Records Management Department

Terri Marlen, Manager
(561) 355-4638
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Mission Statement

To manage and maintain a comprehensive Records Management program for the Clerk's Office by adhering to all State, Federal and County rules and statutes, learning new technology and techniques, implementing new changes that may enhance the Clerk's Records Management Departments, stay current with destruction of records that have met proper retention requirements.

To achieve excellence and quality through the Records Management staff, guide and teach the staff records management techniques, to help them grow within the Clerk's organization.

Functions

The Clerk's Office is required by state statute to retain records for certain periods of time, ranging from 60 days to permanent retention, and to destroy records when the retention time has been met. Records Management stores, tracks, and manages over 923,000 court records for the Clerk's Office along with more than 839,000 active and inactive financial records for the Board of County Commissioners. All permanent records are microfilmed and a copy of the film is safely stored at the National Underground Storage facility in Pennsylvania.


   Departments within Legal Record Services:
Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court

  • Life of a document
  • Micrographics
  • Mailroom
  • Public Records  
  • Recording
  • Records Management