'Best
Practices Showcase 2004'
re-scheduled due to
Frances
Due to the impact of Hurricane Frances on the hotel, local
infrastructure and business and governmental operations, the Clerk
of Courts' 2nd Annual Best Practices Showcase has been rescheduled
to April 7, 2005. All other aspects of the Showcase remain the
same. Only the date has changed.
Please click here for details
Legal Records available for viewing on
our website
Your records…your privacy
New technologies have
allowed us to increase the public’s access to the Official Record of
Palm Beach County – where you’ll find deeds, mortgages, marriage
licenses, liens, etc. The index to the Official Record has been
available on our website since 2000, something that is required by
Florida law. And since 2001, we have provided Internet access to
document images.
These developments have
allowed our customers in the title industry and the general public to
conduct public records searches from the convenience of their home or
office. Right now, documents dating back to 1990 are available by the
click of a mouse and you can print them on your home or office computer.
Soon you’ll be able to access documents dating as far back as 1968.
Click on
ClerkConnect and go to
the Official Records Listing where you can search by name, book and
page, property type and document type.
As your Clerk, I am
sensitive to the competing demands of the public’s needs for information
and privacy. For this reason, we have one easy location on our website
where you can get all the information you need about how Florida law
allows the Clerk to restrict the public’s access to certain documents
and information that could be used to perpetrate crimes related to fraud
and identity theft. Please click on this link for further information:
Official Records Privacy.
I also
recommend that you visit the Federal Trade Commission website at
www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ for useful information about how you can
protect your identity.
Unlike Legal Records, this system does not provide an
image of the document. However, these records are available for review
in the Courthouse.
Our web site was created in August 1999 as a means of bringing
meaningful and pertinent information closer to you. You
may not be fully familiar with our offices and I urge you to
look around on our site.
The Clerk's office provides services to the public, legal
community, courts, the Palm Beach County government and the
Florida state government. Our duties are primarily
ministerial; we follow the Florida statutes, county ordinances
and court orders. It is the most demanding and complex of
all the County's Constitutional Offices. The Clerk has
three primary responsibilities:
Our primary
function as Clerk of the Board of Commissioners is to act as your
accountant and official watchdog. As such, we have custody of the
County's financial system and we oversee the expenditure of tax
dollars to ensure they are spent in accordance with the law, policy
and budget.
The Clerk
collects and distributes Court fines and fees that enable local and
state agencies to serve you more effectively. In addition, our
office safely invests and earns revenues on more than $1.6 billion
of surplus funds each year which supplements the County's annual
budget.
Some who access
the Clerk's web page may be experiencing unpleasant circumstances
in Court or with County government. Still, it is our goal to make
it as easy as possible for you to deal with our office, and to
provide you with the most efficient and user-friendly service. In
fact, if you have any questions about, or problems with, our web
pages please call me directly at (561) 355-2996, or toll free from
South County or the 'Glades at
1-888-760-9206. Or, you may E-Mail
me.
DHW
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