Administrative Orders
Section 1: Judicial Administration
Section 1: Judicial Administration
- 1.01 Administrative Orders: Procedures and Organization
- 1.02 Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v7) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v6) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v5) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v4) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v3) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v2) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.02 (v1) – Rescinding Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.3000(A) – Rescinding of Administrative Order 1.3000
- 1.003(C) – Rescinding and Vacating Outdated Administrative Orders
- 1.03 Administrative Plan
- 1.04 General Magistrate
- 1.05 Uniform Intercircuit Conflict Resolution Procedure
- 1.06 Court File Access
- 1.07 E-mail Authorization and Envelopes
- 1.08 Interim Report of Confidential Court Records
- 1.09 Sealing and Confidentiality Determinations as to Court Records
- 1.10 Jury Management
- 1.11 Court Interpreter Program
- 1.12 Appointment of the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region 1
- 1.13 Registry of Court-Appointed and Criminal Conflict Attorneys
- 1.14 Court Reporting Program
- 1.15 Americans With Disabilities Act: Grievance Procedures and Court Notices
- 1.16 Media Coverage of Judicial Proceedings
- 1.17 Authorization to Post Record of Election-Related Cases on the Clerk’s Website
- 1.18 Order Appointing Paul Silverman as General Magistrate
- 1.19 Order Appointing Clerk Ad Interim for Gilchrist County
- 1.20 E-Filing for Attorneys in Civil Cases
- 1.21 Foreclosure Division Case Status Reporting Requirements
- 1.22 Eighth Judicial Circuit Empanelment of Grand Juries
- 1.23 Order Appointing Nancy A. Wilkov as General Magistrate
- 1.26 Order Appointing Clerk Ad Interim for Baker County
- 1.28 Designation of Official Headquarters of Circuit Judges and Judicial Assistants
- 1.29 Order Appointing Jodi Cason as General Magistrate
- 1.30 Notice of Appearance Requirements
- 1.31 Order Appointing Bridget Baker as General Magistrate
- 1.32 Order Appointing Katherine L. Floyd as General Magistrate
- 1.33 Order Appointing Katherine L. Floyd as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer
- 1.34 Order Appointing Robert E. Folsom as Special Master for Belated Appeal Proceedings
- 1.37 Jury Service Fee Donation
- 1.38 Acting State Attorney
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Section 2: Appellate
Section 3: Civil
Section 3: Civil
- 3.01 Pretrial Order
- 3.02 Circuit Court Mediation Program
- 3.03 County Mediation Program
- 3.04 Court-Ordered Nonbinding Arbitration Program
- 3.05 Preliminary Proceedings Under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act
- 3.06 Retention of Documents Filed in Civil Case
- 3.07 Online Electronic Judicial Sales of Real Property
- 3.08 Online Electronic Judicial Sales of Real Property in Gilchrist County
- 3.09 Standing Case Management Order in County and Circuit Civil Cases
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Section 4: Criminal
Section 4: Criminal
- 4.01 Circuit Court Criminal Division: Organization and Procedure
- 4.02 Alachua County Court Criminal Division: Organization and Procedure
- 4.03 First Appearance Procedures
- 4.04 Jessica Lunsford Act and Anti-Murder Act Cases
- 4.05 Alachua County Bond Schedule for Ordinance Violations and Misdemeanor Cases
- 4.06 Bail Bond Actions
- 4.07 Monitoring Inmates of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.215b3
- 4.08 Felony Forensic Cases
- 4.09 Mental Health Court
- 4.10 Adult Drug Court
- 4.11 Collateral Relief After Judgment and Sentence
- 4.12 Appointing Entity for Supervision of Misdemeanants Placed on Probation
- 4.13 Reasonable Limitations on Interviews of a Minor Victim of Child Abuse or Sexual Abuse
- 4.14 Distribution of Funds Received by DOC in Criminal Cases
- 4.15 Transportation of Incarcerated Individuals
- 4.16 Circuit-Wide Criminal Alternative Sanctions
- 4.17 Standing No Contact Order as Condition of Pretrial Release
- 4.18 Veterans Treatment Court
- 4.19 Expunction and Sealing Criminal Cases
- 4.20 Disbursement of Unclaimed Court-Ordered Restitution Payments Collected by the Department of Corrections
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Section 5: Family
Section 5: Family
- 5.01 Unified Family Court
- 5.02 Support Enforcement Hearing Officer Program
- 5.03 Family Self Help Program
- 5.04 Family Mediation Program
- 5.05 Parent Education and Family Stabilization Course
- 5.06 Supervised Visitation Programs
- 5.07 Domestic Relations Support Depository Administrative Procedures
- 5.09 Standing Family Court Order
- 5.10 Family Pretrial Orders
- 5.11 Petitions for Involuntary Screening for Sexually Transmissible Diseases
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Section 6: Juvenile
Section 6: Juvenile
- 6.01 Dependency Docket Codes
- 6.02 Dependency Drug Court
- 6.03 Unified Family Court Adoption Procedures
- 6.04 Judicial Waiver of Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy
- 6.05 Distribution of Appropriated Funds for Payment of Juvenile Dependency Mediators
- 6.06 Juvenile Docket Day Requirement
- 6.07 Juvenile Dockets
- 6.08 Juvenile Detention Hearing Procedures
- 6.09 Juvenile Delinquency Forensic Cases
- 6.10 Juvenile Drug Court
- 6.11 Teen Smoking Prevention in Bradford County
- 6.12 Juvenile Alternative Sanctions
- 6.13 Standing Shelter Order
- 6.14 Release of Dependency Records to Office of the State Courts Administrator
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Section 7: Probate
Section 7: Probate
- 7.01 Probate Case Management
- 7.02 Procedures for Settlements Requiring Court Approval
- 7.03 Document Caption for Petition to Determine Incapacity
- 7.04 Appointment of Examining Committee Members for Incapacity Proceedings
- 7.05 Incapacity Orders FDLE Report Information
- 7.06 Professional Guardians
- 7.07 Guardian Bonds in Veteran’s Guardianships
- 7.08 Guardianship Education Requirements for Non-Professional Guardians
- 7.09 Guardian Advocate Education
- 7.10 Guardianship Reports, Audits, and Budgets
- 7.11 Guardianship Monitoring Program
- 7.12 Confidentiality of Certain Baker Act and Marchman Act Files
- 7.13 Procedures for Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
- 7.14 Determination of Homestead Property Prior to Determination of Creditors’ Claims
- 7.15 Veterans Administration Guardianships
- 7.16 Confidentiality of Baker Act Files
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Section 8: Traffic
Section 8: Traffic
- 8.01 Creation of Traffic Violations Bureau in the Eighth Judicial Circuit
- 8.02 Alachua County Court – Civil Division: Traffic Court Organization and Procedure
- 8.03 Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer
- 8.04 Driving and Safety Courses and Programs
- 8.05 Criminal Traffic Costs
- 8.06 Traffic Infraction Costs When No Hearing is Held
- 8.07 Affidavit of Defense Bond
- 8.08 Requests for Extensions to Pay Traffic Fines in Alachua County
- 8.09 Order Rescinding Appointment of Edward Philman as Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer
- 8.10 Rescinding AO 8.07, Affidavit of Defense Bond
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Section 9: Judicial Assignments
Section 9: Judicial Assignments
- 9.01 (v2021-2) Assignment of Alachua County Circuit and County Cases to Divisions (Effective September 1, 2021)
- 9.02 Assignment of Circuit and County Cases by Case Type in Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy and Union Counties
- 9.03 (v2023-8) General Assignments Effective November 1, 2023-December 31, 2023
- 9.05 Assignment of Courtrooms, Alachua County Courthouse
- 9.06 Method of Selection of the Chief Judge
- 9.07 Duty Judge and Emergency Hearing Procedure
- 9.08 Procedure for Coverage of Emergency Hearings During the Absence of the Assigned Judge
- 9.09 Judicial Annual Leave
- 9.10 Coverage for Judges
- 9.11 Assignment and Reassignment of Cases
- 9.12 Assignment of Alachua County Department of Revenue Division N Involving Family Matters Other Than Child Support Issues
- 9.14 Order Rescinding Order of Reassignment
- 9.15 Order Rescinding Order of Reassignment
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Section 10: Internal
Section 10: Internal
- 10.01 Eighth Judicial Circuit Judicial Law Library Committee
- 10.02 Local Professionalism Panel
- 10.03 Bench/Bar Committee
- 10.04 Appointment of Court Accessibility Team
- 10.05 Criminal History Record Check
- 10.06 Code of Ethics for Court Staff
- 10.07 Acceptable Computer Use Policies
- 10.08 Parking Assignments at Alachua County Courthouse – Family and Civil Justice Center
- 10.09 Parking Assignments at Alachua County Courthouse – Criminal Justice Center
- 10.10 Civil Rights Complaint Procedure
- 10.11 Sexual Harassment Policy and Complaint Procedures Against Judges
- 10.12 Eighth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee
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Section 11: Security/Emergency
Section 11: Security/Emergency
- 11.01 Emergency Plan for the Eighth Judicial Circuit
- 11.02 Alachua County Courthouse – Criminal Justice Center: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.03 Alachua County Courthouse – Criminal Justice Center: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.04 Alachua County Courthouse – Family/Civil Justice Center: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.05 Alachua County Courthouse – Family/Civil Justice Center: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.06 Baker County Courthouse: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.07 Baker County Courthouse: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.08 Bradford County Courthouse: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.09 Bradford County Courthouse: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.10 Gilchrist County Courthouse: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.11 Gilchrist County Courthouse: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.12 Levy County Courthouse: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.13 Levy County Courthouse: Emergency Plan not public record
- 11.14 Union County Courthouse: Security Procedures not public record
- 11.15 Union County Courthouse: Emergency Procedures not public record
- 11.16 In Re: Kenneth Nathan Carter a/k/a “Kenny”
- 11.17 In Re: Sherry Hurlbert
- 11.18 In Re: Lemorris M. Dexter II
- 11.19 In Re: Michael Geary Wilson
- 11.20 In Re: Mario Bernard Aikens
- 11.21 In Re: Gerald E. Mobley
- 11.22 In Re: Gerald Oliver Martin
- 11.23 Corona Virus Pandemic (COVID-19) Emergency Procedures
- 11.24 In Re Mark Walter Jackson
- 11.24 COVID-19 Weekend Jail Sentence Suspension
- 11.24 Updated Corona Virus Pandemic (COVID-19) Emergency Procedures
- 11.25 Revised Corona Virus Pandemic (COVID-19) Emergency Procedures
- 11.26 Suspending Execution of Child Support Writs of Bodily Attachment
- 11.27 Emergency Procedures Relating to the Post Arrest Detention of Juveniles
- 11.28 Extending Emergency Procedures
- 11.29 Suspension of Certain Eviction and Mortgage Foreclosure Actions
- 11.30 Extending Bond Forfeiture Deadlines
- 11.31 Extension of Foreclosure and Evictions
- 11.32 Second Revised Corona Virus Pandemic Emergency Procedures
- 11.33 Procedures for Phase 2 Transition and Additional Modified Phase 1 Safety Precautions
- 11.34 Bradford County Transition to Phase 2
- 11.35 Alachua County Transition to Phase 2
- 11.36 Rescinding AO.11.29, Suspension of Certain Eviction and Mortgage Foreclosure Actions
- 11.37 Resumption Of Jury Proceedings
- 11.38 Modification of Safety Precautions
- 11.39 Resumption of Pre-Pandemic Court Operations
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Section 12: Canvassing Boards
Section 12: Canvassing Boards
- 12.01 Alachua County Canvassing Board
- 12.02 Alachua County Canvassing Board Qualified Elector
- 12.03 Baker County Canvassing Board
- 12.04 Bradford County Canvassing Board
- 12.05 Gilchrist County Canvassing Board
- 12.06 Levy County Canvassing Board
- 12.07 Union County Canvassing Board
- 12.08 Alachua County Canvassing Board Substitute Member Appointment
- 12.09 Bradford County Canvassing Board Substitute Member Appointment
- 12.10 Alachua County Canvassing Board Substitute Member Appointment
- 12.11 Alachua County Canvassing Board Substitute Member Appointment
- 12.12 Alachua County Canvassing Board Substitute Member Appointment
- 12.13 Levy County Canvassing Board Alternate Member Appointment
- 12.14 Levy County Canvassing Board Substitute and Alternate Member Appointment
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Rescinded Administrative Orders
Rescinded Administrative Orders
- 8.10 Rescinding AO 8.07, Affidavit of Defense Bond
- 8.07 Rescinding AO 8.07, Affidavit of Defense Bond
- 1.36 Baker County Jury Service Fee Donation
- 1.35 Union County Jury Service Fee Donation
- 1.33 Alachua County Jury Service Fee Donation
- 9.15 Order Assigning Alachua County Court Civil Cases Filed by Certain Attorneys to Division IV
- 1.25 Order Appointing Kristine Van Vorst as General Magistrate
- 8.09 Appointment of Edward Philman as Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer
- 9.14 Order of Reassignment
- 1.24 Order Appointing Susan Miller-Jones as General Magistrate
- 1.27 Order Appointing Lindsey Brown as General Magistrate
- 7.12 Confidentiality of Certain Baker Act and Marchman Act Files
- 7.11 Guardianship Monitoring Program
- 5.08 Distribution of Appropriated Funds for Payment of Appointed Family Mediators in Alachua County Family Mediation Program
- 1.355 Juror Venire Selection Program
- 4.810 Emergency Procedures Concerning Release of Non-Eighth Judicial Circuit Prisoners from Alachua County Department of Corrections
- 5.1121 Parenting Coordination in Family Law Cases
- 8.520 Summary Reporting System
- 8.204 Order Allowing Access to Alachua County Dependency Case Files by the Office of the State Courts Administrator
- 1.3000 Monuments, Art and Displays Within Courthouses or on Property Where Courthouses are Located
- 3.0954 Administrative Order Case Management of Residential Foreclosure Cases and Mandatory Referral of Mortgage Foreclosure Cases Involving Homestead Residences to Mediation
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