Florida Uniform Case Numbering System

This actually has nothing to do with Bankruptcy.  This is for Circuits in Florida.  But from time to time, I need to reference a State Case in a bankruptcy, but have trouble finding the state guidelines for numbering.  So I thought it might be helpful if I posted an overview of the numbering system used in the county and circuit courts to hopefully facilitate better understanding of and more universal adoption of this logical system.

The Uniform Case Number is a twenty character sequence that has five components, broken out, it looks as follows: XX-XXXX-XX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX.

For Example, the first felony case filed in Orange County for 2009 would look as follows: 48-2009-CF-000001-OAXXXX

Broken down, the five components are explained as follows:

The first two characters are the county designation code. Florida has 67 counties and the codes are assigned from 01 – 67 in alphabetical order. A listing of each county’s code is provided at the bottom of this post.

The next four characters are the year your case was actually opened in with the clerk of the court, not the year the issue in dispute occurred.

An example would be if you were physically placed under arrest on December 31, 2008, but you were not actually booked into jail until January 1, 2009. As a result the year designation for your case would be 2009. Because this is the year the Clerk actually would open your case, which is because you were not booked into jail and brought to their attention until 2009.

The following two characters are the court case type (or designation). In addition to the brief examples provided here, I have alco provided a complete listing of court case types at the bottom of the post.

Examples are CF = Felony, MM = Misdemeanor, CT = Criminal Traffic.

The following six characters are the case sequence; simply meaning the number assigned to a case as they are opened each year.

The first case of each year in each division is assigned 000001, the second case is 000002, and so on.

The final six numbers are not specifically assigned and are left to the individual counties to use for their own internal management purposes. Two common practices are to use the first of the two digits to assign co-defendant order (usually starting alphabetical by last name) or municipality designation.

For example, Co-Defendant 1 would be assigned A, Co-Defendant 2 would be assigned B, and so forth.
Or, a misdemeanor case initiated by Eatonville Police Department in Orange County, Florida might look as follows: 48-2009-MM-000001-EA. The E indicates an Eatonville PD case and the A indicates Co-Defendant A if there were two people arrested.

In any event, I hope this provides some clarification for the masses out there.
Court Case Type Designation

AP	Appeal from County Court
CA	Circuit Civil
CF	Felony
CJ	Delinquency (Juvenile Crime)
CO	County Ordinance Violation
CP	Probate
CT	Criminal Traffic Citation (But also a Misdemeanor Offense)
DP	Dependency
DR	Domestic Relations
GA	Guardianship
IN	Non-Traffic Infraction
MH	Mental Health
MM	Misdemeanor
MO	Municipal Ordinance Violation
SC	Small Claims
TR	Traffic Infraction

County Code Designations

County	County Code
Alachua	01
Baker	02
Bay	03
Bradford	04
Brevard	05
Broward	06
Calhoun	07
Charlotte	08
Citrus	09
Clay	10
Collier	11
Columbia	12
Dade (Miami)	13
DeSoto	14
Dixie	15
Duval	16
Escambia	17
Flagler	18
Franklin	19
Gadsden	20
Gilchrist	21
Glades	22
Gulf	23
Hamilton	24
Hardee	25
Hendry	26
Hernando	27
Highlands	28
Hillsborough	29
Holmes	30
Indian River	31
Jackson	32
Jefferson	33
Lafayette	34
Lake	35
Lee	36
Leon	37
Levy	38
Liberty	39
Madison	40
Manatee	41
Marion	42
Martin	43
Monroe	44
Nassau	45
Okaloosa	46
Okeechobee	47
Orange	48
Osceola	49
Palm Beach	50
Pasco	51
Pinellas	52
Polk	53
Putnam	54
Santa Rosa	55
Sarasota	56
Saint Johns	57
Saint Lucie	58
Seminole	59
Sumter	60
Suwannee	61
Taylor	62
Union	63
Volusia	64
Wakulla	65
Walton	66
Washington	67