ADA

Accommodation for jury duty and/or appearance in Court

 

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to access court facilities or to participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact the 13th Judicial Circuit Court's ADA Coordinator at least seven days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than seven days. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. The Court's ADA Coordinator web page link below details the nature of the accommodations that can be provided by the Florida Courts under the ADA.

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit ADA Coordinator [external website link]
Phone: (813) 272-7040 or ADA@fljud13.org

 

Accommodation while doing business at the Clerk's Office

If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation please contact the Clerk's ADA Coordinator within seven working days of the date the service is needed; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

 

Clerk of Court & Comptroller's Office ADA Coordinator
601 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 276-8100, extension 7039
Email:  accessibility@hillsclerk.com

 

If you require sign language interpreting assistance while receiving in person service at the Clerk's Office, the following locations have a virtual remote sign language interpreting service available: Edgecomb Courthouse Customer Service Center, Edgecomb Courthouse Jury Services, Edgecomb Courthouse Domestic Violence Department, Tampa Pierce Street Official Records and Value Adjustment Board Departments, Plant City Courthouse Customer Service Center, and Brandon Regional Service Center. This free sign language interpreting service is available in person on demand at these service locations during each location's operating hours.  

 

ADA wording on certain legal documents

All Service Documents (i.e., Summonses and Subpoenas) submitted by Civil Attorneys and Pro Se Litigants for processing by the Clerk's office must include the following ADA statement:

 

"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 Court's ADA Coordinator, Hillsborough County Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 272-7040, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711."

 

Please refer to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.526 regarding accessibility requirements for court documents.

 

Website Accessibility  

Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts strives to maintain a website that is both accessible to all visitors and compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) put forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

 

We recognize that accessibility and usability are not always possible in every area of the website, or for those visitors using assistive technologies and devices. Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts conducts accessibility reviews of its website and remediates issues uncovered by these audits. 

 

Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts is committed to accessibility

Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts strives to maintain a website that is both accessible to all visitors and compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) put forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

We recognize that accessibility and usability are not always possible in every area of the website, or for those visitors using assistive technologies and devices. Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts conducts accessibility reviews of its website and remediates issues uncovered by these audits. Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing.

 

Have feedback or need help?

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts. If you have specific questions or feedback about this site's accessibility or need assistance using specific features, please contact us via telephone at 813-276-8100 or via email at accessibility@hillsclerk.com. If you have found an inaccessible area on the site, please specify the web page or element and provide any other relevant information to help us locate the problem.

 

In the event a page cannot be made accessible, we will work to make a text version of the content available. Please contact us via telephone at 813-276-8100 or via email at accessibility@hillsclerk.com to request a specific electronic format. Please provide us with your contact information, the format you require, the web page address and the location of the content.

 

We welcome your questions about this accessibility statement and comments on how to improve our website's accessibility.