INSTRUCTIONS:
- Click on the icon to download and print the complaint form.
- Please print or type your information onto this form.
- Submit the original signed copy by regular US Mail to:
PO Box 14106
Tallahassee, FL 32317
ESTABLISHED 1966
PO Box 14106
Tallahassee, FL 32317
This form is designed to provide the Judicial Qualifications Commission with information required to make an initial evaluation of your complaint and to begin any needed inquiry or investigation into your allegations. Please refer to our frequently asked questions for information regarding the Commission’s jurisdiction, function and procedures before you complete this form.
If you are asserting allegations about more than one judge, please complete a separate form for each judge. Please do not change or modify this form. Please do not submit letters, statements, histories, or personal stories as a substitute for using this form as directed, but provide such supporting documents with this form if they support your written allegations. All materials that you file with the Commission will become part of the Commission’s confidential files and will not be returned or copied to you. Therefore, please only provide copies of your supporting documents with your original, signed complaint form.
Please do not staple or bind the complaint forms and supporting documentation.
The Commission cannot accept complaints via telephone, fax, or e-mail.
You will be advised in writing of the outcome of your complaint, subject to the limits of confidentiality.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission has no authority to intervene in your court case or change a judge’s decision or order. The Commission has no authority to remove the judge from your case. Commission staff cannot give you any legal advice or opinions. The Commission and its staff cannot respond to requests for information regarding your complaint or any proceeding before it.
The Commission only has jurisdiction over Justices and Judges of the Florida Supreme Court, County Courts, Circuit Courts, and District Courts of Appeal. The Commission does not have jurisdiction over hearing officers, special masters, special commissioners, federal judges, Workers’ Compensation Judges, Social Security Administration Judges, or other magistrates.
Judicial Candidates: The Commission is only able to review allegations of campaign misconduct by the successful candidate once that person has been sworn into office.