Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Escambia County, Florida, has about 331,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Escambia County Circuit Court and the County Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Escambia County public records, Escambia County arrest records, Escambia County warrants, Escambia County criminal records, Escambia County police reports, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Escambia County
Court cases from Escambia County are filed in the Escambia County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters.
The County Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000.
Divorces go to the Circuit Court's family division, and the file stays with the court clerk.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119).
Looking Up a Case from Escambia County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at escambiaclerk.com/343/Court-Records-Search-Registration (page title: Court Records Search Registration | Escambia County Clerk, FL), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Florida has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Florida court page SearchSystems verified is at flcourts.gov.
What Reaches the Court from Escambia County
Pensacola reported 1,107 arrests to the FBI for 2025; the State Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Escambia County Circuit Court or the County Court.
The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at osa1.org (page title: Office of the State Attorney, Ginger Bowden Madden), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Escambia County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Escambia County criminal records, Escambia County divorce records, Escambia County traffic tickets, Escambia County DUI and Escambia County property records.
Cities in Escambia County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Escambia County Circuit Court or the County Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Escambia County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Pensacola (53,898)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Escambia County?
The Escambia County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters. The County Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000.
Who keeps the court records in Escambia County?
The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Florida?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Escambia County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.