7 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1977-03.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. • (a) A copy of a sworn complaint by a law enforce- ment agency which alleges a child to be delinquent and an original petition which alleges a child to be dependent or ungovernable shall be filed by the law enforcement agency making the complaint or the agency or person filing the petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the child was taken into custody or in which the complaint or petition is made within twenty-four (24) hours after the ~hild is taken into custody or the complaint or petition is made excluding Saturdays~ Sundays, and legal holidays, each of which shall be a case for the purpose of this Order. • (b) Upon the filing of a copy of a sworn complaint by a law enforcement agency with the clerk of the circuit court, the clerk shall forthwith assign a uniform case number to said complaint, forward a copy to the state attorney, and forward a copy to the Intake Office of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services which serves the county in which the cause arose. • (c) Upon the filing of an original proceeding by petition, the clerk of the court shall assign a uniform case number . • (d) Each letter of recommendation, written notice, ...... :" ,:"f-ah:.tp shall bear the uniform case number, -4- -- 4 of 5 -- . • (e) In cases in which a delinquency complaint is filed by a law enforcement agency and the state attorney determines not to file a petition, the state attorney shall advise the clerk of the circuit court in writing that no petition will be filed. • (f) Upon the filing of a petition based on the allegations of a previously filed complaint, the agency filing the petition shall include the app~opriate uniform case number. on said petition. • Upon the filing of the initial pleading, the clerk of the court shall assign a uniform case number to said pleading.
(a) A copy of a sworn complaint by a law enforce- ment agency which alleges a child to be delinquent and an original petition which alleges a child to be dependent or ungovernable shall be filed by the law enforcement agency making the complaint or the agency or person filing the petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the child was taken into custody or in which the complaint or petition is made within twenty-four (24) hours after the ~hild is taken into custody or the complaint or petition is made excluding Saturdays~ Sundays, and legal holidays, each of which shall be a case for the purpose of this Order.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 04bd689d171844f1…).
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.