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28 verbatim mandatory provisions from 08-18-s-amd.
Eighteenth 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. • PROCESS SERVERS - Procedures for Appointment of Certified Process Servers and Grievances _____________________________________________________________________________ _ WHEREAS, Secs. 48.25-48.31, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Chief Judge of each Circuit to qualify, appoint and remove certified process servers in the respective Circuits, it is therefore ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, there shall be established an approved list of certified process servers, for Seminole County, who may be chosen by counsel without the necessity of a motion and order in each individual case, pursuant to the following requirements: • QUALIFICATION OF CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVERS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE APPROVED LIST The prospective certified process server must meet and comply with the following requirements: a. • Applicant must complete with a passing grade an orientation program in service of process laws and rules conducted by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. • The Seminole County Sheriff’s office shall maintain on file a certificate of successful completion of that program. • If applicant does not activate the process server certification within one year of completing the orientation, they must resubmit to orientation. • If a certified process server does not renew within one year of their last -- 2 of 6 -- 3 expiration date, the applicant must submit to a new orientation program and begin the certification process from the beginning. g. • A certified process server, and if applicable, the employing agency, must notify the Seminole Sheriff if the bond lapses for any reason during the period of appointment. h. • APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT Any individual seeking appointment as a certified process server under this Order shall make his/her request for such appointment to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. • Such application shall be in affidavit form, filed with Sheriff’s office and shall include the following information: a. • The applicant must certify that the original has been delivered to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. f. • Each application shall include non-refundable processing fees made payable to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. • If the application does not facially meet said requirements, the fees shall be returned to the applicant with the deficiencies pointed out. • BACKGROUND CHECK OF CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER Upon receiving application, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shall conduct a background investigation of the applicant. • Neither the Sheriff, Clerk of Court nor the Chief Judge or his/her designee, by virtue of this Order, shall bear any civil liability for a certified process server's action. • The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the Clerk of Court, and the Seminole County Office of Court Administration shall maintain a current list of all certified process servers. b. • The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office shall issue an identification card to each certified process server bearing his/her identification number, printed name, signature, photograph, seal of the Circuit Court and an expiration date. • DUTIES Each certified process server shall comply with all of the duties and responsibilities of certified process servers set forth in Chapters 48 and 49, Florida Statutes and this Order, as the same now exists, and as may hereafter be amended or modified. • PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT Any appointment granted under this Order, shall be valid until the expiration of the Order of Appointment, not to exceed a period of one year. • Persons appointed under this order may apply for renewal of appointment prior to, or upon, expiration of the Order of Appointment. • Said request for renewal shall contain all information required by Paragraph II a-f, above, shall be delivered to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and shall contain non-refundable processing fees payable to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. • The Sheriff shall conduct such background investigation of the applicant as the Sheriff deems necessary to determine the applicant's continued fitness. • Upon compliance, as determined by the Chief Judge or his/her designee, through the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the certified process server shall continue in good standing until the expiration of the Order renewing appointment, have his/her identification card with new expiration date renewed by the appropriate Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, and the name of the certified process server shall be continued on the list maintained by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the Clerk of Court, and the Court Administration office. • Failure to timely and properly renew shall cause the name of the certified process server automatically to be removed from the list and such person shall lose all standing as a certified process server until such time as standing is re-established. • The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the Clerk of Court and the Court Administration office shall maintain for public inspection a current list of all persons authorized to act as a certified process server in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit pursuant to the Order of Appointment or renewal signed by the Chief Judge or his/her designee. -- 4 of 6 -- 5 b. • The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office shall maintain for public inspection a file containing copies of all approved applications, a file containing all Orders appointing individuals to the approved list of certified process servers, a file containing all Orders denying appointment, and a file containing all Orders removing individuals from the approved list of certified process servers. c. • The Seminole County Sheriff's Office shall provide to the Clerk of Court for Seminole County, the Clerk of Court for Brevard County, Court Administration for Seminole County, and Court Administration for Brevard County the names of all persons authorized to act as a certified process server in the 18th Judicial Circuit pursuant to the Order of Appointment or Order of Renewal signed by the Chief Judge or his/her designee. • The chief judge shall conduct a hearing at which the process server may appear and offer evidence. • The hearing shall be summary in nature, and the formal rules of evidence shall not apply.
PROCESS SERVERS - Procedures for Appointment of Certified Process Servers and Grievances _____________________________________________________________________________ _ WHEREAS, Secs. 48.25-48.31, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Chief Judge of each Circuit to qualify, appoint and remove certified process servers in the respective Circuits, it is therefore ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, there shall be established an approved list of certified process servers, for Seminole County, who may be chosen by counsel without the necessity of a motion and order in each individual case, pursuant to the following requirements:
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 0b5564c4f196b9a446890323802130d11365b6c7c9c239d66e645131313368da (108011 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 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.