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CLERK OF COURTS - NASSAU COUNTY OFFICIAL SEAL

NASSAU COUNTY CLERK OF THE  CIRCUIT COURT & COMPTROLLER

MITCH L. KEITER

NASSAU COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT & COMPTROLLER

MITCH L. KEITER

" We Are Public Servants! Our Every Effort Shall Be Dedicated to Protecting and Preserving the Public Trust "

PUBLIC NOTICE!

Effective July 1, 2021, pursuant to SC20-1765, filers in circuit civil, county civil and small claims cases will be solely responsible for ensuring any confidential information contained in filings is redacted or identified for redaction. Read Rule 2.420 here.

 


ADA


If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at (904)548-4600 press 0, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon reading this information if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.



ADA Contact Information

Phone – (904) 548-4917

Fax – (904) 548-4949

TTD/TTY – Dial 711

E-Mail – ADA@nassauclerk.com




 

Fernandina Beach
(904) 491-6430
416 Centre St.
Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034
(Clerk Services Temporarily Closed To The Public)

Yulee
(904) 548-4600
76347 Veterans Way
Yulee, Florida 32097
(Full-service Location)


 

Clerk of Courts Official Seal

Grand Jury Information

Grand Jury Selection

The grand jury consists of 15 to 21 members who serve a six-month term of duty with the court. (The term can be extended by the court for up to 90 days to allow for completion of unfinished business.) At least 12 members of the panel must vote in agreement to return an indictment. As prescribed by judicial administrative order, grand jurors are selected from the list of licensed drivers and those who hold valid Florida IDs supplied by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. They are paid on the same basis as trial jurors for every day they meet in session during the term of court. A grand jury has broad powers to investigate a wide range of criminal offenses and to examine the performance of public officials and public institutions. Its deliberations are conducted in secret, in conjunction with the State Attorney or a designated assistant state attorney




WHAT IS A GRAND JURY?

The grand jury serves a very special function in Florida’s criminal courts. The only charge a State Attorney cannot file based on his or her constitutional authority is first degree murder. All first degree murder cases must be presented to a grand jury. In this section you will read an overview of what the grand jury is as well as certain functions of the grand jury. Additionally you will find investigative reports and indictments by the grand jury.


A grand jury is an investigating, reporting, and accusing agency of the circuit court (or of the Florida Supreme Court in the case of the statewide grand jury). It consists of citizens of a specified number who have been summoned and empaneled by a judge of the circuit court (or by a judge appointed by the Florida Supreme Court, in the case of the statewide grand jury). The grand jury is an agency and an arm of the circuit court (or the Florida Supreme Court in the case of the statewide grand jury) and is uniquely independent.


The grand jury is answerable to no person or agency of government except the court that empanels it and, even then, only to the extent that it may exceed its authority and privileges.

TERM OF THE GRAND JURY

WHO ARE GRAND JURORS?

GRAND JURY AND PETITION JURY DISTINGUISHED

THE STATE ATTORNEY AS LEGAL ADVISER TO THE GRAND JURY

THE GRAND JURY AS AN ACCUSING AND INVESTIGATING BODY


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