2 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2023-002.
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. • Stat.; and WHEREAS section 27.5304(12)(b), Florida Statutes, authorizes the Chief Judge of every multicounty circuit to designate two judges to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine motions to exceed the fee limit, filed pursuant to section 27.5304(12)(a), Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS the geographic location and number of cases supports the need for a designee to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine the above-referenced motions filed in Columbia, Dixie, and Suwannee Counties; and WHEREAS the geographic location and number of cases supports the need for a designee to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine the above-referenced motions filed in Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, and Taylor Counties, It is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that effective immediately: 1. • In accordance with section 27.5304(12)(a), Flo1ida Statutes, an attorney filing a motion pursuant to section 27.5304, must send a copy of the motion to the office of the Chief Judge, and to the office of the Circuit Judge designated herein for the county in which the motion is filed to coordinate scheduling and disposition of the motion.
Stat.; and WHEREAS section 27.5304(12)(b), Florida Statutes, authorizes the Chief Judge of every multicounty circuit to designate two judges to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine motions to exceed the fee limit, filed pursuant to section 27.5304(12)(a), Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS the geographic location and number of cases supports the need for a designee to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine the above-referenced motions filed in Columbia, Dixie, and Suwannee Counties; and WHEREAS the geographic location and number of cases supports the need for a designee to preside over evidentiary hearings and determine the above-referenced motions filed in Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, and Taylor Counties, It is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that effective immediately: 1.
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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.