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No administrative order in the Third Judicial Circuit imposes an AI disclosure, certification or tool-identification duty. Filers in the seven counties are governed by the statewide rule alone.
All seven counties. SCOPE OF THIS FINDING, stated precisely: BenchPath fetched and sha256-hashed all 464 live media PDFs on 2026-07-22 and searched the 285 that carry a machine-readable text layer for artificial intelligence, word-bounded AI, generative, ChatGPT, large language model, machine learning, hallucinat, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Lexis+AI and Co-Counsel — zero hits (the three Co-Counsel matches are the legal term in the media policy and attorney-registry applications). 179 documents are image-only scans that NO keyword search can reach. Of those 179, only ten carry filenames implying 2023 or later — the window in which any AI order would fall — and none is an AI order by title (Professionalism Panel orders, General Assignment orders, a Court Reporting Plan, and a traffic hearing officer appointment). The remaining image-only documents date from 1972–2022. This is a searched negative with a declared unread remainder, not an exhaustive one.
BenchPath found no local AI requirement in the Third Judicial Circuit. What governs is statewide: Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) (SC2026-0673) makes every signer represent that cited authorities exist and are accurately cited, and AOSC26-12 bars circuits and judges from imposing separate AI requirements through local administrative orders, court policies or judicial practices and procedures. AI-assisted drafting is not prohibited; the signer bears responsibility for verifying every citation.
Courts may not impose such requirements - whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means. [AOSC26-12]
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.