Florida Second District Court of Appeal

[1] There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people.

The counties of Charlotte, Glades, Collier, Hendry, and Lee (20th judicial circuit) became part of the new Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in January, 2023.

In 1980 a branch headquarters for the Second District was authorized and in that same year was established in Tampa where the court maintains an additional courtroom and where eight of the court's judges now have their chambers.

The chambers of six judges, the clerk's office, the marshal's office, and the court records are located in the court's Lakeland headquarters.

The court hears oral arguments in both its Lakeland and Tampa courtrooms.