Legal

Terms of Use

Plain-language terms for a procedural-information service. Last updated 2026-07-21.

1. What BenchPath is

BenchPath is a procedural-information service. It compiles court rules, administrative orders, judicial practice preferences, deadlines, and related procedural information from official public sources and presents them with citations, confidence levels, and verification dates. It is a publisher and research tool, not a law firm.

2. Not legal advice; no attorney–client relationship

Nothing on BenchPath is legal advice, and using BenchPath does not create an attorney–client relationship. BenchPath does not tell you which motion to file, which form to use, what to argue, whether a deadline applies to your specific facts, or how a matter will be decided. Procedural information is general information; your situation may require a licensed attorney's judgment. If the other side has counsel, if children, your home, your immigration status, or your safety are at stake, if you face criminal exposure, or if a deadline has passed, consult a Florida lawyer or legal-aid organization.

3. No guarantee of accuracy or acceptance

Court sources change without notice. While BenchPath verifies against official sources and shows a last-verified date on every card, it does not warrant that any entry is current, complete, or error-free, and it does not guarantee that any court will accept any filing. Treat anything below high confidence as a lead, not an answer, and verify urgent deadlines with the court, clerk, or judicial assistant.

4. Acceptable use

You may use BenchPath for lawful research and preparation. You may not scrape or bulk-extract the database beyond the documented public API and its limits, misrepresent BenchPath output as legal advice from BenchPath, resell or repackage the data without permission, submit false or abusive reports, attempt to gain unauthorized access, or use the service to harass any judge, court officer, or other person.

5. Contributed reports

If you submit a correction or a ruling report, you represent that you are authorized to submit the information, that it is not privileged, sealed, or confidential, and that it contains no personal data beyond what is necessary. BenchPath may verify, summarize, publish, decline, or remove contributed content, and may treat unverified reports as leads only. Analyses BenchPath derives from contributed reports are BenchPath's own content.

6. Intellectual property

Official source documents are public records and belong to their issuing courts. BenchPath's compilation, structure, summaries, confidence assessments, and synthesis are BenchPath's. You may quote and link to individual entries with attribution; systematic copying is not permitted.

7. Payment (when enabled)

Paid tiers are described on the pricing page. During early access the service is free and no payment is taken. When billing is enabled, the terms of each plan — what a report includes, credits, seats, renewal, cancellation, and refunds — will be presented at checkout and govern the purchase.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, BenchPath is provided “as is,” and BenchPath and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any decision made or filing outcome, arising from use of the service. Your remedy for dissatisfaction is to stop using it.

9. Changes and governing law

These terms may be updated; material changes will be dated here. The service is operated from and governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Questions and notices go through the corrections and contact channels.