4th Cir. Admin. Order SC20-16 — COVID-19 Emergency Procedures - Administering Oaths Via Remote Audio/Video Communication Equipment · BenchPath

4th Cir. Admin. Order SC20-16 — COVID-19 Emergency Procedures - Administering Oaths Via Remote Audio/Video Communication Equipment

High confidence· verified July 25, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order SC20-16 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

2 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order SC20-16.

Applies to

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

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order SC20-16 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic, the Governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency exists, and the Surgeon General and State Health Officer have declared a public health emergency exists, and the Florida State Courts System must take steps to mitigate the effects of the COVID-l9 on legal proceedings and participants in those legal proceedings; and • State of Florida, must be in the presence of Witnesses for purposes of administering an oath for depositions and other legal testimony, so long as the notary or other qualified person can both see and hear the Witness via audio-video communications equipment for purposes of readily identifying the Witness; and

Source of truth

Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic, the Governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency exists, and the Surgeon General and State Health Officer have declared a public health emergency exists, and the Florida State Courts System must take steps to mitigate the effects of the COVID-l9 on legal proceedings and participants in those legal proceedings; and

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked September 9, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 25, 2026benchpath-duval-clerk-2026-07-25

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4th Cir. — AO 1986-33A Amended Administrative Order No. 86-33 Compensation for Court Appointed Attorneys in Crimi

2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Fourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A, filed 05/12/1988, published on the Duval Clerk's administrative-orders store — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 2003-06 — Administrative Order No. 2003-6 Order to Show Cause RE: Paradise Q. Muhammad

1 verbatim requirement from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2003-06.

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