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The CSHO reiterates that administrative order 5.301 is applicable and will be enforced in this division.

All Uniform Motion Calendar (UMC), Case Management Conferences and Evidentiary hearings shall remain on Zoom unless a request is GRANTED for an in-person or hybrid hearing consistent with Rule ??, Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin.

As of January 25, 2021, ZOOM instructions for all UMC hearings, Case Management Conferences, and approved Evidentiary Hearings are as follows:

Zoom Meeting Information

Meeting Link: Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 777 300 6737
Meeting Passcode: 109115
Audio Only: by calling:

  • US Toll-free 877-853-5257
  • US Toll-free 888-475-4499

When prompted enter,

Meeting ID: 777 300 6737
Meeting Passcode: 109115

Electronic Submission of Documentary Evidence (i.e., Exhibits)

If you wish to introduce documentary evidence to the General Magistrate in the form of exhibits at your hearing or Non-Jury Trial please comply with the following procedure. Documentary evidence includes any papers, photographs, or other items that can reasonably be shared electronically.

To Attorneys

If you wish to introduce evidence to the Court, NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE HEARING, attorneys must provide all proposed evidence through the Evidence Portal with the exception of Divisions FJ, and FI. For FJ, and FI cases, proposed evidence must be provided in PDF format to the General Magistrate's office at CAD-DORA-K@pbcgov.org at least 48 hours before the hearing. A copy of all uploaded or emailed evidence must be provided to the Respondent at the same time. If the documents comprising your exhibits exceed 10 pages, then you must submit hard copies of the documents to the General Magistrate's office by mail at least 5 days prior to the hearing or Non-Jury Trial.

Self-Represented Respondent

If you are unable to use the Evidence Portal, you must provide all proposed evidence in PDF format to the General Magistrate's office at CAD-DORA-K@pbcgov.org AND to the office of counsel for Department of Revenue (pmalaw@att.net) AND to the other party at the same time. Do not send photographs. If the documents comprising your exhibits exceed 10 pages, then you must submit hard copies of the documents to the General Magistrate's office by mail at least 5 days prior to the hearing or Non-Jury Trial.

To the Petitioner

NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE HEARING DOCUMENTS MUST BE PROVIDED ONLY TO the office of counsel for Department of Revenue (pmalaw@att.net) or DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTS OR EXHIBITS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S DIVISIONAL EMAIL.

To All Parties

Please do not email or send to the General Magistrate's Office any letters or statements regarding the Hearing. You will be allowed to testify at the Hearing. Confidential information (such as Bank Account Numbers, Social Security Numbers, etc.) should be removed from documents provided to the Court as required by Fla. R. Jud. Admin., Rule 2.420(d). If the documents have not been submitted by email to the other party or counsel for Department of Revenue, then the evidence may not be considered by the General Magistrate.

Your submission of the documents to the General Magistrate does not guarantee the admissibility of these documents into evidence. Admissibility will be determined at the hearing.

If the parties attempt to comply in good faith with these instructions governing the submission of documentary evidence but technological issues prevent a meaningful submission or review of the evidence through remote means, the General Magistrate may continue or reset the evidentiary hearing or Non-Jury Trial to ensure that due process is complied with.

Remote Hearing and Non-Jury Trial Etiquette

Although hearings and Non-Jury Trials are being conducted remotely, they are still Court proceedings and as such are to be conducted with the same dignity and protocol that would apply if the parties and attorney appeared in person. As such, all participants should conduct themselves accordingly.

General Magistrate is required to record all hearings and Non-Jury Trials in order to create and preserve an appellate record. As such, the Parties and Attorneys are cautioned that when appearing remotely either telephonically or via ZOOM, each should be in a quiet, secluded room without children, music, pets, or other audible and visual distractions that would prevent the Court from creating a clear and pristine official audio and video recording of these proceedings. Because of the visual aspect of ZOOM each person appearing should be appropriately attired. Witnesses other than the Parties should be secluded and not present in the same "room" with the attorney and party until called as a witness at the hearing.

In the event the court returns to conducting in-person hearings at some future date the authority to permit your appearance by Zoom may be rescinded. Therefore, it is your obligation to go on-line to the 15th Judicial Circuit's website for this General Magistrate and/or contact the General Magistrate's office prior to your hearing to confirm whether it will conducted in-person or remotely.