Supreme Court Library
500 South Duval Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850.488.8919

In addition to more than 117,000 volumes, the Supreme Court Library houses many historical documents related to the development of the Florida Supreme Court.

“This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code)”

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Hours and Location:

The Supreme Court Library is open to the public Monday - Friday, excluding Court Holidays, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Court is located in downtown Tallahassee, Florida, directly across from the Capitol building. The mailing address is:

The Supreme Court Library
500 South Duval Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Materials:

The library has been designated a federal depository library for legal materials published by the Government Printing Office. The collections include practically all of the reported decisions of all American courts. The library also maintains current statute law for all 50 states, plus an extensive collectionn of historical statute law of the United Kingdom and Canada.

Additionally, public terminals are provided with access to the Internet. The Library subscribes to the legal research database WESTLAW, both on-line and on CD ROM, to assist the public in legal research. The Library also subsribes to Martindale Hubbel's Law Directory.

The general arrangement of the library is that the most used books are located on the first floor, the next most used books on the second floor, and so on down to the basement levels. The library has more than 117,000 volumes, plus over 210,000 pieces of microfiche. The books circulate only to the offices of the Supreme Court justices.

History:

Early Court records indicate the Supreme Court Library, which is now located in the south wing of the Supreme Court Building, has been in existence since 1845. The Supreme Court Library, the oldest state supported library in Florida, is primarily one for legal research; it was originally designed for the use of the Supreme Court and the attorneys who practice before it.

Until the Constitution of 1885 was amended in 1956, the clerk of the Supreme Court also served as librarian. Since 1956, under Chapter 25.341, Florida Statutes, the Supreme Court has had a librarian whose sole responsibility is administering the library.

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