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Fort Lauderdale venue facts

County

Broward County, Florida

Trial court of general jurisdiction

Circuit Court

Sources: Florida Courts, Trial Courts - Circuit: circuit courts are trial courts with general jurisdiction and hear criminal felonies, juvenile delinquency and dependency, divorce, probate, guardianship and civil matters over $50,000 (reviewed 2026-10-12); Florida Courts, Trial Courts - County: county courts have limited jurisdiction and hear small claims cases up to $8,000, traffic offenses, landlord-tenant disputes, misdemeanors and monetary disputes up to $50,000 (reviewed 2026-10-12); Florida Legislature, Florida Statutes, jurisdiction of county court: actions at law not exceeding $50,000 if filed on or after January 1, 2023 (reviewed 2026-10-12); Florida Courts, District Courts of Appeal: each district court of appeal and the circuits it hears cases from (reviewed 2026-10-12); Florida Courts, Court Structure: the Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the state (reviewed 2026-10-12)

Appellate courts

First District Court of Appeal; Second District Court of Appeal; Third District Court of Appeal; Fourth District Court of Appeal; Fifth District Court of Appeal; Sixth District Court of Appeal

Federal districts

Northern District of Florida; Middle District of Florida; Southern District of Florida

Forums and agencies in Florida

Workers' compensation claims arising in Florida are heard before the Florida Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is Florida's public vocational rehabilitation agency. Attorneys confirm the governing rule for their case.

Sources: Florida Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, Division of Administrative Hearings (reviewed 2026-09-11)

Commuting flows, Broward County

In the 2016-2020 American Community Survey commuting flows, the largest flows of workers into Broward County came from Miami-Dade County (75,787 workers), Palm Beach County (48,026) and St. Lucie County (1,449), and the largest flows out of Broward County went to Miami-Dade County (145,313 workers), Palm Beach County (58,636) and Orange County (483).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2016-2020 American Community Survey, county-to-county commuting flows (Table 1) (reviewed 2026-09-13)