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28 verbatim mandatory provisions from OCAD 2026-04 Procedure Regarding E-Delivery & E-Service of Filings in Okaloosa County, Florida.
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. • PROCEDURE REGARDING E-DELIVERY & E-SERVICE OF FILINGS IN OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, mandated by the Supreme Court of Florida, e-delivery and/or e-service of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice is required; and WHEREAS, to establish a procedure for the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, to deliver Court pleadings, documents, and/or notices to the Assigned Judge and Staff Attorney(s) as well as to provide proper notice of any filings in the absence of printed documents (i.e. hard copies); and WHEREAS, to differentiate between the delivery of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice by the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, to the Assigned Judge and Staff Attorney(s); and WHEREAS, to differentiate between e-delivery and e-service of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice; and WHEREAS, to facilitate the proper delivery of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice by the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, it is therefore ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. • The administrative policies and procedures herein, shall be effective May 19, 2026. 2. • The Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, shall follow the administrative policies and procedures herein regarding the electronic delivery of all Court pleadings, documents, and/or notices to the Assigned Judge and Staff Attorney(s) in the absence of printed documents. 3. • The Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, shall deliver all Emergency Matters to the Assigned Judge via electronic mail (i.e., e-mail). • Any delivery of Emergency Matters via electronic mail shall be sent to the Assigned Judge and the Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant. • All Emergency Matters delivered via electronic mail must contain the following information in the subject line of that electronic mail: a. “EMERGENCY MATTER” b. • The Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, shall deliver all Notification Matters to the Assigned Judge and/or Staff Attorney(s) via electronic mail (i.e., e-mail). • Any delivery of Notification Matters via electronic mail shall be sent to the Assigned Judge, the Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant, and/or the Staff Attorney(s). • Any delivery of Notification Matters via electronic mail shall be sent to the Staff Attorney(s) for Okaloosa County. • All Notification Matters related to any case assigned to Division 006 shall be sent to: • All Notification Matters related to any case assigned to Division 001 and/or Division 002 shall be sent to: • All Notification Matters delivered via electronic mail must contain the following information in the subject line of that electronic mail: -- 3 of 5 -- -4- a. “NOTIFICATION MATTER” b. • Any Court pleading, document, and/or notice shall be delivered via electronic mail as an attachment and shall be attached as a Portable Document Format (i.e., PDF). • If any Court pleading, document, and/or notice cannot be attached as a Portable Document Format, then that Court pleading, document, and/or notice shall be delivered and cited as an electronic link to the website for the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, in the content of that electronic mail. • In the event that the Clerk of the Court is notified of a failure due to a technical issue in the delivery of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice, that pleading, document, and/or notice must be delivered by the Clerk of the Court to the Assigned Judge and Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant as printed documents (i.e., hard copies). • In the event that the Clerk of the Court is notified of a failure due to a technical issue in the delivery of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice, that pleading, document, and/or notice must be delivered by the Clerk of the Court, via courier, to the Assigned Judge, Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant, and Staff Attorney(s) as printed documents (i.e., hard copies). • In the event that the Assigned Judge is unavailable to receive any Emergency Matters, that Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant must provide advance notification to and make any necessary arrangements with an Alternate Judge to whom all Emergency Matters shall be delivered to and handled by during the Assigned Judge’s unavailability. • The Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant must further receive confirmation that the Alternate Judge is aware of any possible Emergency Matters and any information related thereto. • The Alternate Judge shall only be responsible for that Emergency Matter if advance notification was provided, and alternative arrangements were made by the Assigned Judge. • In the event the Assigned Judge is unavailable and after the necessary arrangements have been made with the Alternate Judge, the Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant must provide advance notification to the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida. • That advance notification must include the name of the Alternate Judge and transmitted to the Clerk of the Court via electronic mail. • EmergencyOrders@OkaloosaClerk.com In the event that advance notification of an Alternate Judge cannot be electronically sent to EmergencyOrders@OkaloosaClerk.com, the Clerk of the Court must electronically deliver Emergency Matters to the Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant as provided herein. -- 4 of 5 -- -5- 8. • Any Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant, or in the alternative, the Alternate Judge or Alternate Judge’s Judicial Assistant, must immediately acknowledge receipt of all Emergency Matters received via electronic delivery. • Upon acknowledgement of any Emergency Matter, the Assigned Judge or Assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant must inform the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, prior to 5:00 p.m. • That acknowledgement must set forth the Assigned Judge’s intention regarding the disposition of that Emergency Matter. • Any disposition must occur the same business day as the acknowledgment. • Any executed Order in response to an Emergency Matter shall be delivered to the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, via electronic filing (e-filing), or in the instance of a technical issue, hand delivery of printed documents by the Assigned Judge or Judge’s Judicial Assistant or, in the alternative, the Alternate Judge or Alternate Judge’s Judicial Assistant. • All applicable Orders in response to any Emergency Orders shall be sent via electronic mail by the Clerk of the Court to any appropriate Law Enforcement Office.
PROCEDURE REGARDING E-DELIVERY & E-SERVICE OF FILINGS IN OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, mandated by the Supreme Court of Florida, e-delivery and/or e-service of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice is required; and WHEREAS, to establish a procedure for the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, to deliver Court pleadings, documents, and/or notices to the Assigned Judge and Staff Attorney(s) as well as to provide proper notice of any filings in the absence of printed documents (i.e. hard copies); and WHEREAS, to differentiate between the delivery of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice by the Clerk of the Court for Okaloosa County, to the Assigned Judge and Staff Attorney(s); and WHEREAS, to differentiate between e-delivery and e-service of any Court pleading, document, and/or notice; and WHEREAS, to facilitate the proper delivery of any Court pleading, document
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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.
Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.
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.