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19 verbatim mandatory provisions from 24-09-2nd-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. • For virtual hearings, exhibits or potential exhibits must be collected from the Clerk within 5 days or they will be destroyed by the Clerk. 2. • The Clerk is directed that certain types of evidence that are in the custody of the Clerk, shall not be viewed and/or copied without a court order (unless specifically noted below). • In the event any party intends to introduce evidence that contains or may contain HPN in any court proceeding, the party intending to introduce the evidence must file a notice of its possession of an HPN Exhibit at least five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference in a trial case, and ten (10) days prior to a hearing on a violation of probation. c. • The court shall conduct a pre-trial hearing to determine if the HPN Exhibits can be introduced by admission, statement of fact, photographs, stipulation and/or certificate of analysis. • The court shall not require any party or law enforcement agency to transport or bring the HPN Exhibits to the courthouse for the purpose of the pretrial hearing. d. • If the parties are unable to reach an agreement or stipulation at the pretrial hearing, the court clerk(s) shall promptly notify a manager in the court clerks’ division of the Clerk’s Office. e. • In the event that HPN Exhibits are brought into the courthouse for any purpose, including but not limited to trial, HPN Exhibits shall be double-bagged, sealed, and clearly labeled. • All HPN Exhibits shall be brought to the Courtroom in a clear, airtight, and waterproof container manufactured by Pelican Brand or other similar manufacturers with appropriate safety features to prevent spillage or airborne release of the HPN Exhibit. • Further, HPN Exhibits must be handled, labeled, and packaged in accordance with additional policies that may be established by federal or local law enforcement, which may be amended from time to time to ensure the safety of all court participants. • The HPN Exhibit shall not be removed from the clear container at any time while in the Courthouse. • The clear container shall stay with the agent bringing the HPN Exhibit to the Courthouse and shall be removed by the same agent upon completion of testimony regarding the HPN Exhibit.” Under no circumstance will the item be admitted into the Clerk’s evidence vault or kept by the Clerk in any way. • Photographs of the item that show initials and chain of custody evidence shall be admitted in lieu of the HPN Exhibit. -- 3 of 5 -- 4 f. • At the pretrial conference, if the parties are unable to stipulate to alternative presentations of the evidence and an HPN Exhibit is to be introduced into evidence, the court shall discuss and decide upon the protective gear that may be worn by trial participants, including but not limited to, attorneys, court deputies, court reporters, court clerks, and the court. • The court clerk(s) shall promptly mark photographs of and HPN exhibit to later be viewed by the jury. 5. • The Clerk shall receive and safely hold as evidence in custody for the court all evidence (including digital evidence) as directed by any judge of this circuit. b. • The Clerk’s obligation in maintaining digital evidence shall be strictly limited to the preservation of the physical form or device which contains the digital evidence (i.e. the Clerk shall only be responsible for maintaining the physical CD, the physical floppy disc, the physical jump/flash drive etc). • The Clerk shall not be required to ensure that the digital evidence on such physical form or device is maintained and/or preserved. 6. • Firearms, ammunition, and/or any weapons as defined by F.S. § 790.001 (any dirk, knife, metallic knuckles, slungshot, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or other deadly weapon), shall not be released to any party without a court order and shall only be released in the presence of a Sheriff’s Office deputy, or other sworn law enforcement officer. 7. • Should a court order be required in order to view confidential court records, any order granting access to confidential court records must: -- 4 of 5 -- 5 i. describe the confidential information with as much specificity as possible without revealing the confidential information, including specifying the precise location of the information within the court records; ii. identify the persons who are permitted to view the confidential information in the court records; iii. identify any person who is permitted to obtain copies of the confidential court records; and iv. state the time limits imposed on such access, if any, and any other applicable terms or limitations to such access.
For virtual hearings, exhibits or potential exhibits must be collected from the Clerk within 5 days or they will be destroyed by the Clerk. 2.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 072516065f012d786c6f7d91371a816aae78bc3f27a8b25937e87ab1913909fa (41825 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.
Most hearings set for 30 minutes or less are conducted by Zoom in CV-A; the setting order/notice prevails. Telephonic appearance is allowed if opposing counsel doesn't object — request it when scheduling.
In CV-B the parties agree whether attendance is Zoom or in person; hybrid is permitted, and the Notice of Hearing must state Hearing Room 701 with the division's published Zoom ID (275-150-7351).
In CV-C, appearing by Zoom is a privilege (log in five minutes early; Court hosts); presenting testimony remotely — any hearing or non-jury trial, any length — requires a written motion showing good cause under Rule 2.530(b)(2).