4 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2024-007 only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • IN RE:AO 2024-007 APPOINTMENT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION HEARING OFFICER • WHEREAS, sections 318.30 through 318.38 of the Florida Statutes and Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.630 establish the Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer Program, authorize the appointment of civil traffic infraction hearing officers and establish such hearing officers’ jurisdiction; and • WHEREAS, pursuant to section 318.35 of the Florida Statutes, civil traffic infraction hearing officers serve at the pleasure of the chief judge of the county and circuit in which they are to hear cases and shall have no definite term of office; and • KENNON III (effective as of March 27, 2024) is hereby appointed as Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer for Columbia County, Florida, with all the duties and responsibilities of that office in accordance with Florida law.
IN RE:AO 2024-007 APPOINTMENT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION HEARING OFFICER
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: /requirement/i. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.