Clearwater, FL 33761
Phone: 727) 464-5150
Fax: (727) 453-3423
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Tuesday appointments only.

North County Branch Office

North County Customer Information & Service Center
29582 U.S. 19 North
Clearwater, FL 33761
Phone: (727) 464-7000
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Services

  • Accept payments for:
    • traffic, criminal, and misdemeanor fines and costs,
    • payable traffic citations,
    • non-criminal payable infractions, boating, fishing and smoking violations, and
    • local, municipal and county ordinances.
  • Issue Marriage Licenses and perform Marriage Ceremonies
  • Accept Passport Applications
  • Accept documents for recording in the Official Records, as per statute
  • Provide public access to the Official Records
  • Accept payment for copies of:
    • history checks,
    • imaged documents,
    • pleadings in traffic files, and
    • documents in the Official Records.
  • Accept Child Support payments:
    • only if a Writ of Bodily Attachment or any other court order states to pay the Clerk's Office,
    • or, if a Department of Revenue Suspension letter was issued.
  • Accept new Civil cases for both Circuit and County Court, including:
    • Small Claims
    • Probate: New Estates, Baker Act and Marchman Act Petitions.
  • Issue certain types of summons on the Original Complaint
  • Accept pleadings for filing in the areas of traffic, civil, and probate.
  • Accept Value Adjustment Board Petitions with required fee
  • *Limited Driver License Reinstatements

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St. Petersburg Branch
545 1st Avenue North, Room 153
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 464-7000
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Services

  • Issue Marriage Licenses and perform Marriage Ceremonies
  • Assist with Passport Applications Process
  • Record and Image legal documents into the Official Records
  • Provide public access to the Official Records
  • Official Records Public Access of both online and microfilm records includes:
    • most microfilm records back to 1957,
    • marriage licenses on film back to 1911,
    • tax rolls from 1986 to 2002, and
    • probate records on film from 1973 to 1988.
  • Accept Traffic Citation payments.
  • Intake Probate cases and pleadings.
  • Intake all kinds of Civil cases for both Circuit and County Court, including:
    • Injunctions for Protection for domestic, repeat, dating and sexual violence cases,
    • Delinquent Tenant actions, and
    • all types of law suits for money damages and other civil litigation.
  • Intake new foreclosure actions
  • Conduct foreclosure sales
  • Intake all types of Small Claims actions
  • Order files to be sent from other locations for view at this office
  • Provide copies of Official Records, other court documents, and subdivision plats
  • Issue certain types of summons on the Original Complaint: Alias Summons,
    Pluries Summons and on Supplemental Complaints Subpoenas
  • Accept Child Support payments:
    • only if a Writ of Bodily Attachment or any other court order states to pay the Clerk's Office,
    • or if a Department of Revenue Suspension letter was issued.

Finance Division
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 2438
Clearwater, FL 33757-2438

Office Location
14 S. Ft. Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor
Utilities Building
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-8300
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Division of Inspector General
510 Bay Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-8371
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Clearwater Law Library Old Historic Courthouse
324 S. Ft. Harrison Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-3411
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Phone Numbers

Our office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (with the exception of Holidays)

For assistance with non-emergency matters:

  • Call (727) 464-7000 during regular office hours

For assistance with emergency injunctions or similar circumstances:

  • Between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - call (727) 464-3341
  • Before 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. - call the HAVEN in Clearwater at (727) 442-4128 or CASA in St. Petersburg at (727) 895-4912

If you are hearing or voice impaired, you may call 711 and the Florida Relay Service will assist you with your call to our office.

North County Customer Information & Service Center (727) 464-7000
Hours of Operation and Office Locations Press 1
Pay a Traffic or Parking Ticket Press 2
Traffic, Misdemeanor, Ordinance Violations, Felony, Domestic Battery or other Criminal related matters Press 3
Marriage Licenses, Passports, or Recordable Documents Press 4
Injunctions for Protection, Child Support, Divorce, or other Family Matters Press 5
Mortgage Foreclosure, Tenant Eviction, or filing a Civil or Small Claims Action Press 6
Estates, Wills, Guardianships, Substance Abuse or Mental Health related questions Press 7
24-hour Recorded Information Lines
Child Support (727) 464-4845
Defensive Driving Course/BDI (727) 464-4477
Expungements/Sealing (727) 464-6793
Marriage Licenses (727) 464-4700
Official Records (727) 464-4451
Parking Tickets (727) 464-4977
Passports (727) 464-4700
Restraining Orders/Injunctions for Protection (727) 464-4933
Small Claims (727) 464-4966
Traffic (727) 464-4944
Traffic Payment Line (727) 464-4846
Warrants (727) 464-3388
Other Phone Numbers
State Attorney (727) 464-6221
Public Defender (727) 464-6516
Fraud Hotline (727) 453-7283
Probate Court Records (727) 464-3321
Administrative Offices (727) 464-3341
Board Records (727) 464-3458
Jury Service (727) 464-6423
Finance Division (727) 464-8300

Holiday Schedule

We will be closed in observance of the following Holidays:

2024

Holiday Date
New Year's Day Monday, January 1, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Monday, January 15, 2024
Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2024
Independence Day Thursday, July 4 & Friday, July 5, 2024
Labor Day Monday, September 2, 2024
Veterans Day Monday, November 11, 2024
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29, 2024
Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Year's Day Wednesday, January 1, 2025

**NOTE:

  • When Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a Tuesday, the prior Monday is observed as a holiday.
  • When Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a Thursday, the following Friday is observed as a holiday.
  • When Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Independence Day or Veterans Day (November 11) fall on Saturday, the prior Friday is observed as a holiday.
  • When Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Independence Day or Veterans Day (November 11) fall on Sunday, the following Monday is observed as a holiday.

Drop Box Locations

Drop Boxes are available at multiple locations. They offer a convenient way to pay fees, deliver court documents or other correspondence. Please do not include cash payments as we cannot be responsible for missing payments, etc.

Drop Box at the Pinellas County Justice Center 14250 49th Street North, Clearwater, FL
Court Fines/Fee and Court Documents.
Drop box is temporarily located east of the main entrance, near the blue USPS mailbox.

Drop Box at the Downtown Clearwater Courthouse 400 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, FL
Court Fines/Fee and Court Documents.
Drop Box is located in the East parking lot in front of the Annex Building.

 

Drop Box at the Downtown Clearwater Courthouse 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL
Documents to be Recorded
Drop Box is located at 315 Court Street South entrance parking lot.

Drop Box at the St. Petersburg Branch 545 First Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL
Court Fines/Fee and Court Documents.
Drop Box is facing the street on Mirror Lake Drive (North Side of the Courthouse Building).

Drop Box at the St. Petersburg Branch 545 First Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL
Documents to be Recorded
Drop Box is facing the street on Mirror Lake Drive (North side of the Courthouse building).

Drop Box at the North County Branch 29582 U.S. 19 North, Clearwater, FL
Court Fines/Fee and Court Documents.
Drop Box is mounted on the building wall to the left of the front door.

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