Events and News for the Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
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This community event will provide citizens an opportunity to get FREE legal advice. Attorneys will be present to conduct one-on-one consultations in more than 20 areas of practice ranging from family law, criminal law, wills and trusts and many more
October is nationally recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Pinellas County Clerk's office is once again dedicating several activities to help raise awareness of this serious and preventable crime.
Please be advised there will be a service interruption for our Jury Services Program on Saturday, October 21st starting at 3:30 a.m. for a duration of approximately 5 hours. During this period, internet access to jury service excusals through the Clerk's website will not be available.
The Efiling Portal will be unavailable on Saturday, October 21st beginning at 12:00 a.m. (EDT) for maintenance. The estimated downtime is 5 hours.
Due to an error, duplicate summonses were mailed out for the date of October 10, 2017.
After Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria, the Pinellas Clerk's family led with their hearts and sprung into action to help those in need. Hundreds of cases of water, flashlights, batteries, non-perishables and clothes were donated. The office also raised $2,710.45 to help the communities recover from the devastation left by the hurricanes.
On Saturday, September 30th starting at 10:00 a.m. (EDT), the Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers will be performing network maintenance. This will cause a complete outage of all services. The Efiling Portal will not be available during this time. The estimated downtime for this maintenance will be between 3-8 hours.
The Pinellas County Value Adjustment Board (VAB) hereby gives notice that on Friday, September 22, 2017 commencing at 9:00 a.m. in the Clerk of Court and Comptroller's large conference room, Fourth Floor, Pinellas County Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Florida, an orientation for all appointed VAB Special Magistrates will be held regarding local procedures for hearings, handling or consideration of petitions, evidence, worksheets, forms, decisions or related computer software and files.
All Clerk's office locations are open as of Monday, September 18th. Click here for more details.
The Pinellas County Clerk's office is transitioning from its current Case 360 workflow system to a new web based document workflow system. The installation of the new system, which primarily affects the Probate Court Records Department, will take place on Saturday, September 2, 2017 and be available to Clerk's and Court's staff when normal business operations resume after the Labor Day weekend.
Beginning August 27, 2017, the Pinellas County Clerk's office will be implementing a technical standard required by the Florida Supreme Court Standards for Electronic Access to the Courts. This standard requires sequential numbering of certain case events that are applied to a case docket.
Starting today, the Clerk's new Recording and Official Records website called Acclaim has been officially released, along with the new eMarriage Application site.
The Pinellas County Clerk's office will debut a new Recording and Official Records website called Acclaim. The upgrade will take place starting Saturday, August 19th through Monday, August 21st until approximately 8:00 a.m. During the upgrade, the Official Records portion of the Clerk's website may be unavailable.
Pursuant to FS 744.3678(4), an audit fee is charged for the annual accounting in a guardianship case. The fee is based on the net amount of the ward's assets and is paid through the portal at the time of filing.
Effective immediately and in accordance with Local Rule 5, the Clerk may not enter a default unless an affidavit of non-military service has been filed.
The Real Auction website (www.pinellas.realforeclose.com) is back in business.
The members of the Pinellas County Value Adjustment Board (VAB) will hold their organizational meeting on Monday, July 31, 2017 beginning at 11:30 a.m., in the Clerk's Large Conference Room located on the Fourth Floor of the Pinellas County Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Florida 33756.
The Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, www.myflcourtaccess.com, will be unavailable on Friday, July 28th, 2017 beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone for system maintenance.
Scams have a way of resurfacing every so often and deed scams are currently in the spotlight in Pinellas County.
Pursuant to 45.035(3) F.S., as amended in 2017, the service charge for online judicial sales must be paid by the applicant filing for an electronic sale date.