IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SMALL CLAIMS RULES 7.010 AND 7.020. (2025)

The Small Claims Rules Committee has filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Small Claims Rules 7.010 (Title and Scope) and 7.020 (Applicability of Rules of Civil Procedure).¹ The Florida Bar's Board of Governors recommends acceptance of the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments were published by the Committee, and one comment was received. We republished the proposed amendments and received no comments.

Having considered the Committee's report and the comment the Committee received, we hereby amend rules 7.010 and 7.020 with a modification to the Committee's proposal. As the Committee proposes, minor stylistic changes are made throughout rules 7.010 and 7.020 to conform with this Court's guidelines for rules submissions, and rule 7.020(a) is amended to add subdivisions (a) through (d) of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.190 to the list of civil procedure rules applicable to actions brought under the Small Claims Rules.

Regarding this Court's modification to the Committee's proposal, the Committee proposed adding to rule 7.010(b) a sentence reading: “These rules do not apply to an action that includes a claim for foreclosure.” We decline to amend rule 7.010 in this manner.

Accordingly, Florida Small Claims Rules 7.010 and 7.020 are amended as set forth in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments shall become effective January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

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FOOTNOTES

1.   We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).

PER CURIAM.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.