Car Accidents in Palm Bay, FL

The Palm Bay Police Department works crashes inside the city, and the Brevard County Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas. Florida Highway Patrol usually takes I-95. All of it goes to FLHSMV, so you can request the report through the state crash portal or from the agency that responded. Get a case number at the scene if you are able to.

Brevard County, in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, which also covers Seminole County. Brevard runs courthouses in more than one part of the county, and the clerk's office will tell you where a Palm Bay case is filed. County court handles smaller civil claims; circuit court handles larger ones. That line is about the amount, and a Florida attorney draws it, not us.

It can affect the evidence, not the deadline. A dark signal, a downed sign, or a flooded shoulder on Malabar Road is gone from the scene within days, and the adjuster reading your file weeks later sees a working intersection and dry pavement. Photograph what you can. Note the time. Florida still generally gives you two years to file.

In Florida, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. Reduced from 4 to 2 years by HB 837 (2023). Wrongful death 2 years. Medical 2 years. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.