15 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2019-47 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/m-2019-47.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Effective upon the entry of this order, the following policies and procedures shall be implemented in Marion County: • Law enforcement officers seeking to obtain search and arrest warrants shall use the £-warrant System for all warrants with limited exceptions as outlined herein. • The following procedures shall apply to all E-warrants: -- 1 of 4 -- i. • The affidavit shall be signed by both the officer, and a second certified officer or a licensed notary prior to email submission. ii. • All arrest warrants shall include a bond amount as set forth by the Bond Schedule. iii. • All affidavit(s) and warrant(s) shall be uploaded as an attachment to an e-mail in • The email, which shall include the affidavit(s) and warrant(s) as a PDF attachment, shall include all special circumstances that may exist and/or special conditions requested to be imposed. • The law enforcement officer shall thereafter notify the Duty Judge via telephone advising that the e-mail has been sent to the central e-mail address. • Duty Judge shall immediately notify the officer that the transmission of the e mail has failed. • The law enforcement officer shall immediately resend the e mail. • If the sending officer, after sending the e-mail and its accompanying attachments, receives a return message that the e-mail was undeliverable or similar transmission failure message, the officer shall carefully review the submission e-mail for errors and re-send the email a second time. • If the second attempt is unsuccessful, the sending officer shall assume there is an unforeseen system failure and shall notify the Duty Judge they wish to proceed with a paper warrant. • All Marion County Law Enforcement agencies seeking to obtain search and arrest warrants shall use the E-warrant System and only in the scenarios described in paragraph 2 may use paper search and arrest warrants after the effective date of this order. • All search warrants and arrest warrants for homicide offenses and sexual battery offenses shall be approved by the Office of the State Attorney. • Marion County law enforcement agency, shall not release any personal information about a Judge or General Counsel to any third party except for the investigating officer or the investigating officer's supervisor.
Effective upon the entry of this order, the following policies and procedures shall be implemented in Marion County:
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Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.