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G-2026-045-SC requires anyone using generative AI to disclose it on the face of the filing and add a scripted certification, on pain of striking, denial of relief or monetary penalties. Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 preempted it on June 15, 2026, so it cannot be enforced — but the Seventh Circuit never withdrew it, and it is still the circuit's most recent general administrative order.
Applies circuit-wide in the Seventh Judicial Circuit: Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Counties. Recorded in all four counties.
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12, which bar courts from imposing AI disclosure or certification requirements "whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means." You are NOT required to file the certification below. BenchPath fetched and hashed this order on 2026-07-22 (sha256 91da4124…) and confirmed it is still published, that the court's own site search for "artificial intelligence" returns only this order, and that it is the highest-numbered 2026 general order in the circuit's index. Unlike the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Fifth Circuits — each of which affirmatively rescinded or vacated its AI order — the Seventh has issued no rescission. This is the only circuit-wide AI mandate in Florida that has never been withdrawn.] The order provides: "Any attorney or self-represented litigant who utilizes generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of a filing with the court must disclose its use on the face of the document and certify that they have personally reviewed it and verified its accuracy. The certification must state the following: The undersigned hereby certifies that artificial intelligence was used to prepare this [TITLE OF DOCUMENT BEING FILED]. I have independently verified the accuracy of citations to the law or record, and of any language, quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and legal analysis drafted by artificial intelligence." It further provides that if the presiding judge determines a filing prepared in whole or in part using generative AI lacks that certification, or contains errors, falsehoods or other misrepresentations resulting from the use of generative AI, the judge "may impose sanctions which may include striking the filing, denial of the requested relief, monetary penalties, or other sanctions deemed appropriate." PRACTICAL POSTURE: the statewide rule controls and no separate AI certification is required anywhere in Florida. Because this order was never rescinded, however, a judge or judicial assistant in Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns or Volusia may still reference it. The low-cost course is to make sure every citation in your filing actually exists and is accurately cited — which Rule 2.515(d)(2) already requires of your signature — rather than to add the superseded certification block.
Any attorney or self-represented litigant who utilizes generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of a filing with the court must disclose its use on the face of the document and certify that they have personally reviewed it and verified its accuracy.
Reviewer note: Highest-priority monitor in the AI tracker. This is the last unrescinded circuit-wide AI mandate in Florida. Re-check https://circuit7.org/orders_categories/general/ monthly for a rescinding order; if one issues, retitle to [RESCINDED] and update fl-ai-stale-publication-audit-2026-07, which was corrected on 2026-07-22 because it had previously asserted that every circuit-wide mandate was dead.
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