IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PA/PI-CIR-96-72 S0896072
RE: COURT RECORDS
The Supreme Court of Florida has amended Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.072, governing possession of court records; and
The rule authorizes only judges and authorized court employees to remove
court records as defined by rule 2.075, from the clerk's office except by
order of the chief judge or chief justice; and
In order to comply with the new rule, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The following persons are authorized to remove court records from the
clerk's office:
a. All judges of the Sixth Judicial Circuit and their judicial assistants.
b. All court employees of the Sixth Judicial Circuit unless otherwise directed
by the chief judge.
c. General masters, special masters and hearing officers who are conducting
proceedings on behalf of the Court.
d. Attorneys of record, for the purpose of either bringing a file(s) to
a scheduled hearing or trial, or returning a file(s) to the clerk's office
immediately after the conclusion of a hearing or trial. If the hearing or
trial involves multiple days, the file shall remain with the judge or the
clerk overnight. Under exceptional circumstances, an attorney of record
may remove a file(s) from the courthouse with the written permission of
the presiding judge or the chief judge.
2. No one other than those persons mentioned in 1. above is permitted to
remove a court record from the clerk's office.
3. Pasco Administrative Orders 95-9, 93-55, 91-51, 89-100, Amended 89-100,
88 85, 87-39, Pinellas Administrative Orders 78-23, 87-38, and any other
orders relating to removal of court files entered in Pasco or Pinellas County
are hereby rescinded.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida,
this 25th day of July, 1996.
/s/ Susan F. Schaeffer
Susan F. Schaeffer, Chief Judge