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S.D. Fla. Local Rule 3.3 — Civil Cover Sheet — 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.
Every Complaint or other document initiating a civil action shall be accompanied by a completed civil cover sheet. See form available on the Court’s website ( www.flsd.uscourts.gov). This requirement is solely for administrative purposes, and matters appearing only on the civil cover sheet have no legal effect in the action. If counsel becomes aware of an error in the civil cover sheet, counsel shall file and serve a notice that identifies the error. Effective December 1, 1994. Amended effective April 15, 2007; December 3, 2012; December 1, 2015; December 3, 2018. Authority (1993) Former Local Rule 4. Model Rule 3.1; paragraph allowing for filing certain cover sheets to be added nunc pro tunc and pro se exemption omitted.
Every Complaint or other document initiating a civil action shall be accompanied by a completed civil cover sheet. See form available on the Court’s website ( www.flsd.uscourts.gov). This requirement is solely for administrative purposes, and matters appearing only on the civil
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)).