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S.D. Fla. Local Rule 3.1 — Docketing And Trial — the district court's own Local Rule, verbatim from the 2025 Local Rules book (effective December 1, 2025), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every S.D. Fla. courtroom alongside any judge-specific preferences.
Actions and proceedings shall be tried in their county of origin, except that Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie County actions and proceedings shall be tried at Fort Pierce, Florida. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any civil or criminal proceeding or trial may, upon Order of Court and in the interest of justice, the status of the docket, or to assure compliance with requirements imposed under the Speedy Trial Act, be conducted at any jury division within the District. 15 Effective December 1, 1994. Amended effective April 15, 2007; April 15, 2010; December 1, 2011; December 1, 2015. Authority (1993) Former Local Rules 1 and 2. Collier, Hendry and Glades Counties were transferred to the Middle District of Florida by P.L. 100-702.
Actions and proceedings shall be tried in their county of origin, except that Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie County actions and proceedings shall be tried at Fort Pierce, Florida. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any civil or criminal proceeding or t
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).