The County Attorney is the Chief Legal Officer of the County and as such, may not provide private legal advice to individual citizens, but is instead responsible for protecting the legal rights of the general public.

The County Attorney and his staff serve as counsel to the county commissioners, Planning and Zoning Commission, Contractor’s Licensing Board, Supervisor of Elections, Property Appraiser, Clerk of Circuit Court, Tax Collector and all county departments.

Due to inherent conflicts of interest, this office is prohibited from meeting with individual constituents concerning legal matters. If you are having issues with a department, you may contact the deputy county administrator, county administrator, or ask the department director to set up a meeting with our office.

Note: Contact the custodian of record to obtain copies of county documents.

If you elect to use email to correspond and a response is not received within one week, please contact the office directly.

Frequently Called Numbers & Links

• Clerk of the Court
  (352) 754-4201
• Florida Bar Association
  1-850-561-5600
• Hernando County Bar Association
  (352) 754-4284
• Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc.
  Inverness Office - 1-866-801-5566
• Hernando County Judicial

Research Links

• Florida Legislature
• University of Florida Law School
• All Law.com Network Resource Link
• Law Search Engine
• Stetson College of Law
• Villanova Law Library

State & Federal

• American Law Search On-Line
• Law Library Resource Xchange

Paralegal Internet Resources

• National Federation of Paralegal Assoc.

Other Florida County Links

• Florida Association of Counties

Periodicals & Law News

• Online Law News