Rules of Judicial Administration

1 July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 1 of 193 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Table of Contents CITATIONS TO OPINIONS ADOPTING OR AMENDING Rules .. 4 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 7 RULE SCOPE AND PURPOSE .. 7 RULE DEFINITIONS .. 7 RULE PRIORITY OF FLORIDA Rules OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE .. 7 RULE AMENDING Rules OF COURT .. 8 PART II. STATE COURT Administration ..16 RULE THE SUPREME COURT ..16 RULE DISTRICT COURTS OF APPEAL ..23 RULE TRIAL COURT Administration ..27 RULE CONFERENCES OF JUDGES ..35 RULE Judicial MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ..39 RULE TRIAL COURT BUDGET COMMISSION ..41 RULE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL BUDGET COMMISSION ..44 RULE FLORIDA COURTS TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION ..47 RULE DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES ..54 RULE DETERMINATION OF THE NECESSITY TO INCREASE, DECREASE, OR REDEFINE Judicial CIRCUITS AND APPELLATE DISTRICTS ..60 RULE Judicial COMPENSATION ..67 RULE CASE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR TRIAL COURTS.

2 68 RULE TIME STANDARDS FOR TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ..68 RULE STATEWIDE GRAND JURY ..70 RULE JUROR TIME MANAGEMENT ..71 RULE CHANGE OF RULE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS ..74 PART III. Judicial OFFICERS ..75 July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 2 of 193 RULE Judicial DISCIPLINE, REMOVAL, RETIREMENT, AND SUSPENSION ..75 RULE CONTINUING Judicial EDUCATION ..76 RULE DISQUALIFICATION OF TRIAL JUDGES ..77 RULE Judicial ATTIRE ..79 PART IV. Judicial PROCEEDINGS AND RECORDS ..79 RULE POSSESSION OF COURT RECORDS ..79 RULE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND PROTECTION OF Judicial BRANCH RECORDS ..80 APPENDIX TO RULE ..101 RULE MINIMIZATION OF THE FILING OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION ..103 RULE RETENTION OF COURT RECORDS ..106 RULE RETENTION OF Judicial BRANCH ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ..110 RULE TECHNOLOGICAL COVERAGE OF Judicial PROCEEDINGS ..111 RULE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ..114 PART V. PRACTICE OF LAW.

3 116 A. ATTORNEYS ..116 RULE ATTORNEYS ..116 RULE FOREIGN ATTORNEYS ..118 B. PRACTICE AND LITIGATION PROCEDURES ..125 RULE COMPUTING AND EXTENDING TIME ..125 RULE SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATES OF ATTORNEYS AND PARTIES ..127 RULE SERVICE OF PLEADINGS AND DOCUMENTS ..128 RULE DOCUMENTS ..133 RULE ELECTRONIC FILING ..135 RULE ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY ..140 RULE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ..140 RULE COURT REPORTING ..141 RULE REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ..147 July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 3 of 193 RULE CASE MANAGEMENT ..149 RULE CALENDAR CONFLICTS ..152 RULE INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ..154 RULE APPOINTMENT OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE COURT INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS ..154 RULE RETENTION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE COURT INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS BY ATTORNEYS OR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS 157 Judicial BRANCH RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS.

4 160 July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 4 of 193 CITATIONS TO OPINIONS ADOPTING OR AMENDING Rules ORIGINAL ADOPTION, effective 7-1 -78: 360 1076. OTHER OPINIONS: Effective 1-1-79: 364 466. Amended (f). Effective 7-1-79: 372 449. Amended Effective 2-21-80: 380 1027. Amended (b). Effective 1-1-81: 389 202. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (e), Effective 1-1-81: 391 214. Amended (b)(3), (c). Effective 1-1-82: 403 926. Added Effective 12-1-83: 442 198. Added Effective 2-23-84: 446 87. Amended Effective 1-1-85: 458 1110. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (b)(2); added (b)(5); renumbered (b)(6). Effective 1-1-85: 462 444. Added Effective 3-1-85: 465 1217. Added Effective 7-1-86: 493 423. Added Effective 2-1-87: 500 524. Amended (a)(2), (c). Effective 7-1-87: 507 1390. Amended (d), (e). Effective 7-1-87: 509 276. Amended (f). Effective 1-1-88: 518 258. Added Effective 1-1-89: 532 667.

5 See revised opinion at 536 195. Effective 1-1-89: 536 195. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (c), (d), (h) (j), (h), (a), (c). Effective 6-1-89: 543 1244. Added (b)(1)(I), (b)(1)(J). Effective 11-9-89: 552 194. Added (b)(1)(K). Effective 1-11-90: 555 848. Added (b)(1)(L). Effective 1-18-90: 550 457. Added Effective 6-15-90: 560 786. Added (a)(3)(D). Effective 10-22-92: 607 396. Amended (b)(3). Effective 10-29-92: 608 472. Added Effective 1-1-93: 609 465. Four-year-cycle revision. Substantively amended (b)(5), , , , , ; added , Effective 12-23-93: 634 604. Amended (b). Effective 2-9-95: 650 30. Amended Effective 2-23-95: 650 38. Amended Effective 3-23-95: 651 1185. Amended Effective 3-30-95: 652 811. Amended Effective 5-9-95: 654 917. Amended (d)(2). Effective 6-15-95: 656 926. Amended Effective 1-1-96: 661 806. Amended (b). Effective 1-1-96: 665 218. Amended Effective 4-11-96: 672 523. Amended (b)(4), (b)(7); added (h).

6 Effective 6-27-96: 675 1376. Added Effective 8-29-96: 678 1285. Added court commentary to Effective 1-1-97: 681 698. Added (f), renumbered (f) (l); amended , Effective 1-1-97: 682 89. Four-year-cycle revision. Added (a)(2)(B)(iv), , , , ; amended (c), (e)(1)(F), (e)(3), (h), (c), (for style); deleted (e). Effective 2-7-97: 688 320. Added (b)(10). Effective 7-17-97: 697 144. Partially suspended application of (c) until January 1, 1999. July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 5 of 193 Effective 1-1-98: 701 1164. Amended (f), (c). Effective 11-20-97: 701 864. Amended (b)(10). Effective 1-1-99: 711 29. Amended (c), added a new (d), and redesignated former (d) as (e). Effective 2-1-99: 746 1073. Amended (c)(7). Effective 5-25-00: 766 999. Added (f). Effective 7-14-00: 772 532. Added (i). Effective 12-1-00: 774 625. Added Effective 1-1-01: 780 819. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended , (b)(1)(A), , , (d), (a), (c), (e) (g); added , (c).

7 Effective 7-1-01: 796 477. Added Effective 10-1-01: 797 1213. Amended (b). Effective 1-1-02: 812 401. Amended (e). Effective 3-7-02: 825 889. Amended , , , ; added and Judicial Branch Retention Schedule for Administrative Records. Ef fective 10-1-02: 826 233. Amended , , Effective 9-19-02: 828 994. Amended Effective 7-10-03: 851 698. Amended , , Effective 1-1-04: 851 698. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended , , , , Effective 1-1-04: 860 394. Amended Effective 10-14-04: 888 614. Amended Effective 1-1-05: 885 870. Amended Effective 1-1-05: 889 68. Amended Effective 5-12-05: 907 1138. Amended Effective 11-3-05: 915 157. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended Effective 1-1-06: 915 157. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended , , , , Effective 1-1-06: 915 145. Amended Effective 2-16-06: 921 615. Adopted Effective 3-2-06: 923 1160. Amended Effective 7-1-06: 933 504. Adopted (a) (d), (f). Effective 7-6-06: 933 1136.

8 Amended Effective 9-21-06: 939 966. Reorganization of Rules . Adopted (g). Effective 9-28-06: 939 1051. Amended Effective 4-5-07: 954 16. Amended Effective 5-17-07: 957 1168. Adopted Effective 11-3-07: 915 145. Amended (b)(3) [ (b)(3)]. Effective 1-1-08: 967 178. Adopted , (l) Effective 1-17-08: 973 437. Amended Effective 1-31-08: 974 1066. Amended Effective 4-1-08: 978 805. Amended Effective 7-1-08: 933 504. Adopted (e) [ (e)]. Effective 10-1-08: 992 237. Amended Effective 1-1-09: 986 560. Three-year-cycle revision. Amended , , , Effective 1-1-09: 991 842. Amended Effective 7-16-09: 13 1044. Amended Effective 11-12-09: 24 47. Amended , Effective 3-18-10: 31 756. Amended Effective 5-20-10: 41 881. Amended Effective 7-1-10: 41 128. Adopted Ef fective 10-1-10: 31 756. Amended (d). Effective 12-9-10: 51 1151. Amended (a)(2). Effective 2-24-11: 75 1241. Amended (b)(10)(C). July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 6 of 193 Effective 7-7-11 68 228.

9 Amended (d)(1)(B)(xx). Effective 10-1-11: 80 317. Adopted Effective 1-1-12: 73 210. Amended , , , Adopted Effective 2-9-12: 121 1. Amended , , , , , , , Effective 7-12-12: 95 115. Amended Effective 9-1-12: 102 505. Amended , Adopted Effective 10-01-12: 95 96. Adopted Effective 6-21-12: 102 451. Amended , , , , , Effective 12-20-12: 119 1211. Amended , Effective 2-7-13: 124 807. Amended Effective 4-4-13: 112 1173. Amended Effective 5-1-13: 124 819. Amended Effective 10-1-13: 118 193. Adopted Effective 10-31-13: 125 754. Amended Effective 1-1-14: 125 743. Amended , Effective 11-14-13: 129 358. Amended and Effective 11-14-13: 126 222. Amended , , Effective 4-1-14: 132 1114. Amended Effective 12-18-14: 153 896. Amended Effective 1-1-15: 148 1171. Amended , Effective 1-1-15: 150 787. Amended , Effective 1-1-15: 39 FLW S718. Amended (Opinion withdrawn; see below.) Effective 1-22-15: 156 499.

10 Amended Effective 4-2-15: 161 1254. Amended Effective 9-10-15: 174 991. Adopted Effective 10-1-15: 176 267. Amended , Adopted Effective 2-4-16: 198 592. Amended Effective 3-24-16: 190 1053. Amended Effective 4-16-16: 189 141. Amended and Effective 4-21-16: 190 1080. Amended Effective 12-8-16: 206 1. Amended and Effective 4-6-17: 214 623. Amended Effective 1-1-18: 226. 223. Amended , , and Effective 1-19-18: 233 1022. Amended Effective 7-1-18: 43 FLW S253. Amended and NOTE TO USERS: Rules reflect all changes through 43 FLW S253. Subsequent amendments, if any, can be found at July 1, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 7 of 193 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS RULE SCOPE AND PURPOSE These Rules , cited as Florida Rules of Judicial Administration and abbreviated as Fla. R. Jud. Admin., shall take effect at 12:01 on July 1, 1979. They shall apply to administrative matters in all courts to which the Rules are applicable by their terms.