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18 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2017-001.
Third Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor). 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 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. No OCR. Only sentences carrying mandatory language are reproduced — the full order is in custody and is the controlling text. • I he schedulmg of court mterpreters, pursuant to the Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule 2.560, shall occur only through the Court Interpreter Program. • Requests for court interpreters shall be made no less than three (3) days in advance of the court date absent exceptional circumstances. • Additional addresses will prevent delivery to the interpreter address. 2 -- 2 of 7 -- Persons making the interpreter request must include the following information: a. the style of the case; b. the date and time the interpreter is needed; c. the language needed; d. the name ofthe person requiring the service; e. the name and telephone number of the person making the request; f. the location of the event; and g. the estimated duration of the event. 5. • If receipt of the interpreter request is not confirmed within 24 hours, call 386-758-2163 to confirm the request. • Pursuant to Rule 14.205(a), Florida Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters, certified interpreters shall be given priority when scheduling interpreters. • The appointment of an interpreter who is not certified, language skilled, or provisionally approved shall be limited to a specific proceeding and shall not be extended to subsequent proceedings in a case without additional findings of good cause. • The presiding judge must qualify the language interpreter prior to the utilization of the interpreter, in a manner consistent with Judicial Administration Rule 2.560(e)(2) or Rule 2.560(e)(3). 9. • Interpreters certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deafi'National 3 -- 3 of 7 -- Association of the Deaf shall be appointed to provide interpreting services to court participants who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, or deaf blind. • Prior to commencement of each court event, a court interpreter must be qualified by the presiding judge and take an oath pursuant to section 90.606 (3), Florida Statutes. • Currently, real-time, full-motion video and audio over a dedicated high-speed, wide-bandwidth video connection or wireless connection that delivers high quality video images that do not produce lags, choppy, grainy or blurry images or irregular pauses; a sharply delineated image that is large enough to display the interpreter's face, arms, hands and fingers, and the participating individuals face, arms, hands and fingers regardless of his or her body position; and a clear audible transmission of voices are required. • All calls placed to Language Line using the Court Administration account information shall be followed up with an e-mail to in terpreter@iud3.flcourts.org or phone call to Court Administration 386-758-2163. • Persons who request a sign language interpreter must inform the Court Interpreter Program of a cancellation at least two working da ys prior to the scheduled event. • Persons who request a foreign language interpreter must inform the Court 5 -- 5 of 7 -- Interpreter Program of a cancellation twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled court even!. • A court interpreter must notify the Court Interpreter Program immediately if unable to interpret at a scheduled even!. • If an interpreter expects to be late to an event, the interpreter shall immediately noury Court AdmmJstrauon at 386 758-2163. 21. • In those instances, each defendant or party to a proceeding in need of 6 -- 6 of 7 -- interpretative services shall be assigned an interpreter. • In extenuating circumstances, the parties may waive any potential conflict and/or the interpreter shall be provided sufficient breaks to ensure accurate interpretation. 23. • All Court participants and Court Administration must make the best use of the interpreter's time and availability by ensuring that those cases requiring an interpreter are promptly called and brought to the court's attention. 24.
I he schedulmg of court mterpreters, pursuant to the Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule 2.560, shall occur only through the Court Interpreter Program.
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25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.
10 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2014-025.
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.