Why would my case go to a county court instead of a city court?

The listed trial courts for this area are Pasco County Court and the Circuit Court for Pasco County. That is typical for a city like New Port Richey, where civil cases are handled through the county court system rather than a separate city-level injury court.

I live in New Port Richey but was injured outside the city. Which page matters more?

Usually the more relevant page is the place where the crash happened, because the responding agency, report process, and court location follow the crash location, not your home address. If the crash was elsewhere in Pasco County, the county agencies and Pasco County courts may still be central.

What if I was hurt while commuting and the crash happened outside Pasco County?

Then New Port Richey may be less important to the claim than the county and city where the collision occurred. The right agency, court, and local procedures usually depend on that crash location.

How do I get the crash report after a New Port Richey area collision?

Florida crash reports are requested through the FLHSMV crash report portal listed on this page. Florida also limits access for the first 60 days after filing to the people and entities identified by statute.

Pasco County

New Port Richey injury claim factors

In New Port Richey, many of the steps after a crash run through county or state systems rather than the city itself. That usually means the responding agency may be the New Port Richey Police Department, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, or the Florida Highway Patrol, and any lawsuit is typically filed in Pasco County Court or the Circuit Court for Pasco County depending on the case.

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Who responded

Agencies that respond to crashes in New Port Richey

Which agency attended determines who to contact about an incomplete or incorrect report.

New Port Richey Police Department

City police

Pasco County Sheriff's Office

County sheriff

Florida Highway Patrol

State patrol

Your crash report

How to get your New Port Richey crash report

Where to request it: https://www.flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/

Venue

Courts that hear Pasco County civil cases

Circuit Court for Pasco County

General civil claims

Pasco County Court

Smaller civil claims

Local factors

County systems matter more than city lines

In a smaller city like New Port Richey, the first practical question is often which agency handled the crash. Inside the city, that may be the New Port Richey Police Department, but many crashes in the area are handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office or the Florida Highway Patrol, and Florida crash reports are requested through the FLHSMV crash report portal. In Florida, those reports are also confidential for 60 days after filing except for the people and entities named in the statute.

If your case needs to be filed in court, it usually goes to a county court system, not a city court. The structured court listings for this place are Pasco County Court and the Circuit Court for Pasco County, which is why the county matters even when the crash happened within New Port Richey city limits. The city's population is 18,130, so it is normal here for key claim steps to point outward to county institutions.

A lot of residents are injured somewhere other than New Port Richey while commuting or running errands. Jurisdiction usually depends on where the crash happened, not where you live, so a New Port Richey resident hurt elsewhere in Pasco County may still deal with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office or Florida Highway Patrol, while a crash outside Pasco County may belong on a different local page entirely. For local risk context, Pasco County recorded 91 fatal crashes and 92 fatalities in 2023 in NHTSA's FARS data.

Florida law

How fault is allocated in Florida

Florida follows modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar. Below that line your recovery is reduced in proportion to your fault. Above it, you recover nothing at all, which makes the fault allocation the central dispute in most contested claims.

As an example, a $100,000 claim in which you are found 20% responsible would yield $80,000. The same claim with 51% responsibility attributed to you would yield nothing, because Florida bars recovery above 50%.

Deadlines

Florida filing deadlines

Missing a deadline generally ends a claim regardless of how strong it is. Government claims are on a much shorter clock than ordinary claims.

2 years

Personal injury

2 years

Wrongful death

3 years

Claim against a government agency

Reviewed 2026-07-29. Not yet reviewed by a licensed attorney. This is general information, not legal advice.

Case types

Claims we can estimate in New Port Richey

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Local questions

New Port Richey questions

It depends on where the crash happened. Within city limits, the responding agency may be the New Port Richey Police Department. Elsewhere in the area, it may be the Pasco County Sheriff's Office or the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Sources and review dates

Every figure on this page traces to one of the sources below. Geography and population come from the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. Census Bureau — New Port Richey place GEOID 1248500, population 18,130 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 4.581 sq mi (2023 Gazetteer).
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 national file · reviewed 2026-07-30
HIFLD Local Law Enforcement Locations, derived from the BJS Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (2008), imagery-validated to 2018 · reviewed 2026-07-30
Florida Constitution Article V, and the Florida State Courts System trial court structure · reviewed 2026-07-30
Fla. Stat. § 95.11 — Limitations other than for the recovery of real property · reviewed 2026-07-29
Fla. Stat. § 768.81 — Comparative fault · reviewed 2026-07-29
Fla. Stat. § 627.736 — Required personal injury protection benefits · reviewed 2026-07-29
Fla. Stat. § 768.28 — Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions · reviewed 2026-07-29
Florida DHSMV — Insurance requirements · reviewed 2026-07-29
North Broward Hospital District v. Kalitan, 219 So. 3d 49 (Fla. 2017) · reviewed 2026-07-29
Fla. Stat. § 768.73 — Punitive damages; limitation · reviewed 2026-07-29

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