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Reminder from the Clerk

Please DO NOT SEND original documents to the Clerk's Office on cases which you have already e-filed.

Please disregard any instruction to the contrary that you might be seeing on the e-portal site. Pinellas County is not going through a test period where the follow up paper is required for the first 90 days as that period is already over for Pinellas. There is NOT a requirement to follow up your e-filing with paper. Please do NOT send in paper unless they are the specific documents identified in the Sixth Circuit’s e-filing A.O.

Please send all your e-filing questions and concerns to CivilEfiling@pinellascounty.org

Questions being asked today

• Problems with filing existing case pleadings? Click here
• Other questions about eFiling? Please email us at CivilEfiling@pinellascounty.org

For technical assistance with the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, please email support@myflcourtaccess.com or call 850-577-4609.

Probate Attorneys:
We are pleased to announce that our office has received approval from the Florida Courts Technology Commission receive Probate e-filings from attorneys. Attorneys are authorized to e-file Guardianship and Estate pleadings through the statewide e-filing portal.

There is no need to follow up your e-filing with the paper documents except for: wills, bonds, original death certificates and Pre-need Guardianships. These particular documents will still be needed in original format, however to expedite the processing of your case, you may scan and submit the images of these documents initially with your e-filing.

We are very excited about this big news as it provides the Clerk’s office with the opportunity to move forward towards the goal of a paperless office and provides the attorneys the ability to e-file without having to follow up with the originals.

• E-Filing Authority Board website

PROJECT HISTORY:
The Pinellas County Clerk’s office, along with Clerk’s statewide, has supported the Florida eFiling Authority in the development of  the statewide eFiling portal. As of January 1, 2011, the portal became operational allowing for the eFiling of cases through a single point of entry.

eFiling

Customer Service Survey

Notices of Changes:

• Civil Court Records
• Probate index change in Official Records
• Official Records

Fee Schedule

Request & Order Copies using Deposit Accounts

Request & Order Copies using Credit Card online

Helpful Hints for Legal Assistants

Recordable Instruments:

• Official Records
• Civil Court Records
• Probate Court Records
• Misdemeanor/County Criminal Court Records
• Felony/Circuit Criminal Court Records

Email addresses by department:

• Civil Court Records
• Probate Court Records
• Criminal Court Disposition (Circuit Criminal Court Records)
• Criminal Court Initiation (County Criminal Court Records)
• Official Records

Schedule a tour of our Probate department
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is now offering the legal community an opportunity to tour our Probate operations at the Clearwater and Saint Petersburg courthouses. The tours include an overview of document imaging, processing of new cases and, at the Clearwater location, the audit of estates and guardianship cases.
For further information or to set an appointment, please email us.

Probate - Priority Request Form

COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY STANDARDS/CONFLICT ATTORNEY:
Pursuant to Administrative Order 2010-009 – Court Appointed Attorney Standards & Due Process Costs, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court was directed to publish the name and phone numbers for attorneys to notify us of changes in their phone number, availability or status. 

For you convenience the points of contact are:

• Cynthia Haumann, Manager
  (727) 464-7046 / chaumann@co.pinellas.fl.us
• James Huebner, Court Clerk Supervisor
  (727) 464-6311 / jhuebner@co.pinellas.fl.us 
• Kyris Hiraldo, Court Clerk Supervisor
  (727) 464-7977 / khiraldo@co.pinellas.fl.us
• Cherie Francis, Court Clerk Supervisor
  (727) 464-6286 / cfrancis@co.pinellas.fl.us

Administrative Orders

• The Request for Substitution of Counsel in Title IV-D Cases
• Sealing of Court Records, Administrative Order No. 2010-065
• To view all Administrative Orders, visit www.jud6.org