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Eighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 8.08 (Requests for Extensions to Pay Traffic Fines in Alachua County): 35 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 Administrative orders are amended and rescinded by later orders; the circuit's own index controls (the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14).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.
• A defendant who is issued a citation must, pursuant to section 318.14 (4), Florida Statutes, contact the Traffic Bureau of the Clerk of the County Court for Alachua County within 30 days from the date of receipt of the citation in order to make any election for disposition of the citation. • Payment plans administered by the Clerk of the Court shall address all traffic penalties EXCEPT: faulty equipment, citations requiring a mandatory court appearance, and misdemeanor or criminal traffic citations. • 2. If a defendant has not rendered payment in full by the end of such extended time, the Clerk of the Court is authorized to terminate the payment plan and assess appropriate late fees. • The Clerk of the Court shall then commence administrative action for suspension of the defendant’s driver’s license. • 3. Any requests for extensions of time for payment which would exceed 90 days from the date of receipt of the citation must be approved by an order of either a court or a Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer and such request must be made in writing prior to the expiration of the time for payment and prior to any administrative action taken by the Clerk of the Court for suspension of the defendant’s driver’s license. • 4. A defendant who elects to attend driver improvement school, pursuant to section 318.14 (9), Florida Statutes, and who requests additional time to complete the statutory requirements, shall have 90 days from the date of the traffic citation to comply. • If a defendant requests more than 90 days to comply with the requirements of section 318.14 (9), Florida Statutes, a traffic official, after reviewing the subject official file, driving record, and requisite Financial Affidavit, shall determine, pursuant to Florida Rules of Traffic Court 6.360 (a), whether the request should be granted. 5. defendant who elects to enter a plea of nolo contendere and present proof of compliance pursuant to section 318.14 (10), Florida Statutes, and who requests additional time to complete the statutory requirements, shall have 90 days from the date of the traffic citation to comply. • If a defendant requests more than 90 days to comply, a traffic official, after reviewing the subject official file, driving record, and requisite Financial Affidavit, shall determine, pursuant to Florida Rules of Traffic Court 6.360(a), whether the request should be granted. • 6. A defendant who elects to pay the applicable civil penalty pursuant to section 318.14 (4), Florida Statutes, and who requests additional time to comply, shall have 90 days from the date of the citation to tender payment in full. • This order renumbers and reformats prior Administrative Order No. 7.520 entitled “Requests for Extensions to Pay Traffic Fines in Alachua County.”
A defendant who is issued a citation must, pursuant to section 318.14 (4), Florida Statutes, contact the Traffic Bureau of the Clerk of the County Court for Alachua County within 30 days from the date of receipt of the citation in order to make any election for disposition of the citation.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from BenchPath's custody copy (file eeb625f47221.pdf; 179,016 bytes, 3 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 (35 fragments, many beginning or ending mid-sentence); it now publishes the 10 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.