3 verbatim requirements from Eleventh Circuit administrative order 12-13.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the operative section of Eleventh Circuit administrative order 12-13, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • CRIMINAL DIVISION The Circuit Court Judges in the Criminal Division are authorized to hear and dispose of all cases originally filed or transferred to their respective divisions, including those cases that are subsequently reduced to misdemeanors by the filing of a “bind-down to county court” Information. However, such authorization shall not extend to the final disposition of misdemeanor or traffic bench warrants and “bind-down” Informations in traffic and domestic violence cases, in light of the unique administrative and clerical procedures entailed in such cases. Only consideration of release conditions and/or bond reductions shall be given to “bind-down” traffic and domestic violence cases, as well as traffic or misdemeanor bench warrant cases. - 2 - • GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION The Circuit Court Judges in the General Jurisdiction Division are authorized to hear and dispose of those cases originally filed in or transferred to their respective divisions that are subsequently reduced in jurisdictional amounts or criteria to County Court matters. • GENERAL AUTHORIZATION In addition to the specific matters listed above, I hereby designate all Circuit Court Judges, including those Circuit Court Judges that may be appointed or elected during the time that this Administrative Order is in existence, to temporarily serve as Acting County Court Judges to hear, try, conduct, and determine those cases or matters assigned to them by the Administrative or Associate Administrative Judges of the various divisions of the County Court, and to thereafter dispose of all those matters considered by them during said period. All Judges will also continue to serve as Circuit Court Judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and accept such other assignments as directed by the Administrative or Associate Administrative Judge of the divisions to which they are regularly assigned. Circuit Court Judges, under and by virtue of the authority hereof, are hereby vested with all and singular powers conferred by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of Florida upon a Judge of the Circuit and County Courts to which they are hereby assigned. - 3 - This Administrative Order shall be effective July 1, 2012, through and inclusive of December 31, 2012. This Administrative Order shall be effective upon signing.
CRIMINAL DIVISION The Circuit Court Judges in the Criminal Division are authorized to hear and dispose of all cases originally filed or transferred to their respective divisions, including those cases that are subsequently reduced to misdemeanors by the filing of a “bind-down to county court” Information. However, such authorization shall not extend to the final disposition of misdemeanor or traffic bench warrants and “bind-down” Informations in traffic and domestic violence cases, in light of the unique administrative and clerical procedures entailed in such cases. Only consideration of release conditions and/or bond reductions shall be given to “bind-down” traffic and domestic violence cases, as well as traffic or misdemeanor bench warrant cases. - 2 -
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: a6d04d2e839420165510b1e4a780cfe69f4d87511666f289c80daf492b13d9c6. Read from the order's ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs.
18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
13 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Interpreter Services – English — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.