NONCOMPLIANCE AND SANCTIONS

(a) Notice of Noncompliance. If a Florida Bar member fails to comply with this rule, the member is deemed delinquent as provided elsewhere in the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The Florida Bar must promptly send a notice of noncompliance to the noncompliant member.

(b) Appeal to the Board of Governors. A delinquent member may appeal the delinquency determination to the board of governors under rules and procedures the board of governors prescribes.

(c) Appeal to the Supreme Court of Florida. A delinquent member may appeal the board of governors’ determination to the Supreme Court of Florida under rules and regulations the court prescribes.

(d) Exhaustion of Remedies. A delinquent member must exhaust each of the remedies provided under these rules in the order enumerated before proceeding to the next remedy.

(e) Tolling Time. An appeal tolls the determination of noncompliance and resulting delinquency until all appeals have been completed or the time for appeal has expired. Added April 21, 1988, effective Oct. 1, 1988 (524 So.2d 634). Amended Sept. 21, 1989, effective Oct. 1, 1989 (548 So.2d 1120); July 23, 1992, effective Jan. 1, 1993 (605 So.2d 252). Renumbered and amended Dec. 18, 1997, effective Jan. 1, 1998 (702 So.2d 1258). Renumbered and amended effective Feb. 8, 2001 (795 So.2d 1); amended April 18, 2024, effective June 17, 2024 (SC2024-0031). HISTORICAL NOTES Former Rule 6-12.4, relating to extension and compliance, was deleted Dec. 18, 1997, effective Jan. 1, 1998, and former Rules 6-12.5, 6-12.6, 6-12.7, and 6- 12.8 were renumbered as Rules 6-12.4, 6-12.5, 6-12.6, and 6-12.7, respectively.