Payments on Criminal Cases

Defendants in criminal cases must pay all resulting court costs and fines in full or make payment arrangements. Failure to pay can result in your case being sent to a collection agency or driver license suspension.

You may request to be placed on a payment plan by visiting the Clerk’s Criminal Justice Online System. Once you elect to pay and if your case is not in collection agency status, you will have the option to sign up for a payment plan.

The payment plan fee is $25 per case and you can select a monthly amount at a minimum of $25 per month on payment plans initiated on the Clerk’s website. 

If the minimum amount of the payment plan is less than $25 a month, you will be required to contact the Criminal Division to request a payment plan.

Request by Phone 
305-275-1155 (option 4)

Request by email

• Felony cases: coccriminal@miamidade.gov
• Misdemeanor cases: cocmisdemeanor@miamidade.gov
• Misdemeanor domestic violence cases: cocdomesticviolence@miamidade.gov

Request by Mail

Felonies:
Miami-Dade County - Criminal Division
Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building
1351 NW 12th Street, Suite 9000
Miami, FL 33125

Misdemeanors:
Miami-Dade County - Criminal Division
Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building
1351 NW 12th Street, Suite 8100
Miami, FL 33125

Traffic:
Miami-Dade County - Criminal Division
Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building
1351 NW 12th Street, Suite 124
Miami, FL33125

Past due payments will be sent to a collection agency and incur a 40 percent collection fee. Failure to pay your court costs can also result in your driver license being suspended. See Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for additional information.