Supreme Court of Florida

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200

May 14, 201540 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 262

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida amended Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200 to establish mandatory, uniform statewide requirements for electronic records on appeal, effective October 1, 2015. The amendments require clerks to transmit separate text-searchable PDF files for the record and trial transcript, with specified pagination, indexing, bookmarking, and transmission requirements. The Court also extended the prior implementation deadline and preserved existing rules governing confidentiality and public access to court records.