Probate records are public in Florida, which means anyone can access them. While public access to probate records can facilitate the resolution of disputes and ensure transparency in the probate process, it is important to take necessary precautions to protect one's privacy and security.
To do this, you will need to contact your local county clerk's office (or similar organization) and inquire about the process for obtaining probate property information. The county clerk's office will provide you with a list of properties that are in the probate process or have recently been probated.
You can access all public dockets using the new Appellate Case Information System (ACIS) at: . Attorneys of record and self-represented litigants wanting access to documents in their cases must register in the new ACIS system. Public access does not require registration.
Serve Notice of Administration Florida Statute section 733.212 requires the personal representative to mail a “Notice of Administration,” on interested parties, including the decedent's spouse, beneficiaries, and others who may be entitled to estate assets.
Summary Administration may be filed when the value of the entire estate does not exceed $75,000.00 or when the decedent has been dead for more than two (2) years. A petition for summary administration may be filed by any beneficiary, heir at law, or person nominated as personal representative in the decedent's will.
Florida probate records have been kept by county judges and county clerks in each courthouse. Since 1968 they have been under the jurisdiction of the clerk of the circuit court in each county. The files may include wills, bonds, letters, petitions, order books, inventories, and settlements.