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18 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2025-012.
Thirteenth 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. • If a notice to appear or arrest affidavit consists of both a criminal offense and a municipal ordinance violation, the clerk must treat the municipal ordinance violation as ancillary and assign the case in accordance with the assignment provisions for the criminal offense. • Defendants who are incarcerated on a technical violation of probation will be set for arraignment within 7 working days. • Assignment of Probable Cause Application When a seizure of property is made under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, the seizing law enforcement agency must timely apply ex parte to the presiding judge of County Criminal Division "C" for an initial order determining whether probable cause exists for the seizure of the property. • Confidentiality If the law enforcement agency wishes the court to seal any portion of the application or sworn affidavit, it must e-mail to the judicial assistant of County Criminal Division "C" a separate Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records simultaneously with the application. • In accordance with the procedure outlined in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.420(e), the application and sworn affidavit "must be treated as confidential by Page 6 of 13- Administrative Order S-2025-012 (County Criminal Division) -- 6 of 13 -- the clerk pending the court's ruling on the motion. " Upon the judge making a decision on the Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records, the judicial assistant will notify the law enforcement agency attorney, request an appropriate order be submitted, and provide the Clerk's Administrative File number that has been assigned to the application and motion. • Setting Motion for Hearing To set a motion for hearing , the attorney must contact the judicial assistant in the appropriate division to obtain a motion calendar date. • All motions, other than a Motion for Discharge or Motion for Speedy Trial , that are intended to be scheduled for hearing must be e-filed simultaneously with a Notice of Hearing after coordinating the hearing time with the opposing attorn ey or party. • Deadline All motions and notices of hearing must be filed by at least 12 : 00 p.m. on th e business day before the scheduled hearing . • Case Law Any party wishing to use case law for arguing in support of or in opposition to a filed motion must provide an electronic copy of the case law along with a copy of the notice of hearing and motion to the presiding judge's office and to opposing counsel or opposing party at least two business days prior to the motion hearing. • Modification of Bail Except for bond and release on recognizance motions which are filed and heard in Division "0" prior to a defendant's scheduled arraignment, all other motions for modification of bail will be scheduled and heard in the division assigned under section 3 of this administrative order. • Setting Cases for Trial If a defendant is entitled to a jury trial but elects to have a non- jury trial, the defendant must personally sign and file with the court a Waiver of Jury Trial form . • If a non-jury trial date is to be set at arraignment or pretrial conference, and a Waiver of Jury Trial form has not been filed, the defendant must be present at the arraignment or pretrial Page 8 of 13 -Administrative Order S-2025-0 12 (County Criminal Division) -- 8 of 13 -- conference. 8. • Presence of Defendant The defendant must be present at any jury pretrial conference unless the defendant has s i gned and filed a written Waiver of Appearance form . • If an attorney who is to conduct the trial does not attend the pretrial conference, the attorney who appears must be fully advised about the case and be fully prepared to resolve any issues which may arise . • Resolution of Pretrial Motions Except for good cause shown, all evidentiary and other motions must be filed, heard and resolved prior to the pretrial conference . • Completion of Discovery All discovery, including the taking of depositions, must be completed before the pretrial conference . • Plea All persons charged with a criminal traffic offense must enter a plea in open court before the judge, unless the defendant signs a written waiver in accordance with Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.200(c). • Any person charged with a criminal traffic offense and who enters a plea of not guilty in open court will not be permitted to change such plea unless in open court . 10.
If a notice to appear or arrest affidavit consists of both a criminal offense and a municipal ordinance violation, the clerk must treat the municipal ordinance violation as ancillary and assign the case in accordance with the assignment provisions for the criminal offense.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: f2479ae6cbf0c9e7805101e25eedd6bbddeaae3d4eb6f1465a584a990425cea2 (3773657 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.
A DV injunction petition is reviewed promptly; the court may issue a temporary injunction ex parte, and when it does, a full evidentiary hearing is generally set within 15 days. There is no filing fee.
Judge Lee requires a detailed emergency motion stating the issues, why an emergency hearing is necessary, and the presentation time needed — the FSC-template standard now appearing across 2026 division procedures.
Judge Thomas: an emergency motion not properly filed with the clerk will not be treated as an emergency — the clerk channel is the only emergency channel.