IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 1.080 (2026)

The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.080 (Service and Filing of Pleadings; Orders; Documents; and Transcripts), 1.090 (Time), and 1.490 (Magistrates).¹ We published the proposed amendments for comment and received a comment opposing the amendments to rule 1.490. The Committee filed a response stating that it wished to withdraw the proposed amendments to rule 1.490 in light of the comment. Having considered the proposed amendments, the comment received, and the Committee's response, we hereby amend rule 1.080 in the manner proposed by the Committee, and we amend rule 1.090, largely as proposed but with a modification addressed below. We decline to amend rule 1.490 at this time in consideration of the Committee's request to withdraw its proposed changes to that rule.

Specifically, rule 1.080(a) is amended to clarify that documents must be filed “with the court,” and two new subdivisions (c) and (d) are added to reference Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.520 (Documents) and 2.515 (Signature and Representations to Court). Existing subdivisions (c) and (d) are re-lettered accordingly. Minor stylistic changes are made to rule 1.090 to conform with this Court's guidelines for rules submissions. However, we decline to delete the word “good” from the “good cause” standard set forth in subdivision (b)(1), and we decline to amend the rule to allow for extensions of time to be granted in the absence of good cause as long as the parties agree to an extension.

The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments become effective October 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

APPENDIX

RULE 1.080. SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS; ORDERS; DOCUMENTS; AND TRANSCRIPTS

(a) Service. Every pleading after the initial pleading, all orders, and every other document filed with the court or required by statute or rule to be served in the action must be served in conformity with the requirements of Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.

(b) [No Change]

(c) Documents. All documents filed with the court must be prepared in conformity with the requirements of Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.520.

(d) Signature. All documents filed with the court or required by statute or rule to be served in the action must be signed as required by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515.

(ce) Writing and written defined. Writing or written means a document containing information, an application, or a stipulation.

(df) Format of Filed Transcripts. All transcripts filed with the court must be in full-page format, unless condensed transcripts are authorized by the court. The Portable Document Format (“PDF”) file(s) of all transcripts must be text searchable.

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 1.090. TIME

(a) Computation. Computation of time shall beis governed by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.514.

(b) Extending Time.

(1) In General. When an act may or must be done within a specified time, the court may, for good cause shown, extend the time:

(A) – (B) [No Change]

(2) [No Change]

(c) Unaffected by Expiration of Term. The period of time provided for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding shallmust not be affected or limited by the continued existence or expiration of a term of court. The continued existence or expiration of a term of court in no way affects the power of a court to do any act or take any proceeding in any action which is or has been pending before it.

(d) For Motions. A copy of any written motion which may not be heard ex parte and a copy of the notice of the hearingthereof shallmust be served a reasonable time before the time specified for the hearing.

FOOTNOTES

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

PER CURIAM.

COURIEL, C.J., and LABARGA, MUÑIZ, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, BARRIOS, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.