Wrongful Death in St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg Police work crashes inside the city; the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas, and Florida Highway Patrol usually takes I-275 and the Skyway. The report is filed with FLHSMV and can be requested through the state crash portal. Ask for the case number at the scene. If you were transported before an officer reached you, call the agency a few days later and ask what was written.

Pinellas County, in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. The county runs courts in both St. Petersburg and Clearwater, and the clerk's office will tell you where a particular case is filed. Smaller civil claims go to county court and bigger ones to circuit court. Which applies to you is a legal question we can't answer, because we are not a law firm.

Not legally. The deadline is the same two years in January as in July, and PIP works the same for a visitor as for someone who has lived on Snell Isle for thirty years. What changes is practical. With more out-of-town drivers on US-19 and the beach routes, you're more likely to be dealing with an insurer based somewhere else, and those calls take longer to come back.

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.