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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Courts, Judges and OfficialsUnited States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Florida

State Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30County Courts and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Judges of Compensation Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Municipal DirectoryMunicipal Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Municipality / Circuit / Zip Code / Area Code Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Costs and FeesDepartment of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169United States Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174State Courts and Sheriffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Circuit and County Court Fees, County by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185State Documentary Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Statute of Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Directories of Florida InstitutionsInsurance Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202Correctional Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Marriage and Divorce Laws, All States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Departments and AgenciesFederal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Members of Congress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

HolidaysAll States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Directory of Judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .673-700

Directory of the Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701-1336

Miscellaneous DirectoriesBar Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1337Legal Aid Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1350Law Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357Law Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1359Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1361Degrees of Kindred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1365Attorney Advertising

By Areas of Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367Board Certified Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369

Patent Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1370The Legal Pages® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1371-1391

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INDEXA

Abstracts, Motor Vehicle, All States. . See www.lawdiary.comACCESS Florida, Dept. of Children and Families, Fla. . . 275Accident Reports, State Police,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comAccountability Office, Government, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . 239Accountants, Division of Certified Public, Fla. . . . . . . . 274Accounting and Auditing, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 278Acquisition Service, Fedl., General Services Admin. . . 259ACTION

See Corporation for National Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Acupuncture, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Adjutant General, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Administration

on Aging, See Admin. on Community Living,Dept. of Health & Human Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . 244

for Children and Families, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Office of, Executive Office of the President . . . . . . . . 240on Community Living,

Dept. of Health & Human Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . 244State Board of, Dept. of Labor, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

AdministrativeHearings, Division of,

Dept. of Management Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Office of the Courts, All States . . See www.lawdiary.com

Administrative Hearings, Div. of,Dept. of Mgmt. Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Administrative LawJudges, Immigration, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Judges, U.S.,

See listings under department name . . . . . . . . 239-266Administrative Law Judges, Immigration, U.S. . . . . . . . 25Administrators, City and Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Admissions, Bar, All States . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comAdult Education, Div. of Career and,

Dept. of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Advisory Council of Medical Physicist, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . 279Affidavits of Non-Military Service . See www.lawdiary.comAfrican Development Foundation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Agencies

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,285See Also listings under agency name

Health Care Administration, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-266See Also listings under agency name

Agency, Persons with Disabilities, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Aging, Administration on,

See Admin. on Community Living, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . 244Agricultural Environmental Services, Div. of, Fla. . . . . 271Agriculture

& Consumer Services, Dept. of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 271-272Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173-174

Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240-241Air Force

Department of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Worldwide Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Air Resources Management, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . 277Alachua County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Alcohol

Drug Abuse & Mental Health Office, Fla.,See Substance Abuse and Mental HealthProgram Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of, U.S.. . 248Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco, Division of, Fla.. . . . . . 274American

Bar Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337Meteorological Society . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

AmtrakSee National Railroad Passenger Corporation. . . . . . 261

Anatomical Board of the State of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . 272Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, U.S. . . . 240Antitrust Division, Attorney General, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 249Appeals

Court of, U.S., Eleventh Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Court of, U.S., Second Circuit, Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174District Courts of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28District Courts of, Fla., Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Appraisers, County Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Architecture and Interior Design, Board of, Fla. . . . . . 274Archives and Records Administration, National. . . . . . 260Area Code Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesArea Codes and Zip Codes, Fla. Cities . . . . . . . . . . 165-168Areas of Practice

Attorneys Listed By . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369Patent Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1370

ArmyCorps of Engineers, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Department of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Enlisted Records and

Evaluation Center. . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comArts

and Humanities, National Foundation on the . . . . . . 261National Endowment for the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Asbestos Licensing Unit, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Associations

Bar, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comBar, Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337-1349

ATFSee Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Athletic Commission, State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Attorney

Discipline Committees, All States . See www.lawdiary.comGeneral, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comGeneral, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271-273General, See Department of Justice, U.S.. . . . . . 248-249

AttorneysAlphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701-1336Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Listed By Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comMunicipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1370Specialists By Areas of Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367State, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Auditing, Division of Accounting and, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 278Aviation Administration, Federal,

Dept. of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

BBaker County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Banking

Departments, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDivision of, See Div. of Financial Institutions, Fla. . . 277

Bankruptcy Court, U.S.Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Middle District of Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25Northern District of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Southern District of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Bar Admissions, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comBar Associations

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comAmerican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337-1349

Bar DirectoryAlphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701-1336Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369Listed By Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comPatent Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1370Specialists By Areas of Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367

Bar Examiners, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Barbers’ Board, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Bay County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Beaches and Wetland Resources, Bureau of, Fla.,

See Ofc. of Submerged Lands &Environmental Resource Permitting . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Benefits Security Administration, Employee, U.S. . . . . 250Betting

See Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Fla. . . . . . . . . 274

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Birth RecordsAll States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comFlorida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Blind Services, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Board Certified Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369Boards

Acupuncture, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Administration, State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Architecture and Interior Design, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Bar Examiners, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Building Code Administrators & Inspectors, Fla. . . . 274Chiropractic Medicine, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Clinical Laboratory Personnel, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy

and Mental Health Counseling, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Commissioners, by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Construction Industry Licensing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Cosmetology, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Criminal History, All States . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDentistry, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Electrical Contractors’ Licensing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Electrolysis Council, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Massage Therapy, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Medicine, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Nursing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Nursing Home Administrators, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Opticianry, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Optometry, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Osteopathic Medicine, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Pharmacy, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Physical Therapy, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Podiatric Medicine, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Professional Engineers, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Professional Surveyors and Mappers, Fla.. . . . . . . . . 271Psychology, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280School Psychology, Fla.,

See Office of School Psychology Licensure . . . . . . . 280Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology, Fla. . . . 280

Bond Finance, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Bradford County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Brevard County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-69Broadcasting Board of Governors, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Broward County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Budget, Office of Management and,

Executive Office of the President, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . 239Building Code Administrators &

Inspectors Board, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Bureaus

Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. . . . . 248Census, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Chemical Residue Laboratories,

Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Svces., Fla. . . . . 272Economic Analysis, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Engraving and Printing, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Export Administration, U.S.,

See Bur. of Industry & Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 241Fiscal Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Fleet Mgmt. & Federal Property Assistance,

Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Food Laboratories,

Dept. of Agrigulture & Consumer Svces., Fla. . . . . 272Food and Meat Inspection, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Industry and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Labor Statistics, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Naval Personnel, U.S. . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comPrisons, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Private Prison Monitoring,

Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Public Debt, See Fiscal Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Transportation Statistics, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Vital Statistics, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Business & Professional Regulation, Dept. of, Fla. . . 273-275

CCabinet, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Calculating Weeks in the Year . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesCalendars

Multi-Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front FlyleafPerpetual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back FlyleafThree Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Pink Pages

Calhoun CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Capital Planning Commission, National . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Capitals, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCapitol Police, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Career and Adult Education, Div. of,

Dept. of Education, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276CDC

See Center for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S.. . 244Cemetary & Consumer Svces., Div. of Funeral, Fla. . . . 278Census, Bureau of the, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. . . . . . 244Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,

Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . 244Central Intelligence Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Certified

Attorneys, Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369Public Accountants, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Charlotte CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Charts and TablesArea Code Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesCities, their Counties, Circuits,

Area Codes and Zip Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168Court Filing Fees, County by County . . . . . . . . . 185-186Degrees of Kindred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365Expiration Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Pink PagesHolidays, Five Year Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front FlyleafLife Expectancy and Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1366Map of Appellate Districts, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Map of Federal Court Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Map of Judicial Circuits, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Marriage and Divorce Laws, All States. . . . . . . . 228-238Time Zone Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesWeeks in the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesWeights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Flyleaf

ChiefInformation Officer, General Services Admin., U.S. . 259Insurance Examiners, All States. . See www.lawdiary.comMedical Examiners, All States . . See www.lawdiary.com

Childrenand Families, Administration for, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . 244and Families, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275and Families Program Office,

Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Fla.,See Family Safety Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Chiropractic Medicine, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279CIA

See Central Intelligence Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Circuit Courts, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

First Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31Second Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33Third Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-34Fourth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-36Fifth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37Sixth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-39Seventh Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40Eighth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-42Ninth Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-44Tenth Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46Eleventh Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-50Twelfth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51Thirteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-53Fourteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-55Fifteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-56Sixteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Seventeenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-59Eighteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-61Nineteenth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-62Twentieth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-64Fees, by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185-186Fees, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177-178Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Cities, Counties, Judicial Circuits,Zip Codes and Area Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168

Citizenship and Immigration Services,Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Citrus CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Citrus, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275City Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Civil

Division, Department of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Trial Attorneys, Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368

Civil RightsCommission on, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Division, Department of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Claims Managers and Insurance Companies. . . . . 196-201Clay County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Clemency Hearings, Fla.

See Parole Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Clerks

Circuit and County Courts, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Circuit and County Courts, By County . . . . . . . . . 67-101Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Supreme Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Tax Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Client Protection Funds, All States . See www.lawdiary.comClimatic

Data Center, National . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Clinical Laboratory Personnel, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . 279Coast Guard

Service Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comUnited States, Dept. of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . 246

Collectors, County Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Colleges, Div. of Florida, Dept. of Education, Fla.. . . . . 276Collier County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Columbia County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Commerce

Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-243Departments, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Commercial Service, U.S. and Foreign,Dept. of Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

CommissionersBanking, All States . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comBoard of, by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Education, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,276Insurance, All States . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

CommissionsCivil Rights, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Members, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Offender Review, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283on Human Relations,

Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. . . . . . . 254Common Carrier Communications, U.S.

See Wireline Competition,Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . 257

CommunityAffairs, Dept. of,

See Dept. of Economic Opportunity, Fla.. . . . . . . . . 276Planning and Development, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Relations Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Community Living, Admin. on.,Dept. of Health & Human Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 244

Comptrollerof the Currency, Office of the, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes,Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

CongressMembers from Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267-270U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Construction Industry Licensing Board, Fla. . . . . . . . . 274

Consumerand Governmental Affairs Bureau,

Fedl. Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Assistance, See Consumer & Governmental Affairs

Bureau, Federal Communications Commission . . . 257Price Index, See Bur. of Labor Statistics, U.S. . . . . . 251Product Safety Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Services, Division of Funeral, Cemetary and, Fla. . . 278Services, Dept. of Agriculture &, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 271-272Services, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Coroners, Chief State, All States . . See www.lawdiary.comCorporation

Filing Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-173for National and Community Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

CorporationsDivision of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Officers, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

CorrectionalInstitutions, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-227Privatization Commission,

See Bureau of Private Prison Monitoring,Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

CorrectionsDepartment of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275National Institute of, U.S. Dept. of Justice . . . . . . . . 249

Cosmetology, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Costs and Fees

Agriculture & Consumer Services, Dept of . . . . . 173-174Appeals, District Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Bankruptcy Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-177Circuit and County Courts, by County . . . . . . . . 185-186Circuit Court, Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177-179County Court, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Court of Appeals, District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177District Court, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175Probate and Guardianship, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Stamp Tax, Documentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187State, Department of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-173Supreme Court of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Uniform Commercial Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Council Members, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Councils

Economic Advisors, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Environmental Quality, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

CountiesCities, Judicial Circuits,

Zip Codes and Area Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168County Seats and Judicial Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

County Courts and Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Fees of County Court, by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 185-186Fees of County Courts, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

County Courts, Jurisdiction of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Court Reporters, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Courts

Appeal, District, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28Appeals, U.S. Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Circuit, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30County, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25Highest, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comSupreme Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Tax Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

CPA’s, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Credit Union Administration, National. . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Crime Victim Compensation Programs,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCriminal

Division, Department of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 249History Boards, All States . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comJustice Professionalism Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Record Information, All States . . See www.lawdiary.com

Cultural Affairs, Division of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Currency, Office of the Comptroller of the, U.S. . . . . . . 253Customs

Enforcement, Bureau of Immigration and,Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Service, See Bureau of Immigration andCustoms Enforcement, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

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DDade County, See Miami-Dade County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Daily Newspapers in Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361-1364Date Calculator Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Pink PagesDates to Remember

2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pink Pages2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Pages

DeathExpectation Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1366Records, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comRecords, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Records, Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Debt, Bureau of the Public,See Bureau of Fiscal Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Deed Recording Offices, All States . . See www.lawdiary.comDefenders, Public, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Defense

Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Degrees of Kindred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365Dentistry, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Departments

Agriculture & Consumer Services, Fla.. . . . . . . . 271-272Agriculture, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240-241Air Force, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Army, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Attorney General, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272-273Banking, All States . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comSee Banking and Finance, Fla.,

See Dept. of Financial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-278Business & Professional Regulation, Fla. . . . . . . 273-275Children and Families, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Citrus, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Commerce, All States. . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCommerce, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-243Corrections, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Defense, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Economic Development,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comEconomic Opportunity, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Education, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Education, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Elder Affairs, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Energy, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Environmental Protection, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Financial Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-278Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271-285See Also listings under department name

Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . 244-245Health and Rehabilitative Services, Fla.,

For all non-administrative functions,See Dept. of Children and Families. . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Health, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-280Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 281Homeland Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245-246Housing and Urban Development, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 247Insurance, Fla., See Dept. of Financial Services . . 277-278Interior, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248-249Juvenile Justice, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Labor and Employment Security, Fla.,

See Dept. of Magangement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Labor, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-251Law Enforcement, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Legal Affairs, Fla.,

See Office of the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . 272-273Lottery, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Management Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-283Military Affairs, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Navy, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Revenue, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284State, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284-285State, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Taxation, All States . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comTransportation, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Transportation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252-253Treasury, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-254U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-266See Also listings under department name

Veterans Affairs, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Veterans’ Affairs, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

DeSoto CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

DevelopmentAdministrations, Economic,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comAgency, Trade and, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266United States International Agency, for. . . . . . . . . . . 266

Developmental Disabilities Program Office,See Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Fla.. . . . . . 276

Dietetics and Nutrition, Board, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Discipline Committees, Attorney,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDisease Control and Prevention, Center for, U.S. . . . . . 244District Court, U.S.

Middle District of Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19Northern District of Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17Southern District of Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175

District Courts of Appeal, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28Divisions

Accounting and Auditing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Administrative Hearings,

Dept. of Management Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Administrative Hearings, Dept. of Mgmt. Svces.. . . . 102Agricultural Environmental Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . 271Air Resoures Management, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Blind Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Bond Finance, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Capitol Police, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Career & Adult Education, Dept. of Education, Fla.. . . 276Certified Public Accountants, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes, Fla.. . 274Consumer Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Corporations, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Cultural Affairs, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Elections, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Emergency Management, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Financial Institutions, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271-285Florida Colleges, Dept. of Education, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 276Florida Highway Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

See Also Fla. listings under department nameFood and Meat Inspection, Fla.,

See Bureau of Food and Meat Inspection . . . . . . . . 272Food Safety,

Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Svces., Fla. . . . . 272Forestry, See Forest Service, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Fruit and Vegetables, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Funeral, Cemetary & Consumer Services, Fla. . . . . . 278Historical Resources, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Hotels and Restaurants, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Insurance Fraud, Dept. of Financial Services, Fla. . . 278K-12 Public Schools, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Licensing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Marketing & Development, Dept. of Agriculture &

Consumer Services, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Medical Quality Assurance, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279-280Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Plant Industry, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Professions, Dept. of Business &

Professional Regulation, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Purchasing, Fla., See Div. of State Purchasing . . . . . 283Real Estate, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Recreation and Parks, Fla., See State Parks . . . . . . . 277Regulation, Dept. of Business &

Professional Regulation, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Retirement, Dept. of Management Services, Fla. . . . 283See Also Standards, Fla.,

Also see Division of State Group InsuranceState Group Insurance, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283State Lands, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277State Purchasing, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Statutory Revision, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Vocational Rehabilitation, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Water Facilities, Fla.,

See Div. of Water Resource Management, Fla. . . . . 277Water Resource Management, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Workers’ Compensation, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

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DivorceLaws, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228-238Records, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Dixie CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Documentary Stamp Tax, State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Driver Licenses, Div. of,

See Div. of Motorist Services, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Drivers’ Records, All States . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDrug

Abuse, Alcohol & Mental Health Office, Fla.,See Substance Abuse and Mental HealthProgram Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Control Policy, Office of National,Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Enforcement Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Food and, Administration,

Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . 244Duval County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

EEconomic

Advisors, Council of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Analysis, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Development Administration, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Development Administrations,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comOpportunity, Dept. of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Self Sufficiency Program, See ACCESS Florida,

Dept. of Children & Families, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Economics and Statistics Administration,

Dept. of Commerce, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Education

Commissioner, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,276Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

EEOCSee Equal Employment Opportunity Comm., U.S. . . 256

Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . 59-61Eighth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . 41-42Elder Affairs, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Election Commission, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Elections, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board, Fla. . . . . . . . . 274Electrolysis Council, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . . . 46-50Embalmers, Board of Funeral Directors &, Fla.,

See Div. of Funeral, Cemetary & Consumer Svces. . . 278Emergency

Management Agency, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Management, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. . . . . 250Employees

Insurance, Division of State, Fla.,See Division of State Group Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 283

Relations Commission, Public, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Employment

and Training Administration, Dept. of Labor, U.S. . . 250and Training Service, Veteran’s, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Practices, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration

Related Unfair, Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 249Security, Department of Labor and,

See Judges, Compensation Claims, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 102Energy, Department of, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Engineering and Technology,

Fed. Communications Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 257Engineers, Board of Professional, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Engraving and Printing, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 253Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Environmental

Protection Agency, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255-256Protection, Department of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Quality, Council on, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

EPASee Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. . . . . 255-256

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. . . . 256Escambia County


Estate Attorneys, Wills, Trusts and, Board Certified . 1369Ethics, Office of Government, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Examiners, Chief Medical,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comExecutive

Branch, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Office for Immigration Review, Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . 249Office for U.S. Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Office of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-240

Expectancy of Life and Expected Death Table . . . . . . 1366Expiration Dates Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Pink PagesExplosives, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Export

Administration, Bureau of, U.S.,See Bureau of Industry & Security, U.S.. . . . . . . . . 241

Import Bank of the United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

F

Facilities Management, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. . . . . 247Families

Administration for Children and, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Program Office, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative

Services, Fla., See Family Safety Program . . . . . . . 275Family

Law Attorneys, Marital and, Board Certified . . . . . 1368Safety Program, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Services, Fla., See Dept. of Children & Families . . . . 275

Farm Credit System, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-257Farmers Home Admin., Dept. of Agriculture, U.S.

See Rural Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241FBI

See Fedl. Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice. . 248FCC

See Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . 257FDA

See Food and Drug Administration,Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . 244

FDICSee Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. . . . . . . . 257

FederalAcquisition Service, General Services Admin. . . . . . . 259Admin. Law Judges, Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Admin. Law Judges, See individual depts. . . . . . 239-266Aviation Administration, Dept. of Transportation. . . 252Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice . . . . . . . . . . 248Citizen Information Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Comm. Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Consumer Information Center, General Services

Admin., See Citizen Information Center. . . . . . . . . 259Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25Departments and Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-266Deposit Insurance Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Election Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Emergency Management Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Highway Admin., Dept. of Transportation . . . . . . . . . 252Housing Admin., Dept. of Housing &

Urban Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Labor Relations Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Law Enforcement Training Center,

Dept. of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Maritime Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Mediation and Conciliation Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Mine Safety and Health Review Commission . . . . . . 258Post-Judgment Interest Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Probation Offices, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,19-20,23-24Property Assistance, Fleet Mgmt. and,

Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Railroad Administration, Dept. of Transportation. . . 252Reserve System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Retirement Thrift Investment Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Supply Service, See Acquisition Service. . . . . . . . . . . 259Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258-259Transit Administration, Dept. of Transportation. . . . 252

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FeesAgriculture & Consumer Affairs, Dept of . . . . . . 173-174Appeals, District Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Bankruptcy Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-177Circuit and County Courts, by County . . . . . . . . 185-186Circuit Court, Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177-179County Court, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179District Court of Appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177District Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Documentary Stamp Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Intangible Personal Property Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Probate and Guardianship, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Recording, Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Stamp Tax, Documentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187State, Department of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-173Supreme Court of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Uniform Commercial Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Fees, Costs andCourt of Appeals, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

FEMASee Federal Emergency Management Agency . . . . . . 246

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . 55-56Fifth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37Financial

Regulation, Office of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Management Service, See Bur. of the Fiscal Svce.,

Dept. of the Treasury, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Services, Dept. of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-278

FireChiefs, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Inspectors, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Marshal, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Firearm Licenses, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco and, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248First Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31Fiscal Service, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Fish Commission, Game and Fresh Water, Fla. . . . . . . 278Flagler County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Fleet Management and Federal Property Assistance,

Bureau of, Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . 282Florida

Board of Bar Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Colleges, Division of, Dept. of Education, Fla. . . . . . . 276Commission on Offender Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Highway Patrol, Division of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Public Service Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Foodand Drug Administration,

Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . 244and Meat Inspection, Bureau of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272and Nutrition Service, Dept. of Agriculture, U.S. . . . 241Safety, Div. of, Dept. of Agriculture &

Consumer Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Foreign

and Commerical Svce., U.S., Dept. of Commerce. . . . 242Investment Statistics,

See Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . 241Forest Service, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . 53-55Fourth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . 34-36Franklin County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Frequently Called Telephone Numbers. . . End of Blue PagesFresh Water Fish Commission, Game and, Fla. . . . . . . 278Fruit and Vegetables, Division of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272FTC

See Federal Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258-259Futures Trading Commission, Commodity, U.S. . . . . . . 254

GGadsden County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Fla.. . . . . . . 278GAO

See Government Accountability Office, U.S. . . . . . . . 239

GeneralAccounting Office, U.S.,

See Government Accountability Office . . . . . . . . . . 239Services Administration, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Gilchrist CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Glades CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

GNMASee Government National Mortgage Association. . . . 247

GovernmentEthics, Office of, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Accountability Office, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239National Mortgage Association, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Printing Office, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271-285See Also listings under agency name

GovernorAll States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comFlorida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Group Insurance, Division of State, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 283GSA

See General Services Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . 259Gulf County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Gun Licenses, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

HHamilton County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Hardee County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline &,

Dept. of Transportation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Health

and Human Services, Department of, U.S. . . . . . 244-245and Rehabilitative Services, Dept. of, Fla.,

For administrative functions,See Dept. of Health, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-280

and Rehabilitative Services, Dept. of, Fla.,For all non-administrative functions,See Dept. of Children and Families. . . . . . . . . . . . 275

and Science, Office of Public, U.S.,Dept. of Health & Human Svces. . . . . . . . . . . . 244-245

Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-280Inspectors, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Office, State, See Department of Health, Fla.. . . 278-280

Health CareAdministration, Agency for, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Financing Administration,

See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . 244

Hearings, Division of Administrative,Dept. of Management Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Hendry CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Hernando CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Highest State Court, All States . . . See www.lawdiary.comHighlands County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Highway

Administration, Fedl., Dept. of Transportation . . . . . 252Patrol, Division of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Safety and Motor Vehicles, Dept. of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 281Traffic Safety Administration, National,

Dept. of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Hillsborough County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-80Historical

Resources, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Sites, U.S., See Dept. of the Interior, U.S. . . . . . . . . . 248

History Boards, Criminal,All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

HolidaysAll States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286-287Five Year Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front FlyleafFlorida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Holmes CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Homeland Security, Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . 245-246Hospitals Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-224Hotels and Restaurants, Division of Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . 274House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282U.S., Members from Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267-270

Housingand Urban Development, Dept. of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 247

HUDSee Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, U.S. . . 247

Human Relations, Commission on,Dept. of Management Svces., Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Human Resource Management,Dept. of Management Svces. Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

HumanitiesNational Endowment for the U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261National Foundation on the Arts and, U.S. . . . . . . . . 261

IImmigration

and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of,Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

and Nationality Attorneys, Board Certified. . . . . . . 1368and Naturalization Judges U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25and Naturalization Service, See Bur. of Citizenship

and Immigration Services, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Related Unfair Employment Practices,

Office of Special Counsel for, Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . . 249Review, Executive Office for, Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . 249Services, Bureau of Citizenship and,

Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Indian River County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Industry and Security, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Information

Agency, U.S., See Broadcasting Bd. of Governors . . . 254Center, Federal Citizen, General Services

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Resources Management Service,

See Chief Information Officer,General Services Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . . 259

Information Access Svces., Dept. of State, Fla.,See State Library of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

INSJudges, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25See Bur. of Citizenship & Immigration Svces., U.S. . 246

Inspectors Board,Building Code Administrators and, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . 274

Institute of Peace, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Insurance

Chief Examiners, All States . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCommissioner, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Commissioner, Fla.,

See Dept. of Financial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-278Commissioners, All States. . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCompanies and their Claims Managers . . . . . . . 196-201Department of, Fla.,

See Dept. of Financial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-278Division of State Employees, Fla.,

See Division of State Group Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 283Fraud, Div. of, Dept. of Financial Services, Fla.. . . . . 278

Intangible Personal Property Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Inter-American Foundation, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Interest on Judgments

Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Interest Rates, Federal Post-Judgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Interior, Department of the, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Interior Design, Board of Architecture and, Fla. . . . . . 274Internal Revenue Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254International

Development, U.S.,See Inter-American Foundation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Development, United States Agency for. . . . . . . . . . . 266Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce, U.S. 241-242Trade Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Interstate Commerce Commission, U.S.,See Surface Transportation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

IRSSee Internal Revenue Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

JJackson County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Jails

See Also Correctional Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . 225-227See Sheriffs, By County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101

Jefferson CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

JudgesAdmin. Law, U.S., See listing under dept. . . . . . 239-266Administrative Law, U.S., Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Administrative Law, U.S., Social Sec. Admin. . . . . . . 264Appeal, District Courts of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28Circuit Court, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Compensation, Div. of Administrative Hearings . . . . 102County Court, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Federal Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25Tax Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Judges Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673-700Judicial Circuits

Judges, Clerks, Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Jurisdiction

Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30County Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

JusticeAdministrative Commission, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248-249

Juvenile Justice, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

KKindred, Degrees of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365

LLabor

and Employment Security, Dept. of, Fla.,See Judges, Div. of Compensation Claims. . . . . . . . 102

Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-251Relations Authority, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Relations Board, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Relations, Fla., See Human Resource Management,

Dept. of Management Svces., Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Solicitor of, Dept. of Labor, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Statistics, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Lafayette CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Lake CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Language Pathology and Audiology, Speech,Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

LawEnforcement, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Enforcement Training Center, Federal,

Dept. of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357-1358Libraries, See Also Law Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 1359-1360Schools, Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359-1360

Lawyer Referral Services, Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350-1356Lawyers Directories

Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701-1336Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368-1369Listed By Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comMunicipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Patent Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1370Specialists By Areas of Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367

Lee CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

LegalAffairs, Department of, Fla.,

See Office of the Attorney General, Fla.. . . . . . 272-273Holidays, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286-287Holidays, Five Year Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front FlyleafHolidays, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Newspapers in Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361-1364Services Corporation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Legal Aid ServicesSee Also Legal Services Corporation, U.S.Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350-1356

Legislative Library Services, Fla.See State Library and Archives, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Legislature, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282,284Leon County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Levy County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Liberty County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Libraries

Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357-1358Law, See Also Law Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359-1360Office of Presidential,

National Archives and Records Admin.. . . . . . . . . . 260Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164

Libraryand Information Services, Div. of,

Dept. of State, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285of Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239State, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Licenses, ProfessionalSee Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation . . 273-275

Life Expectancy Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1366Limitations, Statute of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Lottery, Department of the, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

MMadison County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Management

Services, Department of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-283Management and Budget, Office of,

Executive Office of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Managers, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Manatee County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Mappers, Board of Professional Surveyors and, Fla. . . 271Maps

Appellate Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Districts, Fla. Judges of Industrial Claims . . . . . . . . 103Federal Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Judges of Compensation Claims, Districts. . . . . . . . . 103

Marine Corps, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Marion County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Marital and Family Law Attorneys, Board Certified . . . 1368Maritime Commission, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Marketing & Development, Division of, Dept. of

Agriculture & Consumer Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 272Marriage

Laws, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228-231Records, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Marriage and Family Therapy, Board of Fla. . . . . . . . . 279Martin County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Mass Media Bureau,

Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Massage Therapy, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Mayors, City and Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Measures. Weights and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back FlyleafMeat Inspection, Food and, Bureau of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . 272Mediation

and Conciliation Service, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Board, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare &, U.S. . . . . . 244Medical

Centers Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-224Examiners, All States . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comPhysicists Council, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Quality Assurance, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 279-280

Medicare, U.S.See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,

Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . 244Medicine, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Mental Health

Program Office, Substance Abuse and, Fla. . . . . . . . . 275Services Administration, Substance Abuse and,

Dept. of Health and Human Services, U.S.. . . . . . . 245Mental Health Counseling, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 279Merit System Protection Board, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 259-260Meteorological Society, American . . See www.lawdiary.com

Middle District of FloridaFees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175United States Bankruptcy Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25United States District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19

MilitarySee Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Affairs, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Personnel Command, U.S.. . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comService Affidavits . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Mine Safetyand Health Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251and Health Review Commission, Fed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Mining and Mitigation Bank Program,Dept. of Environmental Protection, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . 277

Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. . . . . . . . 242Mint, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Mobile Homes Division of Fla.

Condominiums Timeshares &. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Monroe County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Monthly Planner

2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pink Pages2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Pages

Mortgage Recording Offices,All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Motor VehicleAbstracts, All States . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comAccident Reports, All States . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDepartment of Highway Safety and, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . 281Division of, See Div. of Motorist Services, Fla.. . . . . . 281Offices, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comRecords, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Motorist Services, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Municipal Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Municipalities, Judicial Circuits,

Zip Codes and Area Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168

NNASA

See National Aeronautics and Space Admin.. . . . . . . 260Nassau County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89National

Aeronautics and Space Administration . . . . . . . . . . . 260and Community Service, Corporation for. . . . . . . . . . 255Archives and Records Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Capital Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Climatic Data Center . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCooperative Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Credit Union Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Directory of States . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comEndowment for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Endowment for the Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Foundation on the Arts and Humanities,

See National Endowment for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . 261Guard, See Dept. of Military Affairs, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 283Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Dept. of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Institute of Corrections, U.S. Dept. of Justice . . . . . . 249Institute of Standards and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . 242Labor Relations Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Mediation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Ocean Survey,

See National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.. . . . . 242Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . . . . . . . . . 242Passport Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). . . . . . . . . 261Science Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Security Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Technical Information Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Telecommunications & Information Admin. . . . . . . . 243Transportation Safety Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Weather Service, See National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242See Also www.lawdiary.com

National Credit Union Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Nationality Attorneys, Immigration and,

Board Certified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368

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Natural Resources Division, Environment and,Dept. of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Naturalizationand Immigration Judges, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Service, Immigration and, See Bur. of Citizenship

and Immigration Services, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Naturalization and Immigration Judges, U.S. . . . . . . . . 25Naval Personnel, Bureau of . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comNavy, Department of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243NEA

See National Endowment for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . 261NEH

See National Endowment for the Humanities . . . . . . 261Newspapers

Daily in Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361-1364Legal in Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . 61-62Ninth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-44NLRB

See National Labor Relations Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Northern District of Florida

Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175United States Bankruptcy Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25United States District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17

Notary Certificate Sources,All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

NRCSee Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . 262

NSFSee National Science Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

NuclearEnergy, See Department of Energy, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 244Facilities, Defense, Safety Board, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Regulatory Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Numbers, Frequently Called . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesNursing

Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Home Administrators, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Homes Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-224

NutritionBoard, Dietetics and, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Service, Food and, Dept. of Agriculture, U.S.. . . . . . . 241

OOccupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . 250-251Safety and Health Review Commission, U.S. . . . . . . 262

Offender Review, Fla. Commission on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Office of

Administration, Executive Office of the President . . 240Attorney General, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272-273Comptroller of the Currency, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Financial Regulation, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Government Ethics, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Governor, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Management and Budget,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239National Drug Control Policy,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Personnel Management, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Presidential Libraries,

National Archives and Records Administration . . . 260Professional Practices, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Public Health and Science, U.S.,

Dept. of Health & Human Svces. . . . . . . . . . . . 244-245Science and Technology Policy,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair

Employment Practices, Dept. of Justice, U.S.. . . . . 249Submerged Lands & Environmental Resource

Coordination, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Thrift Supervision, U.S.,

See Comptroller of the Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253United States Trade Representative,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Vice President of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . 250

Official Court Reporters, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-64

Okaloosa CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Okeechobee CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Opticianry, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Optometry, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Orange County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Organ Donation

See Anatomical Board of the State of Florida . . . . . . 272Organizers

Case Calendar Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesCase Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesCash Account Register . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesFrequently Called Numbers . . . . . . . . End of Blue Pages

Osceola CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

OSHASee Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-251Osteopathic Medicine, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S.. . . . . . 266

PPalm Beach County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Parks, Division of Recreation and, Fla.,

See State Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Parks, Fla. State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Parole

Commission, Department of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . 249Commission,

See Fla. Commission on Offender Review. . . . . . . . 283Pasco County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Patent and Trademark Office,

Dept. of Commerce, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1370

Patrol, Division of Florida Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Peace

Corps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262U.S. Institute of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Pennsylvania AvenueDevelopment Corporation, U.S.,

See Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site . . 248National Historic Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Pensionand Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S.,

See Employee Benefits Security Admin. . . . . . . . . . 250Benefit Guaranty Corporation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Perpetual Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back FlyleafPersonnel

Management, Office of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Management Services, Fla.,

See Human Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Pharmacy, Board of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Phone Numbers, Frequently Called . . . End of Blue PagesPhysical Therapy, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Physicists Council, Medical, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Pinellas County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety,

Dept. of Transportation, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Planning and Development, Community, U.S. . . . . . . . 247Plant

Health Inspection Services, Animal &, U.S. . . . . . . . 240Industry Division, of Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Podiatric Medicine, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Police

Division of Capitol, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164State, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Policy Development and Research,Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. . . . . 247

Polk CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

PopulationAll States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comStatistics, U.S., See Bureau of the Census, U.S. . . . . 241

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PostalRegulatory Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Service, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Post-Judgment Interest RatesFederal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

President, Executive Office of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-240Presidential Libraries, Office of,

National Archives and Records Administration . . . . 260Printing

Bureau of Engraving and, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Office, Government, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Prison Monitoring, Bureau of Private,Dept. of Management Svces., Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

PrisonsState, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-227U.S., Bureau of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Private Prison Monitoring, Bureau of,Dept. of Management Svces., Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Private Radio Communications, U.S.See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau . . . . . . . . . 257

Probate Offices, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comProbation Offices, U.S., in Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 17,19-20,23-24Process Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1386-1388Product Safety Commission, Consumer, U.S. . . . . . . . . 255Professional

Engineers, Board of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Practices Practices, Office of, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Regulation, Department of Business &, Fla. . . . 273-275Surveyors and Mappers, Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Professions, Div. of, Dept. of Business &Professional Regulation, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Property Appraisers, County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Psychology

Board of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Licensure, Office of, School, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

PublicDebt, Bureau of the, See Bur. of Fiscal Service, U.S. . . 254Defenders, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Employees Relations Commission, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 283Health Svce., Dept. of Health & Human Svces., U.S.,

See Office of Public Health and Science. . . . . . 244-245Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Resources, See Dept. of the Interior, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . 248Schools, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Service Commission, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Service Div., See Consumer & Governmental Affairs

Bureau, Fedl. Communications Commission . . . . . 257Purchasing, State, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Putnam County


QQuality Assurance, Div. of Medical, Fla. . . . . . . . . 279-280Quarantine Program, Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 240

RRacing

See Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Fla. . . . . . . . . 274Radio Communications, Private, U.S.

See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau . . . . . . . . . 257Railroad

Administration, Federal, Dept. of Transportation . . . 252Passenger Corporation, National (Amtrak) . . . . . . . . 261Retirement Board, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Real Estate, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Recording Offices, Deeds & Mortgages,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comRecords Administration, National Archives and. . . . . . 260Recreation and Parks, Division of, Fla.,

See State Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Referral Services, Lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350-1356Regulation

Department of Business & Professional, Fla. . . . 273-275Regulation, Div. of,

Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation, Fla. . . 275Rehabilitation, Division of Vocational, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 276

Rehabilitative Services, Dept. of Health and, Fla.For administrative functions,

See Department of Health, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-280For all non-administrative functions,

See Dept. of Children and Families. . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Reporters, Official Court, By Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Resource Management, Human, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Resources, Division of Historical, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Respiratory Therapy Council, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Restaurants, Division of Hotels and, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 274Retirement

Division of, Dept. of Management Services, Fla. . . . . 283Thrift Investment Board, Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

RevenueDepartment of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Departments, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Revision, Division of Statutory, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Rural

Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Economic & Community Development,

See Rural Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

SSafety

and Motor Vehicles, Dept. of Highway, Fla. . . . . . . . . 281Commission, Consumer Product, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

St. Johns CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

St. Lucie CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Santa Rosa CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Sarasota CountyCounty Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97

School Psychology Licensure, Office of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . 280Schools

Division of Public, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276of Law, Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359-1360Superintendents, By County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101

Scienceand Technology Policy, Office of,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Foundation, National. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

SECSee Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. . . . . 263

Second Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33Secret Service, U.S., Dept. of Homeland Security. . . . . 246Secretaries of State

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comFla., Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-173Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,284-285

Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . 263Security Council, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Selective Service System, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Seminole County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Senate

Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

SenatorsU.S., All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comU.S. from Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267-270

Servers of Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1386-1388Service

Affidavits, Non-Military. . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comCorporation for National and Community . . . . . . . . . 255

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . 57-59Seventh Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . 39-40Sheriffs, By County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . 57Sixth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-39Small Business Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 263-264Smithsonian Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Social Security Administration, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 264-265

Admin. Law Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264North Fla. Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264-265South Fla. Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Social Work, Board of Clinical, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Solicitor of Labor, Dept. of Labor, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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Southern District of FloridaU.S. District Court, Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175United States Bankruptcy Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25United States District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23

Space ProgramSee National Aeronautics and Space Admin.. . . . . . . 260

Special Counsel, Office of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Special Issuance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology,

Bd. of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Stamps, State Documentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Standards and Technology, National Institute of . . . . . 242State

Athletic Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Attorneys, By Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Board of Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284-285Department of, Fla., Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-173Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Employees Insurance, Division of, Fla.,

See Division of State Group Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 283Fire Marshal, Dept. of Financial Services, Fla. . . . . . 278Government, listings under agency name. . . . . . 271,285Group Insurance, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Holidays, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286-287Justice Institute, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Lands, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Library and Archives, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Library, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Police, All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comPolice, All States,

Accident Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comPurchasing, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283University System, Dept. of Education, Fla. . . . . . . . 276

State Parks, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277States, National Directory of . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comStatute of Limitations, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Statutory Revision, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource

Coordination, Office of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin.,

Dept. of Health & Human Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 245Substance Abuse & Mental Health

Program Office, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Sumter County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Superintendents of Schools, By County . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Supply Service, Federal, See Fed. Acquisition Svce.,

General Services Admin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Supreme Courts

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comU.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Surface Transportation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Surgeon General, Office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Surveyors, Board of Professional, and Mappers, Fla. . . 271Suwannee County


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Tables and ChartsArea Codes and Time Zones . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesCities, their Counties, Circuits,

Area Codes and Zip Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168Court Filing Fees, County by County . . . . . . . . . 185-186Degrees of Kindred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365Expiration Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Pink PagesHolidays, Five Year Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front FlyleafLife Expectancy and Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1366Map of Appellate Districts, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Map of Federal Court Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Map of Judicial Circuits, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Marriage and Divorce Laws, All States. . . . . . . . 228-238Time Zone Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesWeeks in the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesWeights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Flyleaf

TaxCollectors, County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-101Court, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Dates to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Departments, All States . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comDivision, Department of Justice, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 249State Documentary Stamp and Intangible. . . . . . . . . 187

Taxation Departments, All States . See www.lawdiary.comTaylor County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Technical Information Service, National . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Technology

Engineering and, Federal CommunicationsCommission, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

National Institute of Standards and. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Policy, Office of Science and,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Telecommunications and Information Admin., Natl. . . 243Telegraph Regulatory Program, U.S.

See Wireline Competition,Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . 257

TelephoneArea Codes, Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesNumbers, Frequently Called. . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesRegulatory Program, U.S., See Wireline Competiton,

Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . 257Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Tenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46Third Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-34Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . 51-53Thrift Supervision, Office of, U.S.,

See Comptroller of the Currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Time Zones, Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesTimeshares & Mobile Homes,

Division of Condominiums, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Tobacco

Division of Alcoholic Beverages &, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 274Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Alcohol, U.S. . . 248

Town Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-164Trade

and Development Agency, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Commission, Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258-259Representative, Office of the United States,

Executive Office of the President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Trademark Office, Patent &, Dept. of Commerce, U.S.. 242Traffic Safety Administration, National Highway,

Dept. of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Training, Employment and, Admin.,

Dept. of Labor, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Transit Admin., Fedl., Dept. of Transportation. . . . . . . 252Transportation

Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252-253Safety Board, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Statistics, Bureau of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Treasurer, State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Treasury

Dept. of Financial Services, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Dept. of the, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-254

Trustees, Executive Office for U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Trusts and Estates Attorneys, Board Certified . . . . . . 1369Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Circuit Courts. . . . . . . . . 62-64

UUnion County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99United States

See Also listings under specific courts and agenciesAgency for International Development. . . . . . . . . . . . 266Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida. . . . . 24-25Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Florida . . . . . 25Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida . . . . . 25Bankruptcy Court Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-177Coast Guard, Dept. of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . 246Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25Customs Service,

See Bur. of Immigration & Customs Enforcement,Dept. of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

District Court Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-175

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United States—Cont’dDistrict Court, Middle District of Florida . . . . . . . . 18-19District Court, Northern District of Florida . . . . . . 16-17District Court, Southern District of Florida . . . . . . 20-23Executive and Legislative Branches . . . . . . . . . . 239-270Information Agency,

See Broadcasting Bd. of Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Institute of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266International Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Mint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Probation Offices, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,19-20,23-24Secret Service, Dept. of Homeland Security. . . . . . . . 246Senators, All States . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comTrustee, U.S. Dept. of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

UtilitiesSee Florida Public Service Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 284

V

Vegetables, Division of Fruit and, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Veterans

Affairs, Department of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Affairs, Department of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Employment and Training Service, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . 251

Veterinary Services, Animal andPlant Health Inspection Services, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Vice President of the United States, Office of the . . . . . 240Victim Compensation Programs,

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comVital Statistics

All States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.comFlorida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See www.lawdiary.com

Vocational Rehabilitation, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 276Volpe National Transportation Systems, U.S.. . . . . . . . 253Volusia County


WWage and Hour

Division, Dept. of Labor, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Wagering, Division of Pari-Mutuel, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Wakulla County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Walton County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Washington County

County Court and Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Water

Facilities, Division of, Fla.,See Div. of Water Resource Management, Fla. . . . . 277

Resource Management, Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 277Weather

Forecasts and Records, See Natl. Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242See Also See www.lawdiary.com

Weeks in the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Blue PagesWeights and Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back FlyleafWelfare Benefits Administration, Pension and, U.S.,

See Employee Benefits Security Administration . . . . 250Wills, Trusts and Estates Attorneys, Board Certified . . 1369Wireline Competition,

Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Women’s Bureau, Dept. of Labor, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Worforce Innovation, Agency for, Fla.

See Dept. of Economic Opportunity, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . 276Workers Compensation

Attorneys, Board Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1369Division of, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Fla. Div. of Administrative Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Programs, Office of, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Workforce Education, Div. OfSee Div. of Career and Adult Education,

Dept. of Education, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

ZZip Codes, Area Codes, Judicial Circuits,

Counties and Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-168

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