4 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2020-14.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, Governor DeSantis of the State of Florida declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in our State; • WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida entered Administrative Order No. AOSC20-13 regarding COVID-19 Emergency Procedures in the Florida State Courts, which ordered the temporary suspension of various non-emergency court proceedings; • WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida entered Administrative Order No. AOSC20-17 regarding COVID-19 Emergency Procedures in the Florida State Courts, which continued the emergency suspension of various non-emergency court proceedings; • WHEREAS, in order to follow the instructions from Governor DeSantis and the Supreme Court of Florida, and to respond appropriately to the current public health emergency, this Court previously suspended all foreclosure sales by Circuit Courts and County Courts in Duval County and stayed the execution on all writs of possession or writs of eviction through April 3, 2020, pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2020-07, and thereafter through April 30, 2020, pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2020-10; • WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida entered Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 regarding Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State Courts that extended "previously enacted temporary remedial measures…until the close of business on May 29, 2020"; • WHEREAS, in order to continue to respond appropriately to the current public health emergency, effective now and through and including May 29, 2020, this Court is suspending all foreclosure sales ordered by Circuit Courts and County Courts in Duval County and is further staying the execution on all writs of possession or writs of eviction; • NOW THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as the Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit and pursuant to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, it is • ORDERED that: • 1. All foreclosure sales ordered by Circuit Courts and County Courts in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, to be conducted from March 19, 2020, through May 29, 2020, are canceled and shall be reset upon proper motion and order. • 2. In Duval County, execution on any writ of possession or writ of eviction issued by authority of these same Circuit Courts and County Courts is stayed for the period from March 19, 2020, through May 29, 2020, except upon specific order by the presiding judge based upon extraordinary circumstances and good cause shown. • 3. Fourth Judicial Circuit Court and Duval County Court procedures in Duval County as to the scheduling of foreclosure sales and possessory writs shall be subject to change depending upon the development of the current public health emergency. • 4. This Administrative Order shall be recorded by the Clerk of the Court, in the Official Records of Duval County, in the State of Florida, shall take effect immediately, and shall remain in full force and effect until further order of this Court.
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Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: d6aa2e3e213dd4e9c59def21a608f3c4ab26e43f263e94f30a01e195e77f07d2. Extracted from the order's own text layer. Identity confirmed by the document's /Title. Text recomposed 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 4 — Duval lane): read page by page against the row's own edition in the Duval Clerk administrative-order catalogue (vision lane); wording unchanged; captions, recording stamps, signature blocks and distribution lists are not carried. Print: catalogue id 1429 (2020-14__1429.pdf (Doc# 2020087780, OR BK 19185 Pages 1035-1036, recorded 04/23/2020; DONE AND ORDERED April 23, 2020, Mark H. Mahon, Chief Judge), 2 pp). The harvest carried four noise bullets and lacked ordered paragraph 2 and the recitals; the whole order read from the print (the cc list is not carried). Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2020-14 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.