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Alachua County Official Records

Alachua County court records provide public information to court cases filed in Alachua County, FL. There are a variety of types of court cases that you can access through the Alachua County Clerk of Courts. Cases include but are not limited to civil, civil traffic, criminal, tax deed sales, and domestic violence injunctions.

How to Access Court Records

You can access court records online or in-person at the Alachua County Courthouse. Online Alachua County Official records access is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Access to in-person can be done in the courthouse by appointment, or through the temporary drive-thru window from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding major holidays. You can also access court records by speaking to a representative over the phone.

Online Court Records Search

You can perform an online court records search for civil, civil traffic, and criminal Alachua County Official records. You can access documents criminal court records dating back to 2005 and civil and civil traffic court records dating back to 2001. However, you can perform research online for closed civil cases going back to 1999, closed civil traffic cases going back to March of 2006, and closed criminal cases going back to 1990.

You can search for court records by name, case number, date filed, and/or by citation number. There are other parameters that you can search, however, they are limited and require additional search parameters to be used.

The information that is available through the online court records search includes the following:

  • Case number
  • Names of parties in the case
  • Attorney information
  • Charges
  • Sentencing and dispositions
  • Court events and monetary obligations

If you are a party to a criminal court case that you are researching, you have the option of receiving reminders and notifications regarding court events through e-notify. This is a statewide service that will provide you with notifications by text or email of court events.

Official Records

Online court records search can be performed to look up official records as well. Official records can be searched by name, date, instrument number, document type, and real estate search. To access the official records search portal you will need to read and accept the disclaimers.

When performing online official court records search it is best to enter as little information as possible. You can always narrow down your search results by applying filters to the results.

Official records can be accessed going back to 1971. Document images are available going back to 1980. While you can view these records online for free, it does cost to obtain copies of official Alachua County Official records. Printing documents from the official records search website are not considered to be a certified copy. If you need a certified copy of an official record document, you will need to purchase it either in-person or over the phone.

Accessing Court Records In-person

To access court records in-person, you would need to go to the Records department of the county courthouse located in Gainesville, FL. In-person court records searches would need to be performed for information and documents that you are unable to access using the online records search system. Court records available in-person date back to July 1928.

In-person you can access the following departments by appointment:

  • Official records
  • Civil
  • Criminal
  • Traffic
  • Research

Finance and accounting and Off-site records departments are currently closed until further notice. If you are looking to request copies of Alachua County Official records cases and documents that are unavailable online, you can send an email to the Alachua County Clerk of Courts.