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Under rule 2.515(d)(2) as amended effective June 15, 2026, each signer of a Florida court filing represents that the signer has read the document, that there are good grounds to support it, that it is not interposed for delay, and that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited"; the court may impose sanctions after notice and an opportunity to be heard. The Court's 2026 commentary describes the amendment as a statewide, uniform replacement for circuit administrative orders that imposed disclosure and certification requirements about the use of artificial intelligence, and AOSC26-12 addresses the circuit- and judge-level requirements.
Florida > Statewide — all courts, all filers (attorneys and self-represented litigants)
(d) Representation to Court. … (2) Representation by Signer. On filing, each signer represents that: (A) the signer has read the document; (B) to the best of the signer’s knowledge, information, and belief, there are good grounds to support the document; and (C) the document is not interposed for delay; and (D) the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited. The Court may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, impose sanctions for any filing inconsistent with this representation after providing the signer notice and an opportunity to be heard. Such sanctions may include reprimand, contempt, striking of the document, dismissal of proceedings, costs, attorneys’ fees, or other sanctions. … Court Commentary 2026 Amendment. The Court adopted the 2026 amendments to subdivision (d)(2) principally to create a statewide, uniform replacement for varied circuit court administrative orders imposing disclosure and certification requirements about the use of artificial intelligence in filings. … AOSC26-12 (effective June 15, 2026) bars courts from imposing AI disclosure or certification requirements "whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means."
"(D) the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited." / "The Court may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, impose sanctions for any filing inconsistent with this representation after providing the signer notice and an opportunity to be heard. Such sanctions may include reprimand, contempt, striking of the document, dismissal of proceedings, costs, attorneys' fees, or other sanctions." / AOSC26-12: "courts may not impose such requirements – whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means."
Reviewer note: Verified verbatim against the official opinion appendix and AOSC26-12 on 2026-07-05. Comment window open until 2026-08-11 — recheck for post-comment changes. | 2026-10-03 (fix program 2026-10-03, H1 sweep): the stale sentence "Comments to the Court are due August 11, 2026" is removed (the comment period closed; The Florida Bar's rules index on 2026-10-03 lists the July 1, 2026 edition, which carries amended subdivision (d)(2) and the 2026 commentary, as current). The requirement text now quotes (d)(2) and the first sentence of the 2026 commentary verbatim from that edition; the AOSC26-12 quotation is unchanged from the 2026-07-05 verification. The receipt moved from the opinion PDF on flcourts-media.flcourts.gov (robots.txt there disallows User-agent *; robots audit 2026-10-03) to the July 1, 2026 edition on the Bar's host.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.