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40 verbatim mandatory provisions from 05-23-b.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• The administrative Judge of the Circuit Civil Division shall create and maintain for Court Administration a list of persons who are qualified to serve as arbitrators. 2. • To be qualified as an arbitrator, one must be a member of The Florida Bar for 5 years and comply with the qualifications and training requirements set forth in Florida Rules of Arbitration 11.010, 11.020, and 11.110, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. • Completed applications shall be delivered to the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Civil Division or the Administrative Judge of County Court. • The list of qualified arbitrators shall be designated as the 18th Judicial Circuit’s List of Qualified Arbitrators. 3. • Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Florida, as well as with all orders and directives as may be approved by the Chief Judge. • The time and place of the arbitration hearing shall be scheduled by the arbitrator(s), after consulting with the parties and their attorneys. • The arbitration hearing shall be conducted within Brevard County Florida. 4. • The attached Order of Referral, or a substantially similar order, shall be used by the presiding Judge on all cases referred to arbitration. • Arbitrators in this Circuit, conducting court ordered non- binding arbitration, shall be compensated at an hourly rate not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) per hour. • The Arbitrator’s fee shall be paid within 15 days of the conclusion of said hearing. • All Circuit and County Judges (Brevard County) Court Administration (Brevard and Seminole Counties) Clerk of Court (Brevard County) State Attorney (Brevard County) Public Defender (Brevard County) Sheriff (Brevard County) Bar Association (Brevard County) Law Library (Brevard County IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: __________________ Petitioner/Plaintiff, vs Respondent/Defendant _______________________________/ ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ARBITRATION Pursuant to Rules 1.700, 1.800 to 1.810, and 1.820, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure; 43.103, Florida Statutes; and Rules 11.010 and 11.020, Florida Rules Court-Appointed Arbitrators; the parties are hereby referred to non-binding arbitration, which shall be conducted according to the aforementioned authorities and rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Florida. • If the parties choose to select the arbitrator(s), they shall do so from the approved arbitrator list maintained by Court Administration. • If the parties choose to select a three-member arbitration panel, the plaintiff(s) and the defendant(s) shall each select one arbitrator, and those two arbitrators shall select the third arbitrator who shall serve as the Chief Arbitrator of the panel. If the parties select an arbitrator(s) other than those named above, notice of such selection shall be given to the court by the parties designating their selected arbitrator(s) on the attached Arbitration Acknowledgement Form, setting forth the name(s), address(es) and telephone number(s) of the selected arbitrator(s). • The said form shall be filed by plaintiff’s counsel (or by defendant’s counsel if the plaintiff is appearing pro-se) no later than 20 days after the date of this order. • If the Arbitration Acknowledgement Form is not timely filed, the parties shall be deemed to have waived the option to select the arbitrator(s), and the arbitrator(s) named in this order shall hear and decide the arbitration proceedings. • The first arbitration hearing shall be held within sixty (60) days of this Order. • The arbitrator(s) shall attempt to coordinate the dates and times for arbitration with the parties/attorneys. • Within thirty (30) days of this Order, the Chief Arbitrator shall notify the parties of the date, time and place of the arbitration hearing. • The actual Notice of Arbitration is attached to, and incorporated into this Order, and shall be completed by the Chief Arbitrator and forwarded to the attorneys for each party and all pro se litigants. • If there is a lack of cooperation and/or a failure to meet the time limits imposed by this Order, the arbitrator shall file a Notice of Non-Compliance and shall supply the assigned judge a copy of same. • The parties/attorneys shall follow the arbitration procedures detailed in the Notice of Arbitration. • Notice of Court Ordered Non-Binding Arbitration Arbitration Acknowledgement Form Copies furnished: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: __________________ Petitioner/Plaintiff, vs Respondent/Defendant _______________________________/ NOTICE OF COURT ORDERED ARBITRATION You are herby notified that the court-ordered arbitration in this matter shall take place as follows: • An arbitrator shall have the power to administer oaths or affirmations; conduct the arbitration proceedings; issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, documents, and other evidence; and may apply to the court for orders compelling such attendance and production. 4. • Subpoenas shall be served and shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law. 5. • Individual parties or authorized representatives of corporate parties shall attend the arbitration hearing, unless excused in advance by the arbitrator(s) for good cause shown. • Arbitration proceedings are quasi-judicial proceedings and, as such, are to have the same procedural safeguards as judicial proceedings, even though they are not meant to be conducted with formality of court; each party must have a full hearing in the presence of the other party, unless such right is waived by agreement or conduct. 7. • Presentation of testimony shall be kept to a minimum; matters shall be presented to the arbitrator(s) primarily through statements and arguments of counsel. 9. • When a party fails to appear at a hearing, the arbitrator(s) may proceed with the hearing and shall render a decision, based upon the facts and circumstances, as presented by the parties present. 13. • Arbitration shall be completed within thirty (30) days of the first arbitration hearing, unless extended by order of the court on motion of the arbitrator or of a party. • No extension of time shall be for a period exceeding sixty (60) days from the date of the first arbitration hearing. 15. • Within ten (10) days of the final adjournment of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator(s) shall notify the parties, in writing, of the decision. • The arbitrator(s) shall indicate in the decision which party prevailed on each claim/counter-claim. • The arbitrator’s decision and the originals of any transcripts shall be sealed and filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the time the parties are notified of the decision. • Any objection that an award was not made within the time required is waived, unless the objecting party notifies the arbitrators in writing of his/her objection prior to the delivery of the award to him/her. 16. • An arbitration decision shall be final if a request for a trial de novo is not filed within twenty (20) days of the filing of the sealed decision. 17. • If a motion for trial de novo is not made within twenty (20) days of filing of the sealed decision, the decision shall be referred to the presiding judge, who shall enter such orders and judgments as may be required to carry out the terms of the decision, as provided by 44.103(4), Florida Statutes. • Such orders shall be enforceable by the contempt powers of the court and execution on such judgments shall issue on request of a party. 18. • The arbitrator shall complete the Arbitrator Statistical Summary Form twenty (20) days after the written decision has been served to all parties and return the form to Court Administration. _____________________ __________________________ Date Chief Arbitrator Certificate of Service I certify that a copy of this document was ( ) mailed, ( ) faxed and mailed, ( ) hand delivered to the person(s) listed below on (date)______________________________ Other party or his/her attorney: • Name: _______________________________ Address: ____________________________ City, State, Zip: ___________________ Fax Number: _________________________ Date: _______________________________ _____________________________ Signature of Party Original to Clerk for court file Copies furnished to: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.:_________________ ARBITRATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM This form shall be filed by counsel for Plaintiff or, if Plaintiff is pro se, by counsel for the Defendant. • A trial de novo was requested within 20 days of the serving of the written decision of the Arbitrator.
The administrative Judge of the Circuit Civil Division shall create and maintain for Court Administration a list of persons who are qualified to serve as arbitrators. 2.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: b9be77344639d1dea43f163d9702e6df5d8bb3f31a6b51791b6dc333df1d18f9 (138349 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. | Scope corrected 2026-08-03: the 18th numbers county-specific orders with -b (Brevard) and -s (Seminole); unsuffixed orders are circuit-wide. This rule was bulk-tagged to one county at harvest; the court's own numbering convention now controls. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched. 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. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.