The Orange County Courthouse, located in

Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...

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, comprises the

Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida The Florida circuit courts are state courts, and are trial courts of original jurisdiction for most controversies. In Florida, the circuit courts are one of four types of courts created by the Florida Constitution (the other three being The Flo ...

and its associated offices, including Orange County's

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. The courthouse complex includes a 23-level courthouse tower, two five-story office buildings for the State Attorney and

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, and a 1,500 car parking facility." It is connected to other downtown points by the free

Lymmo Lynx (stylized as LYNX) is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, serving the greater Orlando, Florida area in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties with limited service to Polk County. Bus routes are referred t ...

bus.

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