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Eighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 4.05 (Alachua County Bond Schedule for Ordinance Violations and Misdemeanor Cases): 63 operative paragraphs verbatim from the order as the circuit publishes it.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — Alachua County. Administrative orders are amended and rescinded by later orders; the circuit's own index controls (the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• This administrative order establishes procedures pertaining to certain persons who have been arrested in Alachua County for certain minor offenses which will permit release from custody on their own recognizance without being detained on that offense pending a first appearance hearing. • 2. A person arrested and detained for any municipal or county ordinance violation, or any misdemeanor offense, except as stated below in paragraph 3, shall be released on their own recognizance from the Alachua County Department of the Jail on that offense immediately following appropriate verification of eligibility and upon the certification of the conditions specified below in paragraph 5. 3. • On-view violation of pre-trial release; xii. Violation of supervised county probation*; or B. That person has a prior local, state, or out-of-state criminal history (including any juvenile history) which contains any felony arrest within five (5) years; or C. That person has been arrested on a capias or warrant which sets a bond, unless such bond has been posted; or D. That person is currently on bond or personal recognizance release for any offense; or E. That person is currently on active supervised felony or misdemeanor probation or supervised community control. • 4. A person who has been arrested on a warrant or capias endorsed with a bond or recognizance release conditions, and has additionally been arrested on a separate municipal or county ordinance violation or misdemeanor, who has posted said bond (if any) and has acknowledged said recognizance conditions and is otherwise eligible for release on the warrant or capias, shall be released from detention prior to a first appearance hearing if the additional ordinance or misdemeanor violation otherwise qualifies for release pursuant to this administrative order. • 5. By releasing a person pursuant to this administrative order, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Department of the Jail, through its authorized representative, is certifying the following: A. That the release of the person satisfies all the requirements of this administrative order; and * A person on unsupervised county probation who is arrested on a warrant or capias for a technical or compliance violation (e.g., failure to pay court costs, perform community service hours, etc.) is entitled to post the bond endorsed on the warrant or capias and obtain release on that charge. • B. That the person who is released has acknowledged in writing that his or her release is subject to the following special conditions: i. He or she will have no contact with the alleged victim, if any, and that the person has received and will comply with the Standing No Contact Order (AO 4.17); ii. He or she will not possess weapons or firearms of any kind (if released on a weapons or firearms charge); iii. He or she will refrain from any future criminal activity of any kind; iv. He or she will appear for court upon notification at the address that he or she has provided to the Department of the Jail staff prior to release; and, v. That a violation of any of these conditions of release could result in revocation of the pre-trial release conditions and re-arrest of the person who has been released. • C. The certifications outlined above by the authorized representative of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Department of the Jail, will be made a part of the case file of any detainee released pursuant to this administrative order. • This order replaces and supersedes prior Administrative Order No. 4.05(v2) entered on April 13, 2018. • The effective date of this Order is March 27, 2020.
This administrative order establishes procedures pertaining to certain persons who have been arrested in Alachua County for certain minor offenses which will permit release from custody on their own recognizance without being detained on that offense pending a first appearance hearing.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from BenchPath's custody copy (file 268ea4b6f2f4.pdf; 243,099 bytes, 4 page(s), native text layer): the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14 (https://circuit8.org/eighth-judicial-circuit-court/administrative-orders/); the operative paragraphs after the ORDERED marker are quoted whole, whitespace normalised only; signature block, page markers and stamps dropped. Effective date from the order's own date line where present, else the index date. [Rebuilt 2026-09-27: the published text had been cut at line and page breaks (63 fragments, many beginning or ending mid-sentence); it now publishes the 9 whole sentences those fragments belong to, verbatim from the rule's own source (custody (sha256-matched, 1 document)), with printed page markers and running headers removed.]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.