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8 verbatim mandatory provisions from 25-24-b-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. • One of the judges serving in the County Court shall be appointed as Administrative Judge by the Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. • The judge of each County Civil and Small Claims Court Division shall be responsible for the progress and conduct of all cases assigned to that division from inception to conclusion, including, but not limited to pretrial, trial, and post-trial motions, and shall exercise supervision over the preparation of all calendars and dockets of cases assigned to the division. • The Clerk of the Court shall assign County Civil cases to the five County Civil and Small Claims Court Divisions as follows: • (1) The Clerk of the Court shall establish a system for the assignment of County Civil cases based the on the zip code of the defendant for each case. • Upon the filing of a complaint with the Clerk’s Office, the judge assignment shall be made first by determination of an appropriate jurisdiction by breakdown of zip codes as follows: a. • (1) The Clerk of the Court shall assign all newly filed North Jurisdiction Small Claims cases to Division 1 – Judge Baker. • (2) The Clerk of the Court shall assign all newly filed Central Jurisdiction Small Claims cases to Division 9 – Judge Peacock. • The Administrative Judge of both the Circuit and County Court Divisions, in addition to those duties specifically assigned herein, shall be responsible for the general supervision of that department and shall perform those administrative duties necessary to its efficient and effective operation in conformity with the applicable policies, procedures, and rules governing the administration of that department as contemplated by Rule 2.215(b)(5), Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration.
One of the judges serving in the County Court shall be appointed as Administrative Judge by the Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: b8208682f8f2c5ba23b7ec842556f4c25401abc74856d98f07c2972a13d24133 (146313 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.