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6 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2025-002.
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. • ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2025-002 (Supersedes AO 2023-006) UNIFORM BOND SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS -----------------------'' WHEREAS, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131 provides that unless charged with a capital offense or an offense punishable by life imprisonment and the proof of guilt is evident or the presumption is great, every person charged with a crime or a violation of municipal or county ordinance shall, subject to certain exceptions, be entitled to pretrial release on reasonable conditions. • I) defendants shall not violate the law; 2) defendants shall have no contact with any victim(s); and 3) if the defendant was arrested for any drug related offense, there will be zero tolerance for any illegal use of any controlled substance and the defendant shall be subject to random testing as directed by the Court or any Pretrial Release Program; and WHEREAS, this uniform Bond Schedule only applies to arrestees prior to the next scheduled First Appearance hearing before a judge; and WHEREAS, this uniform bond schedule shall not bind a judge or judicial officer in an individual case who is conducting a first appearance hearing or bail determination, nor shall it apply to any pre-set bonds issued by a Florida judge or other judicial officer; and WHEREAS, this bond schedule permits the police, connty jail, or pretrial release employees to exercise discretion and grant pretrial release in accord with this bond schedule, but does not impose any obligation to grant pretrial release prior to first appearances. • Sees. 776.08, F.S. 3 -- 3 of 5 -- AO 2025-002 (Uniform Bond Schedule for Criminal Proceedings) 2) Pursuant to s. 903.047(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.13 l(a), an arrested person released from jail before trial must refrain from criminal activity of any kind and must refrain from any contact of any type with the victim, except through pretrial discovery pursuant to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. • A continuance shall not be longer than 48 hours unless the court determines there are extenuating circumstances. • The State Attorney shall be entitled to one ·continuance for good cause. • The defendant may not be released from custody pending any such continuance. 5) The bond schedule below must be used by the police, county jail, or pretrial release employees upon a person's arrest when exercising their discretion to release a person on bond before that person's first appearance hearing. 1.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2025-002 (Supersedes AO 2023-006) UNIFORM BOND SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS -----------------------'' WHEREAS, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131 provides that unless charged with a capital offense or an offense punishable by life imprisonment and the proof of guilt is evident or the presumption is great, every person charged with a crime or a violation of municipal or county ordinance shall, subject to certain exceptions, be entitled to pretrial release on reasonable conditions.
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25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.
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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.