Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Traffic Court & in Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.455
November 6, 2025
Summary
The court consolidated two rulemaking proceedings and adopted amendments to the traffic-court rules governing defendant plea forms and payment deadlines. It replaced the existing combined affidavit form with separate guilty/no-contest and not-guilty forms, eliminated the need to move for deferred payment, and extended the minimum payment period to 60 days, while declining proposed amendments to two other rules. The amendments take effect January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.