Brevard County Court Records and Public Records Requests

Brevard County court records are searched online in BECA, the Brevard Electronic Court Application run by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, which replaced the legacy eFACTS system.

The Brevard Clerk's Case Search page states that BECA provides online access to court records in accordance with Florida Supreme Court Administrative Order 2014-19 and its later amendments, and that it supports two kinds of access: general public and registered subscriber (Brevard Clerk Case Search). A member of the public opens BECA, accepts the Disclaimer and picks General Public Court Records Search.

On the Clerk's Public Records page the Case Search tool is described as a way to search Brevard County court cases by name, case number or citation, so a citation number works as a starting point as well as a party's name (Brevard Clerk Public Records page). The same page offers a separate Court Documents search for official court documents and dockets, a Bond Agent Search for licensed bond agents authorized to operate in Brevard County, the Foreclosure Sales List of scheduled sales, and a Marriage License Search for licenses the Clerk has issued.

It helps to know which index a record lives in. The Clerk's Records Search page splits its holdings into court records, meaning documents, information and exhibits the court maintains concerning a case, and Official Records, which include court judgments, deeds, liens, marriage licenses, mortgages, plats and tax deeds (Brevard Clerk Records Search). Court judgments are the overlap: the Clerk names them in the Official Records list, while the filings around them stay in the court case file. Deeds and mortgages are covered in more depth in the Digital Towns guide to Brevard County property records search, and the Clerk's offices and duties in the Digital Towns guide to the Brevard County Clerk of Court.

A registered BECA account is for individuals or entities that need subscriber access beyond the general public search, and it starts with a completed BECA User Agreement sent to the Brevard Clerk.

The Brevard Clerk posts the form as the Registered User Agreement, revision 02-21-2020, on its Case Search page, and gives two ways to submit it: scan and email the completed agreement in PDF format to BecaSupport@brevardclerk.us, or mail it to Brevard County Clerk of Courts, Attn: BECA Support, P.O. Box 999, Titusville, FL 32781-0999 (Brevard Clerk Case Search). Once registered, the user logs in through BECA Registered User Login and selects Subscriber Court Records Search after accepting the Disclaimer.

The Clerk's page does not list the subscriber categories or what extra records a subscriber sees; the BECA Support email and post office box above are the contacts it gives for registration.

A Brevard County court date is looked up in the same BECA public search, using the Name option under Search Future Calendars By.

The Brevard Clerk's Find My Court Date page lists four steps: select the link button on the page, accept the Disclaimer, select General Public Records Search, and choose Name in the Search Future Calendars By field (Brevard Clerk Find My Court Date). The page then links straight to the court records search. The calendar search is the online route; a person who cannot find a hearing can call the Clerk's main line, (321) 637-5413, listed in the footer of the Brevard Clerk's Public Records page (Brevard Clerk Public Records page), which gives office hours of Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

A public records request for Brevard Clerk records can go through the NextRequest portal, email, phone, mail or a Clerk office in person, and the requester does not have to give a name.

The Clerk's Public Records Requests page opens by quoting Florida policy that all state, county and municipal records are open for personal inspection and copying by any person, then lists its channels (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests):

The Brevard Clerk says individuals in Florida are not obligated to identify themselves or to put a request in writing, but warns that fees may have to be collected before a request is filled, so leaving a point of contact can be necessary (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests). For email held by Clerk employees, the office asks for a date range, the email accounts to search and keywords. If a yellow box appears while submitting in the portal, the Clerk says it generally means the information is available through other means or that the Clerk does not have custody of it. The portal tells users not to submit social security numbers.

The Brevard Clerk charges $1.00 per page for copies and $2.00 to certify each document, and it sends a cost estimate first when a request needs extensive clerical or information technology work.

Those figures and the estimate rule appear on the Clerk's Public Records Requests page, which adds that Florida law requires requests to be filled within a reasonable amount of time, that some records are exempt from disclosure, and that the requester is notified if the Clerk cannot fill a request (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests). The page gives no fixed number of days, and broad requests, it says, take longer and may cost more.

State law sets the background rules for every Brevard custodian. Section 119.07(1)(a), Florida Statutes, requires anyone with custody of a public record to let any person inspect and copy it at any reasonable time, under reasonable conditions and under the custodian's supervision (Florida Statutes 119.07). Section 119.07(4) has the custodian furnish copies upon payment of the fee prescribed by law, and only where no fee is prescribed authorizes up to 15 cents per one-sided copy of not more than 14 by 8 1/2 inches, plus a reasonable special service charge when a request requires extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance. The Brevard Clerk's $1.00 page rate and the statute's 15 cent default appear on their two pages as stated; the Clerk page does not cite the statute behind its rate.

Copies of court documents, Official Records and marriage licenses can be ordered in 3 ways, according to the Clerk's Order Copies page: online through the Research and Copy Request Center, in person at any Clerk office, or by mail (Brevard Clerk Order Copies). Postal mail goes to Brevard County Clerk of Court, Attn: Research/Land Records, P.O. Box 2767, Titusville, FL 32781-2767, while UPS, FedEx and other couriers deliver to 700 S Park Avenue, Titusville, FL 32780-4015.

The Brevard Clerk's NextRequest portal covers Clerk records only, and the Clerk lists the other agencies that keep their own records and take their own requests.

The list comes from the Brevard Clerk's Public Records Requests page, which tells requesters to contact the correct agency for each record type (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests). Under that list a Digital Court Recording is requested from Court Administration, while dockets sit in the Clerk's public record system (Brevard Clerk Public Records page).

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office runs its own online request form and fee schedule (Brevard County Sheriff public records requests). Its page says requests need research and review for statutory exemptions and cannot be completed the same day, and that an invoice follows processing. The schedule lists a records check at $2.00 per last name inquiry, case report copies at $0.15 per single-sided copy if the request is 10 pages or more or $0.20 per double-sided copy, and CD or DVD copies at $1.00 each. Labor is charged when a request takes 15 or more minutes, an advance deposit may be required for extensive requests, and the Sheriff accepts money orders, cashier checks, cash, business checks and credit cards (2.95% fee, $2.00 minimum) but not personal checks. The office will not accept any CD, DVD or memory stick brought in for duplication, and its Titusville mailing address is 700 Park Ave.

A narrow, dated request sent to the agency that holds the record is the route the Brevard Clerk asks for, and the Sheriff reviews every request for statutory exemptions.

The Brevard Clerk asks for a concise description and, where possible, a date range, and says broad requests take longer and may incur additional costs (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests). Before filing a request at all, the online indexes are worth checking: the Clerk's Order Copies page offers copies of court documents, Official Records and marriage licenses through the Research and Copy Request Center or at a counter in Titusville, Viera, Melbourne, Merritt Island or Palm Bay (Brevard Clerk Order Copies).

The Merritt Island and Palm Bay Clerk offices close daily from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm (Brevard Clerk Public Records Requests). The Sheriff's records page also carries a reminder that under Florida law email addresses are public records, and suggests phone or written contact for anyone who does not want an address released (Brevard County Sheriff public records requests). Last verified: October 21, 2026, by re-reading the Brevard Clerk's BECA, court date, records search, request and copy pages, the Sheriff's fee schedule and section 119.07.