Florida Bankruptcy Court Records

The state of Florida preserves and maintains all court records. According to state law, these documents are part of the official records and available for public use with certain restrictions. Florida bankruptcy court records are part of these official documents and can be accessed for view, print or download from a number of sources. When an individual or company files for bankruptcy in Florida, all legal documents related to the bankruptcy case are updated into the bankruptcy record database and stored. It is the responsibility of the clerk of courts to keep the bankruptcy records in proper order.

Florida Bankruptcy Case Filing

Florida bankruptcy laws state that a person or business can file for bankruptcy if he or she is unable to repay all debts incurred. However, this is considered the last resort. Bankruptcy can be filed under a number of chapters. Under chapter 7, the debtor is required to surrender all assets to a court appointed trustee and his or her entire debt is forgiven. However there are exceptions to the assets that need to be surrendered. Under chapter 11, 12 and 13, a debtor is required to repay a particular portion of the debt within a certain period of time, as decided by the bankruptcy court.

Florida Bankruptcy Courts

The bankruptcy court records of Florida can be accessed from the various court locations. The bankruptcy courts of Florida are divided into the Northern District Florida Court, the Middle District Florida Court and the Southern District Florida Court. Each court has jurisdiction over a number of counties.

The Northern District Florida Court has jurisdiction over counties including Alachua, Calhoun, Franklin, Jefferson, Gilchrist, Gulf, Jackson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Taylor, and Washington.

Some of the counties under Middle District Florida Court are Baker, Brevard, Bradford, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Hamilton, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, St. John’s, and Volusia.

The list of counties within the jurisdiction of the Southern District Florida Court includes Broward, Highlands, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach County, and St. Lucie.

Florida Bankruptcy Courts Address and Contact Information

The office address, contact numbers and hours of operation of the Florida bankruptcy courts are as follows:

Northern District Florida Court

Tallahassee Courthouse
110 E. Park Ave., Suite 100
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 521-5001
Phone: (866) 639-4615
VCIS: (888) 765-1751
McVCIS: (866) 222-8029
(court code 11)
Office Hours: 9 AM - 4 PM

Pensacola Courthouse
220 W. Garden St., Suite 700
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: (866) 639-4615
Office Hours: 9 AM - 4 PM

United States Courthouse
401 SE First Ave., Room 243
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 380-2400
Office Hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

United States Courthouse
30 W. Government St.
Panama City, Florida 32401
Phone: (850) 769-4556
Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Middle District Florida Court

Clerk of Court
Lee Ann Bennett
Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse
801 N. Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33602

Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse
801 N. Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33602
Voice Case Information: 1-866-879-1286
Recorded Court Information: 813-301-5162
(Records of Fort Myers are maintained at Tampa Division)

For more information about the Tampa Division contact numbers, have a look at http://www.flmb.uscourts.gov/phonelists/tampa.pdf.

Fairwinds Building
135 W. Central Blvd, Ste 950
Orlando, Florida 32801

Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse
300 North Hogan Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Southern District Florida Court

U.S. Courthouse
299 E. Broward Blvd., Room 112
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: (954) 769-5700

Claude Pepper Federal Building
51 S.W. 1st Avenue, Room 1517
Miami, FL 33130
Phone: (305) 714-1800

Flagler Waterview Building
1515 North Flagler Drive, 8th Floor
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 514-4100

Florida Bankruptcy Court Records Online Records

You can visit the court location or contact them over the telephone. However there is an easy way to locate Florida bankruptcy court records which is an online search. This option is available from PACER or Public Access to Court Electronic Records. All court records, including bankruptcy court records, are available from PACER. For more information on PACER services you can contact them at

PACER Service Center
P.O. Box 780549
San Antonio, TX 78278-0549.
(800) 676-6856

You can also send your queries, suggestions and comments to pacer@psc.uscourts.gov. 

PACER services are available to all, both in and outside United States. If you are a resident of the United States you can register as a user. This can be done by filling up the PACER online registration form available at https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/regform.pl.

After the submission of the form is completed, the user is given a login ID and a password. You can use the login id and the password to search the bankruptcy records of Florida. No registration fee is charged by PACER. However there is a nominal fee for the use of web-based search. For access to each page of PACER you need to pay $0.08.

You need to send the details of your credit card if you wish to register as a user with PACER services. The other fields that need to be filled in include personal details in the account information section, and password security information. If you are having problems with online registration or want to access PACER from outside the United States you can download the form from http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/documents/fax_reg_form.pdf and follow the instructions given on it.