Florida E-Portal Changes

Post date: Nov 12, 2013 7:48:36 PM

The Florida E-Filing Portal has implemented several changes to the website last week, of which one deserves emphasis.

When you upload your file, you now need to check the appropriate button as shown here:

Note that the attorney must certify compliance, regardless of whether the document is being e-filed by the attorney or by his or her designee, so all attorneys must insure that the rules are complied with before instructing their assistant to e-file.

Please recall that Rule 2.420(d) delineates court records that are deemed confidential—and therefore cannot be filed. Rule 2.425 (a) lists additional personal information—e.g., day and date of a birthday, social security numbers, anything but the last four digits of a driver’s license, etc.—that must not contained within a filed document.

The other changes to the portal are summarized in this document.