4th Cir. Admin. Order 2018-11 — Electronic Recording by the General Public Duval County · BenchPath

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 2018-11 — Electronic Recording by the General Public Duval County

High confidence· verified July 26, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 2018-11 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

9 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2018-11 (a further document filed under the same order number).

Applies to

Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2018-11 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, within the Duval County Courthouse, a danger to existing security measures occurs when recording by electronic devices captures security features that are in place throughout the Courthouse, sensitive witnesses such as undercover police officers and protected witnesses who are required to appear in court, and jurors or potential jurors who are required to appear in the Courthouse; • Electronic recording shall include taking photographs, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, and telecasting. . • Other uses of electronic devices shall continue to be govemed by Rule 2.451, Florida • In the event that a person from the general public who does not have written permission to electronically record from the Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit is found to be recording with the interior of the Duval Cotmty Courthouse in violation of this Order and that person fails to comply with a request to cease recording, that person shall be escorted out of the Duval County Courthouse and not pennitted to return until such time as that person is no longer in possession of any electronic and/or recording devices. • If a person is escorted out of the Duval County Courthouse pursuant to this order, that action shall not excuse the person from failing to appear in court as required. • This order shall in no way abrogate or amend Administrative Order 2015-1, • This Administrative Order shall be recorded by the Clerk of Court, in the Official • Records of Duval County, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and tmtil otherwise ordered by the Court. • Please submit an original copy of this form no later than 10 business days before the date on which you would like to record to:

Source of truth

WHEREAS, within the Duval County Courthouse, a danger to existing security measures occurs when recording by electronic devices captures security features that are in place throughout the Courthouse, sensitive witnesses such as undercover police officers and protected witnesses who are required to appear in court, and jurors or potential jurors who are required to appear in the Courthouse;

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked July 26, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 26, 2026benchpath-duval-variants-2026-07-26

Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: f383e6eba022825903644da0eb646ad787d3915a3fdc58d3b0e1ec32ffd1fd32. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2018-11.