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 September 25, 2026.
Volusia County, Florida, has about 603,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Volusia 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: Volusia County public records, Volusia County arrest records, Volusia County warrants, Volusia County inmate search, Volusia County criminal records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Volusia County
Court cases from Volusia County are filed in the Volusia 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 Volusia County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at clerk.org/Search-Records.aspx (page title: LAURA E. ROTH | Clerk of the Circuit Court, Volusia County Florida), phone (386) 736-5915, 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 Volusia County
Together, the two agencies in Volusia County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1,132 arrests to the FBI that year; the State Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Volusia County Circuit Court or the County Court.
The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sao7.com (page title: SAO7 | State Attorney's Office 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 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 Volusia County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Volusia County criminal records, Volusia County divorce records, Volusia County traffic tickets, Volusia County DUI and Volusia County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Volusia County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Volusia County and Florida. These court pages from its Volusia County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- LAURA E. ROTH (app02.clerk.org)
- LAURA E. ROTH (app02.clerk.org)
- Volusia, Fifth District (flcourts.gov)
Cities in Volusia County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Volusia County Circuit Court or the County Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Volusia County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Deltona (100,513)
- Daytona Beach (86,015)
- Port Orange (66,556)
- DeLand (45,587)
- Ormond Beach (44,596)
- New Smyrna Beach (33,144)
- DeBary (23,468)
- Daytona Beach Shores (5,223)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Volusia County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at clerk.org/Search-Records.aspx, phone (386) 736-5915.
Which court hears felonies in Volusia County?
The Volusia 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 Volusia 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 Volusia 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.