This morning, the move officially begins from the 300,000-square-foot Duval County Courthouse on East Bay Street to the new 800,000-square-foot courthouse on West Adams Street. The new courthouse will open for business May 29.
All day Thursday, the sound of packing tape stretching across boxes was heard throughout the building.
In the Clerk of Court office, the staff was preparing to move Duval County’s legal documents to their new facility. Some of the records are brand new, since people were filing documents all day Thursday, while some of the documents are more than 100 years old.
“It’s like moving your home, times 1,000,” said Sharen Stevens, executive assistant to Clerk of Court Jim Fuller.
The old courthouse closes for good at 5 p.m. today.
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