Administrative Order 2024-14 (superseding Second Amended AO 2017-03) is the circuit's process-server regime: application, certification, renewal, discipline, and the approved-server list for Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties.
Service of process in all four counties; 30 pages including application exhibits.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2024-14 (Supersedes Second Amended Administrative Order 2017-03) — Certification and Regulation of Process Servers.
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Service of pleadings and documents after the initial pleading is made by e-mail — in practice through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal's e-service feature — to the designated service addresses on file.
Judge Eckley-Moulder: when an unrepresented party is in the case, the lawyer presenting a post-hearing order must give the JA stamped, addressed envelopes for service; civil hearings default to Zoom, and cancellations MUST be confirmed by the JA.