Car Accidents in Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee Police work crashes inside the city; the Leon County Sheriff's Office covers the rest of the county; Florida Highway Patrol usually takes I-10. Crashes on the FSU or FAMU campuses may be worked by campus police instead. Ask which agency it was before you leave. The report goes to FLHSMV, and you can request it through the state crash portal or directly from the agency that wrote it.

Leon County, at the courthouse downtown, in the Second Judicial Circuit. That circuit also covers Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, and Wakulla counties, so a crash on US-90 west of town can land in a neighboring county but the same circuit. County court takes smaller civil claims and circuit court the larger ones. We are not a law firm, and which one fits your claim is a lawyer's call.

It depends on the policy, and that's a real question for an attorney rather than a form answer. Florida PIP attaches to vehicles registered here. A student driving a car registered elsewhere may be covered under that state's rules, or under a household policy, or under the PIP of the car they were riding in. Bring the declarations page to whoever reviews it.

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.