4th Cir. Admin. Order 2021-11 — ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2021-11 (RE-RECORD) IN RE: COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL MEASURES FOR DUVAL CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURTS · BenchPath

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 2021-11 — ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2021-11 (RE-RECORD) IN RE: COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL MEASURES FOR DUVAL CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURTS

High confidence· verified July 26, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 2021-11 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

8 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2021-11 (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 2021-11 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • VVI-IEREAS, AOSC21—l7 directed that thenew “protocols andrneasures shall take effect at 12:01 a_rn.onJune 21, 2021 , andshall rernairl ineffect until a1-mended orterminated by subsequent order”; • Effective June 21, 202 1 , allDuval County court operations, protocols, and procedures shall comply with AOSC2 l -1 7. . . . “H\ • The protocols and nieasures shall take effect at12:01 a.rn. onJune 21,2021, and shall rernain ineffect until arnended orterrninated bysubsequent order. • The following three adrninistrative orders shall terrninate at12:01 a.rn_ on-June 21, • 109. _8_ -- 10 of 36 -- conduct,” “rernotely conduct,” or“conducted rernotely” rneans the conduct, inpart orinwhole, ofacourt proceeding using telephonic orother electronic rneans. 1° (4)Allrules ofprocedure, court orders, and opinions applicable tocourt proceedings that lirnit orprohibit the use of cornrnunication equiprnent forthe rernote conduct ofproceedings shall rernain suspended. 1 1 (5)The Chief Justice and chiefjudges rernain authorized to establish procedures forthe use, tothe rna_xirn'urn extent feasible, of cornrnunication equiprnent forthe rernote conduct ofproceedings to facilitate the efficient and expeditious processing ofcases. 12 10,This rneasure initially went into effect inFla. • Witness rnay consent tobeing put onoath via audio—video cornrnunication technology byaperson qualified toadrninister an oath inthe State ofFlorida. 14 (3)Allrules ofprocedure, court orders, and opinions applicable torernote testirnony, depositions, and other legal testirnony, including the attestation offarnily law forrns, that can be read tolixrlit orprohibit the use ofaudio-video cornrriunication technologr toadrninister oaths rernotely ortoWitness the attestation offarnily law forrns shall rernain suspended. 15 • Trial court proceedings shall continue toberernotely conducted, as appropriate, tofacilitate the efficient and expeditious processing of cases. • Chiefjudges shall have the discretion todeterrnine how best toutilize available trial court resources and facility space toconduct in—person proceedings,

Source of truth

VVI-IEREAS, AOSC21—l7 directed that thenew “protocols andrneasures shall take effect at 12:01 a_rn.onJune 21, 2021 , andshall rernairl ineffect until a1-mended orterminated by subsequent order”;

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: daa48ed7ab92ceb146176ca9e398dbd77ff81221013a98c233202c91b2958258. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2021-11.