6th Cir. — AO 2025-045: After Hours Procedures for Dating, Domestic, Repeat, and Sexual Violence and Stalking Injunctions - January 1, 2026 · BenchPath

6th Cir. — AO 2025-045: After Hours Procedures for Dating, Domestic, Repeat, and Sexual Violence and Stalking Injunctions - January 1, 2026

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Administrative OrdersSixth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 2025-045, published on the circuit's own year index — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

Summary

5 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2025-045.

Applies to

Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. • When law enforcement is contacted by an individual seeking an injunction for protection against dating, domestic, repeat, or sexual violence, or stalking after hours, a law enforcement officer, in accordance with section 741.29, Florida Statutes, must refer the litigant to the closest shelter listed in paragraph two. • The Sheriffs of Pasco and Pinellas County must facilitate access and security within the facilities specified in this order for a deputy clerk to meet with a litigant to complete a petition for an injunction for protection. • When contacted by a shelter, a deputy clerk must go to the facilities specified in this order and assist a litigant with a petition for an injunction for protection. • The deputy clerk must contact the duty judge, or other designated judge as outlined in the Pasco or Pinellas County Emergency Duty Schedule Administrative Order, and follow the instructions of that judge to transmit the petition to that judge. • The duty judge, or other designated judge as outlined in the Pasco or Pinellas County Emergency Duty Schedule Administrative Order, must review a petition either by having the deputy clerk transmit the petition by facsimile or by other electronic means or by traveling to the facilities specified in this order and reviewing the petition in person.

Source of truth

When law enforcement is contacted by an individual seeking an injunction for protection against dating, domestic, repeat, or sexual violence, or stalking after hours, a law enforcement officer, in accordance with section 741.29, Florida Statutes, must refer the litigant to the closest shelter listed in paragraph two.

Official source: 6th Cir. — Administrative Orders index
Source health: Healthy · checked August 2, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 3, 2026benchpath-6th-close-2026-08-03

Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention.

Change history

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