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Choose A Florida History Format

FDLE route Current cost / timing What you receive
Instant Search $24 plus a $1 credit-card processing fee; results are available immediately. A non-certified result that can be printed or emailed.
Staff non-certified $24; FDLE lists five business days of processing. A staff-conducted non-certified response returned by regular U.S. Mail.
Staff certified $24; FDLE lists six to seven business days of processing. A certified/notarized response returned by regular U.S. Mail; mail-delivery time is additional.
ORI Search Price varies by statute, agency, or authorized entity. Results are sent directly to the recipient authorized by the ORI; obtain the valid ORI from that agency or entity.

Match the FDLE Output to the Recipient

Write the required output down before beginning the Florida search:

  • If a recipient requires certification, do not assume an Instant Search printout supplies it.
  • If an ORI is specified, verify that identifier with the authorized recipient before submission.
  • If the task is simply to inspect a state-history result, retain the exact response and matching criteria.
  • If a judgment is the missing item, use its case reference for a clerk request.

This prevents a convenient search format from silently replacing a different requested deliverable, and keeps any unresolved identity question visible.

Search With A Defined Subject

Before searching, assemble the identifying information the official service requests. Compare the returned identity details and note any unresolved difference. Keep the response with the criteria used, so another reviewer can see why a match was accepted or left uncertain.

Go To The Court For The Case Document

If your question concerns a particular judgment or other filing, identify its court and clerk. The history response helps orient the inquiry but does not replace the underlying case document. Conversely, one clerk’s case result does not establish a complete Florida history. Make the next request only for the missing evidence.

FDLE’s $24 routes differ in speed, certification, delivery, and recipient

FDLE’s Florida Criminal History Record Check identifies FDLE as Florida’s central criminal-history repository. The public base fee is $24, but the route changes the practical result: Instant Search adds a $1 credit-card processing fee and returns an immediate non-certified result; staff non-certified requests list five business days of processing; staff certified requests list six to seven business days and are returned by regular U.S. Mail, so mailing time is additional.

An ORI search is different again. FDLE says its price varies with the governing statute, agency, or authorized entity, and the result is sent directly to the recipient authorized by the ORI. FDLE does not supply the ORI; obtain it from the agency or entity requiring the check.

The FDLE Personal Review route is for a person, or that person’s designated attorney, to review the person’s own Florida record for completeness and accuracy. It should not be substituted for an employment, licensing, certification, ORI, or court-document request.

Before you submit a Florida criminal-record search

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    Define the purpose

    Public information search, certified response, ORI-directed check, personal review, and a court-document request are different workflows.

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    Confirm the subject

    Use the requested identifiers and treat an uncertain name match as uncertain.

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    Confirm the $24 public fee

    FDLE currently lists $24 for public criminal-history requests.

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    Go to the clerk for the court filing

    Use the court that handled the case when you need the judgment, sentence, dismissal, or another filed document.

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    Use Personal Review for your own correction work

    When the issue is accuracy of your own Florida record, follow FDLE’s fingerprint-based personal review/challenge process rather than ordering someone else’s public search.

Related Record Guides

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Authoritative next stops

Official state judicial source; Florida

Florida Courts - Court System

Florida Courts explains that clerks of court manage and preserve records of judicial proceedings.

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