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.
Miami-Dade County, Florida, has about 2.8 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Miami-Dade 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Miami-Dade County public records, Miami-Dade County arrest records, Miami-Dade County warrants, Miami-Dade County inmate search, Miami-Dade County criminal records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Miami-Dade County
In Miami-Dade County, the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court 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 Miami-Dade County
For Miami-Dade County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at miamidadeclerk.gov/clerk/records.page (page title: Records), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Miami-Dade County
Together, the 17 agencies in Miami-Dade County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 36,508 arrests to the FBI that year; the State Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court or the County Court.
The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at miamisao.com (page title: Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle), 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 Miami-Dade County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Miami-Dade County criminal records, Miami-Dade County divorce records, Miami-Dade County traffic tickets, Miami-Dade County DUI and Miami-Dade County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Miami-Dade County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Miami-Dade County and Florida. These court pages from its Miami-Dade County listing were opened again on October 1, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Miami-Dade Criminal Case Search (www2.miamidadeclerk.gov)
Cities in Miami-Dade County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court or the County Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Miami-Dade County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Hialeah (235,388)
- Miami Gardens (116,173)
- Homestead (85,796)
- Doral (83,625)
- Miami Beach (83,251)
- North Miami (62,202)
- Coral Gables (50,379)
- Cutler Bay (45,833)
- North Miami Beach (45,655)
- Aventura (40,531)
- Miami Lakes (33,247)
- Palmetto Bay (25,402)
- Hialeah Gardens (23,328)
- Sunny Isles Beach (22,903)
- Sweetwater (21,321)
- Pinecrest (18,981)
- Opa-locka (16,507)
- Key Biscayne (15,111)
- South Miami (13,207)
- Miami Shores (11,917)
- North Bay Village (8,286)
- West Miami (7,247)
- Bay Harbor Islands (5,937)
- Surfside (5,719)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Miami-Dade County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at miamidadeclerk.gov/clerk/records.page.
Which court hears felonies in Miami-Dade County?
The Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade 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.