The Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller serves as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Auditor for St. Johns County. One of our office’s most important duties is providing clear, concise, and transparent information about County revenue and spending.
Serving as the county’s chief financial officer, auditor, and custodian of funds, the office manages budgets, monitors expenditures, processes payments, and safeguards public assets. By upholding accountability and fiscal responsibility, the Comptroller’s Office plays a critical role in maintaining trust between the government and the community.
The Civil Cash Bond list is available Cash Bond List.
Due to the passage of Senate Bill 1790, the Clerk’s Office is required to increase civil, family, small claims, and probate filing fees. These fee increases are not clerk revenue. They will be forwarded to the State of Florida to offset lost revenue in the State’s budget. Please note there are several “new” fees being created under this bill concerning the issuance of summons and the filing of cross claims, counter claims, and third-party complaints.
St. Johns County Clerk of Courts Fees can be viewed here.
Merchant services credit card convenience fees = 3.5% of transaction amount.
Explore detailed financial reports, budgets, and annual summaries provided by the Clerk of Court and Comptroller.
A payment plan is a legally binding contractual arrangement between a defendant and the Clerk’s Office to defer the payment of fines, fees, and court costs under F. S. 28.246.
Payment Plan applications are not accepted after 4:00 PM.
Payment plans are not available to individuals on supervised probation, individuals whose case has been referred to collections, or to individuals who have a prior unsuccessful payment plan completion history unless the prior plan is paid in full.
Criminal and Misdemeanor Fines, Fees and Court Costs
- The payment plan set up fee of $25 is required to be paid at the time the plan is established, under F. S. 28.24 (26)(c). Multiple cases cannot be added together to avoid paying $25 for each payment plan.
- Information given on the payment plan contract is subject to verification by the Clerk’s Office.
Each case is to have its own separate payment plan. This processing charge is required to be paid at the time the payment plan is set up.
If an individual fails to make payment on a payment plan contract, the Clerk of Courts may charge a late fee of $25 and/or a noticing fee of $7 each time, may suspend your driver license, refuse to issue a reinstatement of your driver license, refuse to issue another payment plan, place a judgment lien against you, and/or turn your account over to a collection agency. All of these sanctions will add to your debt to the Clerk. Accounts turned over to a collection agency may be assessed up to an additional 40% collection agency service charge in addition to the balance due to the Clerk, F. S. 28.246(6).
Individuals wishing to set up a payment plan who are incarcerated must get a payment plan contract application form the Clerk’s website. The contract must be returned to the Courthouse notarized with the $25 fee. The Clerk’s Office will determine the payment terms.
Payments on payment plans are required every month; however, payment in full is accepted at any time without a pre-payment penalty. Payments are accepted in person from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday, excluding courthouse holidays.
Payment plans may be paid via cash, check, money order, cashier’s check, and credit card. To make a credit card payment, please click here. A new request for a credit card payment will need to be made through the web site for each payment that you wish to make in this manner. We do not keep any credit card numbers on file.
During your payment plan contract, you may request an extension of time to pay for hardship. We will only grant two, thirty-day extensions during the contract. To request an extension, you must contact the Clerk’s Office at (904) 819-3600.
Please make sure to keep your contact information up to date with the Payment Plan Coordinator while you are within the program. This includes your address, phone number and email address.
Mail payments and correspondence to:
St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller
Attn: Cashiering
4010 Lewis Speedway
St. Augustine, FL 32084
A payment must include your case number.
For further assistance, please call (904) 819-3600.
The Registry of Court Listing is available here.
F. S. 218.415 authorizes the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners to adopt a written investment policy to guide the County’s investment activity. County Resolution No. 2021-451 adopted the investment policy, as revised, delegating the authority for the investment program of County surplus funds to the Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller. Additionally, the investment policy provides for authorized investments and allowance of an investment advisor.
All forms can be accessed in our Forms Library.
Do you have unclaimed monies with the Clerk’s Office?
- Uncashed Checks can be found here.
- Annual Remitted Unclaimed Funds can be found here.
- Outstanding Court Monies can be found here.
- The Quarterly Outstanding Check List can be found here.
Avoid having monies considered unclaimed or abandoned by following these simple tips:
- Make sure that your address is up to date with the U.S. Postal Service and the Clerk’s Office.
- If money has been deposited into a case in which you are involved, make sure that you obtain an order from the judge to disburse those funds before the case is closed or dismissed.
- Follow up on any motions filed asking for money to be disbursed.
- If you had a monetary judgment against another party in a civil case, you can re-record the judgment along with an affidavit of current address. That will allow us to notify you if the judgment is satisfied.
- Mortgage Foreclosure cases may need your follow up to make sure that any surplus proceeds are disbursed by the court.
The Finance Division provides a list of people who have unclaimed checks issued by the Clerk’s Office. Anyone who has a claim to money held by the St. Johns County Clerk’s Office must contact the Clerk’s Office as soon as possible, because each year we send unclaimed funds to the State of Florida. Once funds are sent to the State, we cannot assist you in recovering those funds.
The claimant shall submit sufficient proof to the Clerk’s Office of ownership, and upon doing so shall be entitled to receive any part of the monies so claimed. Claimants must provide a driver’s license or valid government issued photo identification. The unclaimed monies claim form and the IRS form W-9 must be completed. Upon review and acceptance of a claim for funds a check will be issued within 14 days.
Form must be signed in front of a notary or Deputy Clerk.
Please call (904) 819-3600 for additional assistance.
Forms should be mailed to:
St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller
Attn: Angela Boutin, Accounts Payable Clerk
4010 Lewis Speedway
St. Augustine, FL 32084
If your name appears in the document for annual unclaimed funds turned over to the State of Florida you must contact the State at www.fltreasurehunt.gov to claim your funds, as the St. Johns County Clerk’s Office no longer has your funds.
St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller