In-Custody Continuances 48 Hours Ahead — or the Jail Transport… — Hillsborough County, FL · BenchPath

In-Custody Continuances 48 Hours Ahead — or the Jail Transport Rolls — County Criminal B

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Deadlines & Time Computation13th Jud. Cir., Judge Taylor Standing Pretrial Order & Procedures (County Crim. B)

Summary

Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.

Applies to

Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > County Criminal Division B (Judge Margaret R. Taylor)

Source of truth

"MOTIONS TO CONTINUE FOR IN CUSTODY DEFENDANTS MUST BE FILED AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO COURT DATE IN ORDER TO CANCEL THEIR JAIL TRANSPORT." / "ALL PLEAS ARE IN PERSON, UNLESS A PLEA IN ABSENTIA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COURT." / "The written waiver must have the defendant's signature."

Official source: 13th Cir. — Judge Taylor (County Crim B) Standing Pretrial Order & Procedures
Source health: Healthy · checked October 25, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Cross-model verified 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, partially-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 cd85462e5bd252efd9ae0b0749882e00fc2f76e4f89ade872d53da7d3029d6dc; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Taylor), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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