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21 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2010-26 Technical Notification Letter & Notice to Appear for Violations for Felony Probation.
First Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • (d) failed to obtain permission prior to moving from an approved residence; • The TNL shall contain the following options for the assigned Judge=s determination: ! ____ No further action required. • If the Judge agrees the alleged violation does not require action by the Court, the TNL shall be forwarded to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for filing in the court file and a copy to the DOC. • If the Judge determines the alleged violation requires further review by the Court, the Judge shall return the TNL to the DOC with -- 2 of 5 -- instructions to either submit a Violation Report, Affidavit and Warrant as permitted by statute. • (a) The DOC shall verify that the offender has never been convicted of committing and is not currently alleged to have committed a qualifying offense as defined in §948.06(8)(c), Florida Statutes, and is not a Violent Felony Offender of Special Concern as defined in §948.06(8)(b), Florida Statutes. • (b) The DOC shall make contact with the Judge’s office to determine a date that shall be inserted in the Notice to Appear along with the time and place of the hearing on the violation. • The procedure for scheduling the hearings on the notices to appear will not be mandated by this order. • The DOC shall honor the calendaring requirements and arrangements of each judge in each division. • The original Notice to Appear shall be forwarded to the judge with a hearing date stated, then returned to the DOC after it is signed by the Judge. • (c) The DOC shall serve the offender with a copy of the Notice to Appear indicating the date of service on the original Notice to Appear. • (d) After service upon the offender, the DOC shall file the original and two copies of the Notice to Appear with the Clerk of Court who shall provide a copy to the State Attorney=s Office (hereinafter ASAO@), and a copy to the attorney for the defendant, if represented. • (e) If the DOC is unable to serve the Notice to Appear upon the offender within a reasonable time before the date set for the Notice to Appear, the -- 3 of 5 -- DOC shall return the Notice to Appear to the assigned Judge with a warrant for the offender=s arrest or with a written request to reschedule the Notice to Appear to a new date. 7. • The offender shall sign a statement agreeing to the amount of the outstanding monetary obligations. • The DOC shall provide notice of the request to modify or terminate and enter judgment(s) to the SAO. • In addition, the notice shall provide that unless the SAO objects to the request within ten (10) calendar days from the date of the notice from the DOC, the DOC shall submit the request to the Court without further notice or hearing. 10. • If the SAO objects to the request, the DOC shall submit the request together with the objection of the SAO and the matter shall be set for hearing on the next available VOP docket. 11. • If no objection is made by the SAO the DOC shall submit to the Judge an order modifying or terminating supervision and judgment(s) for the outstanding monetary obligation. • The request to the Judge must include a statement by the DOC that the SAO has been notified and the SAO has either consented or that ten (10) days has passed since the notification and no objection has been received from the SAO. 12. • The DOC’s Circuit Administrator for the First Judicial Circuit shall make a request, at least one time per year, of any Circuit Judge who is not participating in the program to determine whether the Judge opts into the program. 13. • The Department of Corrections within the First Judicial Circuit shall use the forms attached hereto and made a part hereof for any probation or community control case qualifying for processing pursuant to this program. -- 4 of 5 -- 14. • This order shall apply to county court violation of probation proceedings, and the administrative judge in each county shall coordinate with the respective county’s probation services entity, regardless of how it may be named, and with county judges to determine whether any county judge elects to opt into this program. 15.
(d) failed to obtain permission prior to moving from an approved residence;
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 016bdad2aa44e0b7e2f7fcf0cd92a8544b853aafad135501b10f0fb45f6459da (83367 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
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Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.