Social Security, Bank Account, Credit, Debit And Charge Card Numbers

Any person preparing or filing a court or official records document should not include a social security number or a complete bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number in such document, unless required by law or court rule, or necessary to the adjudication of the case. Any person has a right to request that the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller remove such items from an image or copy of a court or official records document.

Internet Document Restrictions

As of June 5, 2002, some Official Records documents may not be placed on a publicly available Internet website according to Florida Statute 28.2221. These documents are: Military Discharges, Death Certificates, Court Files, Records, or Papers related to matters or cases governed by the Florida Rules of Family Law, The Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, or The Florida Rules of Probate. Images of these documents are available for viewing inside our offices.

If your document is one of the above-listed documents and currently available on our Internet website, you may request that the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller remove the document image from view on our publicly available Internet website. This request must be in writing and may be delivered in person, by mail, electronically, or by facsimile. Please use the request form below and specify the book and page number of the document to be removed.

Internet Document Removal Form

Confidentiality For Protected Groups

Chapter 119.071 F.S. states that individuals in certain professions, as well as their spouses and/or children may request the Clerk/County Recorder to remove personal information such as a home address and telephone number from documents in the Official Record. Such information is not available in the Official Record Index, but may be included on documents such as mortgages and deeds.

Confidentiality For Victims Of Violent Crime

Florida Statute 119.071(2)(j)1 states that victims of violent crime may ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller to remove their personal information from documents in the Official Record.

Request For Permanent Removal Of Military Separation Document

As provided by F.S. 295.186, you may appear in person, with valid government issued picture ID to request the removal of a previously recorded Military Separation Document (DD-214; DD-215; WD AGO 53; WD AGO 53-55; NAVMC 78-PD and NAVPERS 553).

Notice: Please be advised that once your request for removal is implemented, there will no longer be any record of the removed document in the Official Records and such a process will be permanent and irreversible. Please obtain as many certified copies of your separation document as you might need in the future before the removal is made.

If you do not wish to have your military discharge document permanently removed from the Official Records, but rather, removed only from the publicly available internet website, you may complete and submit a Request for Internet Document Removal from under 119.071.

Request Form

Notice Of Confidential Information Within Court Filing

Any court filings made in a Florida court that contain confidential information such as Social Security or bank account numbers, adoption records, HIV test results or information identifying victims of sexual offenses, must be accompanied by a Notice of Confidential Information.

Criminal and juvenile court filings that contain confidential crime victim information must be accompanied by a Notice of Confidential Crime Victim Information within Court Filing (Marsy's Law) as required by Rule 2.423 of the Rules of Judicial Administration.

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