How to get a car accident report in Jacksonville, Florida
The local steps are quoted from Jacksonville agency pages and the Florida rules from state law, each with a link. Checked September 17, 2026.
The short answer
A Jacksonville crash report is bought from Florida's official Crash Portal, run by the state highway safety department, and the portal makes you pick the category that makes you eligible and swear an oath before it will let you search.
A Jacksonville crash report can take up to 10 days to appear, because Florida gives law enforcement agencies 10 days to send the report to the state.
The crash report costs $10.00 plus a $2.00 convenience fee on each transaction, and the portal will only sell it to you after you swear you are one of the people Florida law lets see it during the first 60 days.
Online
The portal Jacksonville uses
A Jacksonville crash report is bought from Florida's official Crash Portal, run by the state highway safety department, and the portal makes you pick the category that makes you eligible and swear an oath before it will let you search.
“Access to crash reports containing personal information is limited to listed parties and entities only per s. 316.066(2)(b), Fla. Stat.”
What it costs
The crash report costs $10.00 plus a $2.00 convenience fee on each transaction, and the portal will only sell it to you after you swear you are one of the people Florida law lets see it during the first 60 days.
“In order to obtain a crash report, you must pay the statutorily required fee of $10.00 per report, plus an additional $2.00 convenience fee for each payment transaction”
When it is ready
A Jacksonville crash report can take up to 10 days to appear, because Florida gives law enforcement agencies 10 days to send the report to the state.
“Traffic crash reports may take up to 10 days to become available.”
In person or by mail
The records office
You can buy a crash report over the counter at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office public counter or at a district substation for $.15 a single sided page, or mail a written request to the Public Records Unit at 501 E. Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, and the unit answers the phone at 904.630.2209 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“The Public Records Unit may be contacted by telephone 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (business hours), Monday through Friday by calling 904.630.2209”
If no officer came to your crash
Filing it yourself
When no officer writes the report, the driver fills in the state Driver Report of a Traffic Crash and files it within 10 days, using a crash form picked up at the scene or from a law enforcement office.
“You are required to self-report within 10 days of the incident.”
What Florida requires you to file
If a property damage crash was not investigated by police, the driver must send a written report to Florida's highway safety department within 10 days, on the department's approved form.
“The driver of a vehicle that was in any manner involved in a crash resulting in damage to a vehicle or other property which does not require a law enforcement report shall, within 10 days”
If the crash was on a highway
A different agency has that report
Crashes on the interstates and state highways around Jacksonville are worked by the Florida Highway Patrol, whose Troop G covers Duval County, and its reports are sold through the same state crash portal.
“Troop G consists of the nine counties of Northeast Florida including Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union.”
Requesting a Florida state police report
Florida crash reports can be bought online through the FLHSMV Crash Portal for $10 per report plus a $2 convenience fee, and reports are usually available within about 10 days of the crash.
“The fee for crash reports is $10.00 per report, per section 321.23, Florida Statutes.”
Sources on this page
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Florida's Official Crash Portal
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Traffic Crash Reports
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Services We Offer
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Driver Self Report of a Traffic Crash
- Florida Highway Patrol, Troop G
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Citizen's Online Crime Reporting System
The state law behind these steps
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
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