Accounting Department

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The Clerk's Accounting and Fiscal Department collects and disburses all monies for the Clerk of the Circuit Court, maintaining the financial records for the general fund, special revenue funds, and trust and agency funds. Data is recorded, receipted and entered into both our accounting system and subsidiary systems such as the Traffic system.

Over $110 million is receipted and disbursed per year. These funds include fines and costs in Circuit and County Courts as well as all other filing fees, charges, documentary stamps, and intangible tax collections. Fines and forfeitures are remitted to the various municipalities, law enforcement agencies, the Board of County Commissioners and the State of Florida. Most fine and forfeiture monies are disbursed on a monthly basis. The department is responsible for the disbursement of jury and witness payments. Monies are held for the Registry of the Court, Condemnation, Bonds, Tax Deeds, Restitution, Small Claims, and state agencies. The funds are disbursed as the cases are resolved and the court orders the disbursements.

The department is also responsible for preparation and monitoring of the budget. The Clerk's budget is prepared in two parts, one for those expenditures paid by the Board of County Commissioners and one for the Clerk as a fee officer. On or before May 1 of each year, the Clerk submits to the Board of County Commissioners a tentative budget for expenditures to be paid by the Board of County Commissioners on behalf of the Clerk. Prior to September 1 of each the Clerk files the State and the Board of County Commissioners the complete budget for the following fiscal year. The Clerk's total general fund budget for the fiscal year 1998 is approximately $12 million.

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