Florida, Duval County
Where Jacksonville's records are kept. Jacksonville has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Jacksonville's own offices, along with State of Florida offices; the Duval County offices are on our Duval County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Florida Department of Law Enforcement page on getting state and national criminal history checks. Mailed request forms ended July 1, 2020; requests now go through the online Florida Criminal History Record Check.
Open official site FDLE Criminal History Record ChecksProperty records
The Department of Revenue guides the county property appraisers, tax collectors and value adjustment boards who run Florida property tax, and posts forms, Truth in Millage details and links to county officials.
Open official site Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax OversightState records
Florida Department of State guide to genealogy sources at the State Library, including Ancestry Library Edition, Fold3 and HeritageQuest used on site; birth and death records come from a state bureau in Jacksonville.
Open official site State Library of Florida Genealogy ResourcesCounty court
Covers bankruptcy cases in Florida's Middle District and posts each judge's hearing calendar, filing fees, court hours and locations, unclaimed funds and free lawyer clinics run online or by bar associations.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of FloridaCounty court
Florida's state court website, supported by the Office of the State Courts Administrator, links the Supreme Court, six district courts of appeal and 20 circuit courts, with family law forms and appellate docket search.
Open official site Florida CourtsVital records
Issues Florida birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates, makes amendments and corrections and handles apostilles; online and phone orders run through VitalChek, the only vendor the department recommends.
Open official site Florida Department of Health Certificates and RecordsPolice & jail
Look up felony offenders sentenced to Florida state prison or state supervision by name or DC number, with current and prior offenses; county jail and county probation cases are not included.
Open official site Florida Department of Corrections Offender Information SearchState records
Search Florida missing and unidentified person cases by category, such as endangered, runaway, parental abduction or disaster victim, and by name, county, city, age, race or sex, with an images only view.
Open official site FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
FDLE search of people wanted by Florida law enforcement agencies, covering only records those agencies chose to make public and updated every 24 hours; report sightings to local police instead of acting yourself.
Open official site FCIC Public Access System Wanted Persons SearchPolice & jail
Florida's offender search, from the Department of Law Enforcement, takes a full or partial name, city, county or zip code, filters by offender type and legal status, and offers a downloadable data file.
Open official site FDLE Sexual Offender and Predator SearchFederal
Official QuickFacts table from the U.S. Census Bureau for Jacksonville city, Florida, where the 2020 Census found 949,611 people, with core figures on population, business and geography.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
The City of Jacksonville website covers online fee payments and license renewals, permitting, City Council, transparency dashboards, boards and commissions and the MyJax service line, (904) 630-2489. City Hall: 117 West Duval Street.
Open official site City of JacksonvilleEverything else, organized
15 more Jacksonville sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Jacksonville, a place of 949,611 people, is the seat of Duval County. Court and property records sit with Duval County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Florida. Jacksonville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Duval County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 8 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 3 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 46 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Titanium.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Florida sinkholes are karst, not mine subsidence.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Florida is run by the Florida Division of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Jacksonville.
Deeds for property in Jacksonville are recorded by the Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Duval County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Florida come from the state vital records office, Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.