Civil Division
The Broward Sheriff's Office Civil Division carries out the sheriff's statutory responsibility for the service of process and execution of writs. These judicial process documents originate from the courts, governmental agencies and private attorneys in Florida and throughout the United States and include:
- summonses, complaints and subpoenas
- writs of possession for real estate
- injunctions for protection against domestic violence
- writs of garnishment
- arrest orders/writs of bodily attachment
The Civil Division also enforces levies and writs of attachment and conducts Sheriff's sales to aid in the collection of money judgments.
Annually, the division processes and serves more than 315,000 documents.
To see if your documents have been served, search our online database. If the Broward Sheriff's Office is serving your documents, you can use our online search to see if service has been completed.
For information about having your documents served, call the Civil Division at (954) 831-8787 (Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) or visit the division's public window during regular business hours (Monday - Friday, 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.) in the lobby of the Public Safety Building, 2601 West Broward Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. You can also mail your documents with the service fee to the Broward Sheriff's Office, Civil Division, P.O. Box 9507, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310.
For information regarding fees for process service, click here.
Click any link below for additional information on process service:
Captain Stanley Hodgman
Civil Division
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Captain Stanley Hodgman assumed command of the Civil Division in November 2004 after serving for 3 years as the Director of Professional Compliance. He began his BSO career in 1985 in the Department of Detention, later joining the agency's Department of Law Enforcement as a patrol deputy.
Captain Hodgman has been a field training officer for mergers with municipal departments, a field force leader and was a section lieutenant in the Criminal Investigation’s Division.
Captain Hodgman is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program from the Center of Advanced Criminal Justice Studies.
