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25 verbatim mandatory provisions from 18-02-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. • Proof of death shall consist of a death certificate or any official notification of death by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or the Department of Heath (Vital Statistics). 2. • The following offenses shall be returnable before the County Court at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way, Sanford, Florida at 9:00 A.M. on the arraignment docket assigned to the law enforcement agency making the arrest or issuing the Uniform Citation or Summons: a. • The following offenses shall be returnable before the County Court at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way, Sanford, Florida on the eighth Friday after date of offense at 9:00 A.M.: a. • The following return dates shall be given out by the corresponding Law Enforcement Agencies for initial return/arraignment dates in misdemeanor and criminal traffic cases: 1. • When a defendant is arrested on any offense all contemporaneously issued traffic citations including civil infraction charges shall accompany the arrest and booking report and shall be placed on the same arraignment docket as the charge for which the defendant is arrested. c. • Any charge including civil infractions made contemporaneously with a charge requiring an appearance on a court arraignment docket shall also be made returnable on said arraignment docket so that all charges are kept together for disposition. d. • When a defendant is arrested on any misdemeanor Domestic Violence offense including Battery, Assault, Contempt of Court - Violation of Injunction for Protection, and Violation of Conditions of Release - Domestic Violence, the Initial Appearance Clerk shall provide the initial return/arraignment date in the misdemeanor case as the fourth FRIDAY after arrest. 5. • If the defendant is charged with Failure to Show Proof of Insurance and fails to answer the citation or cannot provide proof of personal injury protection, the clerk shall suspend the registration and driver’s license of said person pursuant to Sections 316.646(3) and 318.15, Florida Statutes. c. • If the defendant is charged with any violation of Florida Statutes 316.646 when operating a motorcycle, the Clerk shall dismiss the citation at no cost to the defendant. d. • In such case, the difference between the correct amount and the amount accepted shall be allocated pro-rata as provided by law after deduction of the court costs. e. • If the defendant is charged with an equipment violation on a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to Florida Statutes 316.302, and 49 CFR parts 100 – 399, the following offenses shall be made returnable to the Traffic Violations Bureau, Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way (P. • The Clerk shall have the authority to schedule a civil emergency ID hearing for a defendant whose driver’s history reflects a Seminole County civil traffic infraction conviction when the defendant’s license or driving privilege is then under suspension for that infraction and the defendant swears that he or she was not the driver to whom the citation was issued. • The Clerk shall have the authority in civil traffic infractions to issue a D-6 clearance (“suspended in error”), in advance of the civil ID hearing, without charge, when, in the discretion of the Clerk, the defendant has a credible basis for requesting the civil ID hearing. 6. • The following offenses shall be set for a hearing before a Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way, Sanford, Florida: a. • Only upon a specific written request of the defendant contained in a Request for a Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing form or a specific request in a Notice of Appearance or written plea shall the case be assigned to a County Court Judge. • All civil infractions and parking infractions issued in conjunction with criminal violations shall remain with the criminal charge(s) for arraignment before a County Court Judge. 7. • In order to be accepted by the Clerk, citations shall be complete, legible, signed by the defendant, and filed with the Clerk within five (5) business days of issuance. • Citations shall be made returnable to the Traffic Violations Bureau, Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way (P.O. • The defendant shall pay a fine of $20.00, plus $10.00 court costs, plus any appropriate legislative assessments for all citations issued for offenses enumerated in any subsection of the following section of Chapter 16-D-2: a. 16D-2.002 Vehicular and Traffic b. 16D-2.003 Park property c. 16D-2.004 Recreation Activities d 16D-2.005 Camping and Cabins -- 5 of 7 -- 6 e. 16D-2.006 Nuisances f. 16D-2.007 Behavior g. 16D-2.008 Merchandising, Advertising and Signs h. 16D-2009 Sanitation i. 16D-2.010 Miscellaneous 3. • If the defendant fails to dispose of the citation pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the defendant shall be set on an arraignment docket and proper notices shall be furnished to him or her by the Clerk. • Such citations shall be returnable to the Traffic Violations Bureau, Criminal Justice Center, 101 Eslinger Way (P. • The defendant shall pay a fine of $50.00 which includes court costs of $10.00; $3.00 pursuant to Florida Statutes 938.01; and, $2.00 pursuant to Florida Statutes 938.15 for all offenses under Chapter 51-4, Florida Administrative Code, with the exception of 51-4.005(5) (Artifacts), 51- 4.005(6) (Cave Formations) and 51-4.007(5) (Pollution of Waters) for which the defendant shall pay a fine of $100.00 which includes court costs of $10.00; $3.00 pursuant to Florida Statutes 938.01; and, $2.00 pursuant to Florida Statutes 938.15. 3. • If the defendant fails to dispose of the citation pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the defendant shall be set on an arraignment docket and proper notices shall be furnished to him or her by the Clerk. 9. • This order shall govern the disposition of citations issued October 1, 2006 and thereafter. • The provisions of this order shall also govern dispositions of citations issued prior to said date which are pending and not in a D-6 status as of the date of this order.
Proof of death shall consist of a death certificate or any official notification of death by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or the Department of Heath (Vital Statistics). 2.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 1e968f2c0d32dcbe3000ad5a085615f2522aa88c4a0deb48a0594b9e071e8a63 (124193 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.