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G-2026-045-SC required 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 could not be enforced — and by August 16, 2026 the Seventh Circuit had removed the order from its published register (no rescission instrument appears there). BenchPath holds the hashed capture as the historical record.
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 Unlike the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Fifth Circuits — each of which affirmatively rescinded or vacated its AI order — the Seventh has issued no rescission. This is the only circuit-wide AI mandate in Florida that has never been withdrawn.]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: AI-tracker status change 2026-08-18: circuit7.org removed G-2026-045-SC from its register — found by the source monitor (page 404 since 08-16) and confirmed by a full orders-sitemap census (157 entries; the G-2026-04x series skips 045). No rescission instrument located in the register. Custody holds the hashed capture; the requirement text stands as the historical record. If a rescinding order later posts, retitle to [RESCINDED]. Supersedes the 2026-07-22 note's monthly re-check instruction, and supersedes the "last unrescinded circuit-wide mandate still standing" framing here and in fl-ai-stale-publication-audit-2026-07.
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