Fla. Cir. (17th JC, Broward Cnty.): 17th Judicial Circuit (Florida) Administrative Order…

No longer in force

This order was vacated on July 24, 2025, eleven months before Florida’s statewide rule. Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips’s AO 2025-24-Civ, Establishment & Implementation of Civil Case Management Plan, “vacates and supersedes Administrative Order 2024-26-Civ (Amendments 1 and 2) and all prior inconsistent Administrative Orders” and carries no AI provision forward. Broward civil filings have been governed since June 15, 2026 by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515(d)(2), and AOSC26-12 bars any circuit from reimposing a disclosure requirement. Everything below records what the order required while it applied, from April 8 to July 24, 2025; filings made in that window are still judged against it.

What the rule required

AO 2024-26-Civ Amendment 2 imposed a disclosure-and-verification regime on any attorney or pro se party who submitted a civil filing containing AI-generated content. The AI text sat in section 8 of the case management orders attached as exhibits (Amendment 2 amended only the exhibits), so it bound filers through the case management order entered in each case. The disclosure went “on the face of the document,” and the certification confirmed personal review and verification of the content’s accuracy. The rule’s scope was “AI-generated content” without a “generative” qualifier, sweeping in any AI-assisted drafting.

While it applied, the order was among the broadest county-level AI rules in Florida: it reached all civil filings before the 17th Judicial Circuit (Broward County). The AI provision stated that noncompliance was “grounds for sanctions, as permitted by law” without enumerating AI-specific remedies; available consequences depended on the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and the court’s inherent powers. The cross-reference to Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 anchored the rule in the state-bar ethics framework.

R&G data corrections

R&G’s tracker dates this entry 2024-12-05. That date misrepresents the document’s history. The original AO 2024-26-Civ was issued 2024-12-30 as a “Civil Case Management Plan” with no AI provisions. The AI rule was introduced via Amendment 2, signed April 8, 2025 by Chief Judge Jack Tuter (with exhibits filed April 15, 2025). The 2025-04-08 signing date here reflects the operative date the AI rule took effect.

The 17th Judicial Circuit subsequently issued AO 2026-03-Gen (signed January 26, 2026 by Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips), which expanded AI disclosure beyond civil cases and was itself vacated by AO 2026-19-Gen, effective June 15, 2026, when the statewide rule took effect. It is a separate artifact with its own entry.

Quotable language

“If any attorney or pro se party submits to the court any filing or submission containing AI-generated content, that attorney or pro se party must disclose the use of artificial intelligence on the face of the document and also must include a certification that the attorney or pro se party has personally reviewed and verified the content’s accuracy.”

“Failure to include this certification or comply with this verification requirement will be grounds for sanctions, as permitted by law.”

Primary source

AO 2024-26-Civ Amendment 2 with Exhibits, 17th.flcourts.org

Vacating instrument: AO 2025-24-Civ (combined PDF), 17th.flcourts.org