CASE FILING STATISTICS

General Division Cases Filed         General Division Individual Filings                                                                 Español
Domestic Relations Cases Filed     Domestic Relations Division Individual Filings
Miscellaneous Cases Filed             Miscellaneous Case Types Individual Filings

General Division Cases Filed
Since 1997, the Legal Division has experienced continual growth in number of General Division cases filed as indicated by the statistics.

• Civil cases have increased 71%
• Civil Protection cases have increased 153%
• Criminal cases have increased 65%
• Criminal Extradition cases have increased 26%

Case Type	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Civil	2,357	2,226	2,482	2,796	3,223	3,432	3,529	4,031
Civil Protection	0	49	245	291	414	511	541	622
Criminal	1,365	1,577	1,605	1,773	1,848	2,034	1,951	2,258
Criminal Extradition	139	146	137	143	162	184	177	176
Total	3,861	3,998	4,469	5,003	5,647	6,161	6,198	7,087

Domestic Relations Cases Filed
Domestic Violence cases have increased 34% since 1997.  Contrary to the trend, Domestic Relations cases have steadily decreased.

• Domestic Relations cases have decreased 23%
• Domestic Violence cases have increased 34%

Case Type	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Domestic Relations	2,038	2,002	1,759	1,733	1,691	1,529	1,496	1,571
Domestic Violence	959	1,147	1,134	1,277	1,455	1,326	1,186	1,282
Total	2,997	3,149	2,893	3,010	3,146	2,855	2,682	2,853

Miscellaneous Cases Filed
Since 1997, the Legal Division has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of miscellaneous case types filed.

• Court of Appeals cases have increased 27%
• Juries Called have increased 138%
• Grand Juries have increased 153%
• State Tax Liens have increased 42%

Case Types	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Court of Appeals	248	258	229	260	297	320	333	315
Notary Commissions	0	0	1,031	918	890	575	812	977
Juries Called	0	0	0	74	193	188	162	176
Grand Juries	0	0	15	12	12	21	37	38
Judgment Liens	2,417	1,495	1,220	1,273	1,526	1,668	2,127	2,440
State Tax	632	534	156	486	443	594	1,277	897
Withholding Tax	891	1,231	656	1,251	499	893	554	0
Total	4,188	3,518	3,307	4,274	3,860	4,259	5,302	4,843

General Division Individual Filings
The filings within a case represent each document that is filed and processed by the Clerk's office.  The workload produced by the General Division has increased 179% since 1997 for the Clerk of Courts office.

• Civil case filings have increased 186%
• Civil Protection case filings have increased 79%
• Criminal case filings have increased 152%
• Criminal Extradition case filings have increased 247%

Case Types	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Civil	67,245	69,286	93,100	110,417	136,625	162,939	165,862	192,512
Civil Protection	0	349	3,146	3,582	4,574	4,672	4,923	5,647
Criminal	38,497	46,803	54,959	74,634	90,322	94,138	85,707	96,915
Criminal Extradition	306	330	594	876	985	1,064	1,001	1,061
Total	106,048	116,768	151,799	189,509	232,506	262,813	257,493	296,135

Domestic Relations Division Individual Filings
The workload produced by the Domestic Relations Division since 1997 has remained relatively unchanged for the Clerk of Courts office.

• Domestic Relations case filings have decreased 3%
• Domestic Violence case filings have increased 68%

Case Types	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Domestic Relations	101,395	112,290	96,393	97,317	102,533	100,775	94,940	97,991
Domestic Violence	9,914	13,889	15,339	19,185	18,547	18,923	14,767	16,625
Total	111,309	126,179	111,732	116,502	121,080	119,698	109,707	114,616

Miscellaneous Case Types Individual Filings
The filings contained in miscellaneous case types have steadily increased since 1997.  Implementation of a comprehensive jury management system accounts for the increase in jury documentation.

• Court of Appeals case filings have increased 132%
• Notary Commissions have increased 75%
• Judgement Liens have increased 135%
• State Tax Liens have increased 17%

Case Types	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Court of Appeals	5,968	7,989	8,772	9,479	12,891	13,226	14,444	13,849
Notary Commissions	0	0	1,031	918	890	955	1,644	1,805
Grand Juries	0	0	184	236	279	5,287	10,206	12,411
Judgment Liens	4,092	3,221	5,194	5,756	6,660	7,229	8,378	9,607
State Tax	1,855	1,486	1,410	1,435	1,274	1,700	2,272	2,175
Withholding Tax	1,634	2,154	2,183	2,697	2,153	2,258	2,015	1,011
Total	13,549	14,850	18,774	20,521	24,147	30,655	38,959	40,858