Estate Planning & Probate in Duval County, Florida
There are two reasons people look up Duval County probate: to keep a family out of it, or to get a loved one's estate through it. This page points you to the right path—planning ahead, or settling an estate at the Clerk of Circuit Court.
The Probate Process in Duval County
Probate is the court-supervised process of settling someone's estate after they die — validating the will, paying debts and taxes, and transferring what's left to the heirs. In Duval County, probate runs through the Clerk of Circuit Court at 501 W. Adams Street, Room 1260, Jacksonville. The court sits in the 4th Judicial Circuit. The same 4th Judicial Circuit also serves Clay and Nassau.
Full Duval Countyprobate guide: cost, how to file & attorneys →Probate Court Record
Clerk of Circuit Court
Duval County · 4th Judicial Circuit
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Recording Deeds & Property Documents
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Clerk of the Circuit Court
Duval County
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$10 for the first page plus $8.5 for each additional page.
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Local Procedures at the Clerk of Circuit Court
A will cannot be deposited before death. Within 10 days after the death, the original will should be deposited with the Clerk in the county where the decedent resided per F.S. 732.901. A certified death certificate is required for the Disposition of Personal Property procedure, available for estates of $6,000 or less.
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