Learn More About Palm Beach County Arrest

The office of the Clerk and Comptroller at the Palm Beach County Court supports various courts such as the juvenile, civil and the criminal courts. The office of the Clerk and Comptroller in Palm Beach County Court is responsible for processing, keeping arrest records and filing the documents of the court such as traffic tickets, records of lawsuits, wills, divorce agreement cases, petitions on domestic violence and the cases dealing with the eviction of tenants.

The services of the court can be acquired from the main courthouse which is located in West Palm Beach. You can also access the specific services from one of the four branches of the Palm Beach County Court which are located throughout the County. In addition, you may also access many criminal and civil records and court cases online.

County Arrest Records

Main Courthouse Records

The Main Courthouse provides information on all court records, arrest records and the official records of the county which can be accessed by individuals through the various departments of the main courthouse. This courthouse does not provide information on Value Adjustment Board services or undertake applications for passports.

The Departments of the Main Courthouse are:

Circuit Civil Court: It deals with cases pertaining to the probate of estates, cases involving marriage licenses. It also deals with civil lawsuits in which the damage amount is greater than $ 15,000.

Criminal Court:  This department deals with cases on felony charges from the circuit court, the county criminal cases, criminal appeals, provides information on the refund of cash bonds, and also provide information on the expungement or sealing of the criminal records.

County Civil Court: It deals with cases involving small claims and eviction cases and also deals with civil lawsuits in which the damage amount is less than or up to $ 15,000.

Self Service Center:  This division provides resources to individuals who represent themselves in court cases that deal with small claims, eviction cases and divorce. The Self Service Center also allows individuals to prepare divorce forms, eviction forms and forms for the small claims, online.

Unified Family Court: This division handles all cases dealing with family matter in one place. The cases handled by this division are child support cases, adoption cases, cases dealing with divorce, guardianship, juvenile cases, all domestic violation cases, cases dealing with dating violence, and mental health cases.

Traffic Violation Department: This department provides information on traffic  tickets  such as paying traffic tickets online, how to appeal for a traffic ticket case,  information on traffic school, information on parking tickets for the handicapped, and paying for traffic tickets.

For more information you can contact: 205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Phone: (561) 355 2996.

Website: http://www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/maincourthouse.aspx.

North County Courthouse Records

The services provided by the North County Courthouse are:

• It allows filing new cases on small claims
• Landlord and tenant eviction cases
• Civil damage cases from the county
• Probate cases
• Cases from the family court
• Cases dealing with the guardianship
• Mental health cases
• Application for marriage license and other ceremonies
• Petition for domestic violence cases
• Renewal and application of passports
• Provide all services dealing with traffic violations and misdemeanor charges
• Petitions on the services of the Value Adjustment Board
• Allow payments for the parking violation cases, process record searches, accept documents that need to be forwarded to the Main Courthouse and facilitate the services of the Self Service Center which  provides information on legal forms
• Provide view stations for the public and allow making appointments with legal aid attorneys.

Mailing Address: 3188 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. Criminal Dept. Phone: (561) 624 6608, Civil Dept. Phone: (561) 624 6650.

Email: clerkweb@mypalmbeachclerk.com.

South County Courthouse Records

The services that can be accessed from the South County Courthouse are:

• It allows the filing of or accessing cases that deal with Probate cases, guardianship cases, cases from the family court
• File new cases dealing with small claims, eviction cases, and the cases dealing with the county civil damages
• Application of marriage licenses
• Allows payment of traffic tickets and parking violations
• Filing petitions for the protection from domestic violence, and petitions on Value Adjustment Board services
• Process requests for record searches, Self Service Center services, and accepts and forwards legal documents that need to be forwarded to the main courthouse.

Mailing Address: 200 W. Atlantic Ave. Delray Beach, FL 33444. Criminal Dept. Phone:  (561) 274 1530, Civil Dept. Phone: (561) 274 1588.

Email: clerkweb@mypalmbeachclerk.com.

West County Courthouse Records

The various services provided by the West County Courthouse are:

• Cases pertaining to  small claims,  county civil lawsuit cases,  cases dealing with disputes on mental health case matters
• Cases dealing with misdemeanor charges, felony offenses, traffic violation charges, and cases on juvenile delinquency
• Allows payment of fines, parking tickets, parking violation tickets, processes requests for the search of arrest records and also accepts legal documents and records that need to be forwarded to the Main Courthouse.
Mailing Address: 38844 SR 80, Belle Glade, FL 33430. Phone: (561) 996 4843

The Palm Beach County Court allows individuals to view records on criminal, civil, and the traffic court cases, online through their website. But an order passed by the Florida Supreme Court ( # AOSC06-21) restricts the access to the information contained in some of the cases and court documents available in the electronic format. 
You can search the information available in the electronic format by the first name, last name, case type, case filing date, beginning date and or ending date of the case filed.

The types of cases that can be searched online through the Court’s Secure Access system include:

The administrative appeals, appellate court appeal cases, adoption cases, animal infraction case file records, parking tickets, domestic violence cases, eviction cases, traffic tickets, parking citations, drug court cases, cases dealing with sexual violence and such.

For more information you can visit: http://www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/courtrecords.aspx or
http://www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/.

In addition, you can also access and view the Palm Beach County Arrest records from the Sheriff’s office by visiting: http://www.pbso.org/blotter/.