In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration
Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration
Opinion
Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC2023-1321
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF GENERAL
PRACTICE AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION.
August 29, 2024
PER CURIAM.
The Florida Bar’s Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration Committee has filed a report proposing amendments
to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration
2.270 (Supreme Court Committees on Standard Jury Instructions),
2.425 (Minimization of the Filing of Sensitive Information), 2.430
(Retention of Court Records), 2.505 (Attorneys), 2.560 (Appointment
of Spoken Language Court Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking
and Limited-English-Proficient Persons), and 2.565 (Retention of
Spoken Language Court Interpreters for Non-English-Speaking and
Limited-English-Proficient Persons by Attorneys or Self-Represented
Litigants). 1 The Committee also proposes the creation of a new
rule, 2.150, titled “Self-Represented Litigants.”
The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors recommends acceptance
of the proposed amendments. The Committee previously published
the amendments for comment in The Florida Bar News and received
no comments. Thereafter, we published the amendments for
comment and received none. Having considered the Committee’s
report, we amend the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration as proposed by the Committee.
The amendments replace outdated language and legalese
throughout the rules with more streamlined and straightforward
language, to assist with comprehension and to conform with this
Court’s Guidelines for Rules Submissions. See In re Guidelines for
Rules Submissions, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC22-78 (Fla. Oct. 24,
2022). The amendments also require a self-represented litigant to
designate a primary e-mail address, subject to certain excused
exceptions, and new rule 2.150 provides that a self-represented
litigant is required to follow the rules of court procedure.
1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see
also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b).
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Accordingly, the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration are amended as reflected 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, 2025, at 12:01 a.m.
It is so ordered.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS,
FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration
Hon. Santo DiGangi, Chair, Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration Committee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Kristin A.
Norse, Past Chair, Rules of General Practice and Judicial
Administration Committee, Tampa, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle,
Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Kelly
Noel Smith, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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APPENDIX
RULE 2.150. SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS
Self-represented litigants must follow all rules of court
procedure.
RULE 2.270. SUPREME COURT COMMITTEES ON STANDARD
JURY INSTRUCTIONS
(a) – (b) [No change]
(c) Procedures. Each committee on standard jury
instructions shallmust adopt operating procedures necessary to
carry out its responsibilities. The operating procedures must
comply with the following requirements, which shall govern the
development and approval of standard jury instructions under this
rule:
(1) All new and amended standard jury instructions
being considered by a committee must be published for comment
on the jury instructions page of The Florida Bar’s website and in
The Florida Bar News. The committee must consider all comments
received before taking a final vote on the changes.
(2) – (4) [No change]
(d) Membership and Organization.
(1) Each supreme court committee on standard jury
instructions shall beis composed of up to 36 members appointed by
the chief justice, for staggered three-year terms, as follows:
(A) The membership of each committee shallmust
include at least one-third current or former district, circuit, or
county court judges. The remainder of the members shallmust be
attorneys who are in good standing with The Florida Bar, with a
balance in the various practice areas addressed by the committee to
which the attorney members are being appointed.
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(B) [No change]
(C) The chief justice shallmust appoint 1 member
of each committee to serve as chair and 1 member to serve as vice-
chair, each for a one-year term subject to reappointment.
(e) [No change]
(f) Publication of Approved Instructions. All standard jury
instructions approved for publication and use under this rule
shallmust be published on the jury instructions page of The Florida
Bar’s website.
RULE 2.425. MINIMIZATION OF THE FILING OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION
(a) Limitation for Court Filings. Unless authorized by
subdivision (b), statute, another rule of court, or the court orders
otherwise, designated sensitive information filed with the court
must be limited to the following format:
(1) Thethe initials of a person known to be a minor;
(2) Thethe year of birth of a person’s birth date;
(3) Nono portion of any:
(A) – (E) [No change]
(4) Thethe last four digits of any:
(A) – (K) [No change]
(5) Aa truncated version of any:
(A) – (D) [No change]
(6) Aa truncated version of any other sensitive
information as provided by court order.
(b) Exceptions. Subdivision (a) does not apply to the
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following:
(1) Anan account number which identifies the property
alleged to be the subject of a proceeding;
(2) Thethe record of an administrative or agency
proceeding;
(3) Thethe record in appellate or review proceedings;
(4) Thethe birth date of a minor whenever the birth
date is necessary for the court to establish or maintain subject
matter jurisdiction;
(5) Thethe name of a minor in any order relating to
parental responsibility, time-sharing, or child support;
(6) Thethe name of a minor in any document or order
affecting the minor’s ownership of real property;
(7) Thethe birth date of a party in a writ of attachment
or notice to payor;
(8) Inin traffic and criminal proceedings:
(A) – (I) [No change]
(9) Informationinformation used by the clerk for case
maintenance purposes or the courts for case management
purposes; and
(10) Informationinformation which is relevant and
material to an issue before the court.
(c) Remedies. Upon motion by a party or interested person
or sua sponte by the court, theThe court may order remedies,
sanctions, or both for a violation of subdivision (a) on motion by a
party or interested person or sua sponte by the court. Following
notice and an opportunity to respond, theThe court may impose
sanctions if suchthe filing was not made in good faith after notice
and an opportunity to respond.
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(d) – (e) [No change]
RULE 2.430. RETENTION OF COURT RECORDS
(a) [No change]
(b) Permanently Recorded Records.
(1) Court records, except exhibits, that have been
permanently recorded may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by
the clerk at any time after a judgment has become finalAfter court
records have been permanently recorded, the clerk may destroy or
otherwise dispose of them any time after a judgment has become
final, except exhibits or any record required to be kept in another
form by any other rule.
(2) AnyThe clerk may destroy, retain, or dispose of any
physical media submitted to the clerk for the purpose of filing
information contained in the media may be destroyed, retained, or
otherwise disposed of by the clerk onceafter the contents of the
media have been made a part of the court record.
(c) Records Not Permanently Recorded. No court records
under this subdivision shall bemay be destroyed or disposed of
until the final order, final docket entry, or final judgment is
permanently recorded for, or recorded in, the public records. The
time periods shalldo not apply to any action in which the court
orders the court records to be kept until the court orders otherwise.
When an order is entered to that effect, the progress docket and the
court file shallmust be marked by the clerk with a legend showing
that the court records are not to be destroyed or disposed of
without a further order of court. Any person may apply for an order
suspending or prohibiting destruction or disposition of court
records in any proceeding. Court records, except exhibits, that are
not permanently recorded may be destroyed or disposed of by the
clerk after a judgment has become final in accordance with the
following schedule:.
(1) For trial courtsTrial Courts.
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(A) 60 days after required audits are complete —
Parkingparking tickets and noncriminal traffic infractions after
required audits have been completed.
(B) 2 years — Proceedings under the Small Claims
Rules, Medical Mediation Proceedingssmall claims and medical
mediation proceedings.
(C) 5 years — Noncriminalnoncriminal ordinance
violations, civil litigation proceedings in county court other than
those under the Small Claims Rules, and civil proceedings in circuit
court except marriage dissolutions and adoptions.
(D) 10 years — Probateprobate, guardianship, and
mental health proceedings.
(E) 10 years — Felonyfelony and misdemeanor
cases in which no information or indictment was filed or in which
all charges were dismissed, or in which the state announced a nolle
prosequi, or in which the defendant was adjudicated not guilty.
(F) 75 years — Juvenilejuvenile proceedings
containing an order permanently depriving a parent of custody of a
child, and adoptions, and all felony and misdemeanor cases not
previously destroyed.
(G) Juvenile proceedings not otherwise provided
for in this subdivision shall be kept for 5 years after the last entry
or until the child reaches the age of majority, whichever is later —
juvenile proceedings except as listed elsewhere in this subdivision.
(H) Marriage dissolutions — 10 years from the last
record activity. The —marriage dissolutions, except that the court
may authorize destruction of court records not involving alimony,
support, or custody of children 5 years from the last record activity.
(2) For district courts of appealDistrict Courts of Appeal.
(A) [No change]
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(B) 5 years — Criminalcriminal court records.
(3) For the Supreme CourtFlorida Supreme Court.
(A) 5 years — Allall cases disposed of by order not
otherwise provided for in this rule.
(B) 10 years — Casescases disposed of by order
involving individuals licensed or regulated by the court and
noncriminal court records involving the unauthorized practice of
law.
(d) Records to Be Retained Permanently. The following
court records shall beare permanently recorded or permanently
retained:
(1) progress dockets, and other similar records
generated to document activity in a case,; and
(2) supreme court records of the supreme court in
which the case was disposed of by opinion.
(e) Court Reporters’ Notes. Court reporters or persons
acting as court reporters for judicial or discovery proceedings
shallmust retain the original notes or electronic records of the
proceedings or depositions until the times specified below:.
(1) 2 years from the date of preparing the transcript —
Judicialjudicial proceedings, arbitration hearings, and discovery
proceedings when an original transcript has been prepared.
(2) 10 years — Judicialjudicial proceedings in felony
cases when a transcript has not been prepared.
(3) 5 years — Allall other judicial proceedings,
arbitration hearings, and discovery proceedings when a transcript
has not been prepared.
When an agreement has been made between the reporter and any
other person and the person has paid the reasonable charges for
storage and retention of the notes, the notes or records shallmust
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be kept for any longer time agreed on. All reporters’ notes shallmust
be retained in a secure place in Florida.
(f) Exhibits.
(1) Exhibits in criminal proceedings shall beare
disposed of as provided by law.
(2) All other exhibits shall beare retained by the clerk
until 90 days after a judgment has become final. If an exhibit is not
withdrawn pursuant tounder subdivision (i) within 90 days, the
clerk may destroy or dispose of the exhibits after giving the parties
or their attorneys of record 30 days’ notice of the clerk’s intention to
do so. Exhibits shall beare delivered to any party or attorney of
record calling for them during the 30-day time period.
(g) Disposition Other Than Destruction. Before
destruction or disposition of court records under this rule, any
person may apply to the court for an order requiring the clerk to
deliver to the applicant the court records that are to be destroyed or
disposed of. All parties shallmust be given notice of the application.
The court shall disposes of that court record as appropriate.
(h) [No change]
(i) Right to Expunge Records. Nothing in this rule shall
affects the power of the court to order records expunged.
(j) Sealed Records. No record which has been sealed from
public examination by order of court shallmay be destroyed without
hearing after such notice as the court shall requires.
(k) Destruction of Jury Notes. At the conclusion of the trial
and promptly following discharge of the jury, the court shall collects
all juror notes and immediately destroys theall juror notes.
RULE 2.505. ATTORNEYS
(a) Scope and Purpose. All persons inmembers of The
Florida Bar in good standing as members of The Florida Bar shall
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beare permitted to practice law in Florida. Attorneys of other states
who are not members of The Florida Bar in good standing shallcan
not engage in the practice of law in Florida except to the extent
permitted by rule 2.510.
(b) Persons Employed by the Court. Except as provided in
this subdivision, noa full-time employee of the court shallmust not
practice as an attorney in any court or before any agency of
government while continuing in that position. Any attorney
designated by the chief justice or chief judge may represent the
court, any court employee in the employee’s official capacity, or any
judge in the judge’s official capacity, in any proceeding in which the
court, employee, or judge is an interested party. An attorney
formerly employed by a court shallmust not represent anyone in
connection with a matter in which the attorney participated
personally and substantially while employed by the court, unless all
parties to the proceeding consent after disclosure.
(c) Attorney Must Not to Be Surety. No attorneysAttorneys
or other officers of court shallmust not enter themselves or be taken
as bail or surety in any proceeding in court.
(d) Stipulations. NoA private agreement or consent between
parties or their attorneys concerning the practice or procedure in an
action shall be of any forceis unenforceable unless the evidence of it
is in writing, subscribedand signed by the party or the party’s
attorney against whom it is allegedenforcement is sought. Parol
agreements may be made before the court if promptly made a part
of the record or incorporated in the stenographic notes of the
proceedings,. and agreementsAgreements made at depositions that
are incorporated in the transcript need not be signed when signing
of the deposition is waived. This rule shalldoes not apply to
settlements or other substantive agreements.
(e) Appearance of Attorney. An attorney may appear for a
party in an action or proceeding in any of the following ways:.
(1) – (6) [No change]
(f) Termination of Appearance of Attorney. An
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appearance of an attorney for a party in an action or proceeding
shall terminate only upon:terminates only in the following ways.
(1) Withdrawal of Attorney. A written order of the court
after hearing upon a motion setting forth reasons for withdrawal
and the client’s last known address, telephone number, and e-mail
address. The client’s e-mail address in the order is the client’s
designation of a primary e-mail address unless the client designates
a different primary e-mail address or is excused under rule
2.516(b)(1).
(2) – (6) [No change]
(g) [No change]
(h) Attorney as Agent of Client. An attorney appearing in
an action or proceeding pursuant tounder subdivisions (e)(1)–(e)(6)
is the agent authorized to bind the client for purposes of the action,
hearing, or proceeding.
(i) Attorney of Record. An attorney appearing in an action
or proceeding pursuant tounder subdivisions (e)(1)–(e)(5) is an
attorney of record for the party for the matters specified.
(j) Law Student and Certified Legal Intern Participation.
Eligible law students shall beare permitted to participate as
provided under the conditions of chapterChapter 11 of the Rules
Regulating The Florida Bar as amended from time to time.
Court Commentary
1997 Amendment. [No change]
2003 Amendment. [No change]
RULE 2.560. APPOINTMENT OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE COURT
INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING
AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS
(a) Definitions. When used in this rule, the following terms
have the meanings set forth below:
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(1) Limited-English-Proficient Person. A person who is
unable to communicate effectively in English because the
individual’s primary language is not English and that person has
not developed fluency in the English language. A person with
limited English proficiency may have difficulty speaking, reading,
writing, or understanding English.
(2) Proceeding. Any hearing or trial, excluding an
administrative hearing or trial, presided over by a judge, general
magistrate, special magistrate, or hearing officer within the state
courts.
(b) Criminal or Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings. InThe
court must appoint an interpreter in any criminal or juvenile
delinquency proceeding in which the accused, the parent or legal
guardian of the accused juvenile, the victim, or the alleged victim
cannot understand or has limited understanding of English, or
cannot express himself or herselfbe sufficiently understood in
English sufficiently to be understood, an interpreter shall be
appointed.
(bc) Other Proceedings. InThe court must appoint an
interpreter in all other proceedings in which a non-English-
speaking or limited-English-proficient person is a litigant, an
interpreter for the non-English-speaking or limited-English-
proficient litigant shall be appointed if the court determines that the
litigant’s inability to comprehend English deprives the litigant of an
understanding of the court proceedings, that a fundamental
interest is at stake (such as in a civil commitment, termination of
parental rights, paternity, or dependency proceeding), and that no
alternative to the appointment of an interpreter exists.
(cd) Witnesses. InThe applicable Florida Evidence Code
provisions govern appointment of an interpreter in any proceeding
in which a non-English-speaking or limited-English-proficient
person is a witness, the appointment of an interpreter shall be
governed by the applicable provisions of the Florida Evidence Code.
(de) Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. In making determinations regarding the appointment of an
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interpreter, the court should ensure compliance with the
requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(ef) Qualifications of Interpreter.
(1) Appointment of Interpreters When Certified or Other
Duly Qualified Interpreters Are Available. Whenever possible, aThe
court should appoint a certified or other duly qualified interpreter,
as defined in the Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken
Language Court Interpreters, shall be appointedwhenever possible.
Preference shall beis given to appointment of certified and language
skilled interpreters, then to persons holding a provisionally
approved designation.
(2) Appointment of Interpreters When Certified or Other
Duly Qualified Interpreters Are Unavailable. IfA presiding judge,
magistrate, or hearing officer may appoint an interpreter who is
otherwise registered with the Office of the State Courts
Administrator in accordance with the Rules for Certification and
Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters after a finding of
good cause if, after diligent search, a certified, language skilled, or
provisionally approved interpreter is not available, the presiding
judge, magistrate, or hearing officer, finding good cause, may
appoint an interpreter who is otherwise registered with the Office of
the State Courts Administrator in accordance with the Rules for
Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court
Interpreters. No appointment shall be made under this subdivision
unless theThe presiding judge, magistrate, or hearing officer
makesmust make a determination, on the record, that the proposed
interpreter is competent to interpret in the proceedings before
appointing the interpreter.
(3) Appointment in Exceptional Circumstances. If after
diligent search no interpreter qualifying under subdivision (e)(1) or
(e)(2) of this rule is available at the time interpreter services are
needed, theThe presiding judge, magistrate, or hearing officer,
finding good cause exists for the appointment of an interpreter not
qualifying under subdivision (e)(1) or (e)(2), such as the prevention
of burdensome delay, the request or consent of the non-English-
speaking or limited-English-proficient person, or other unusual
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circumstance, after finding good cause may appoint an interpreter
who is not certified, language skilled, provisionally approved, or
otherwise registered with the Office of the State Courts
Administrator if none are available after diligent search. No
appointment, including appointment of interpreters available via
remote technology, shall be made under this subdivision unless
theThe presiding judge, magistrate, or hearing officer findsmust
find the proposed interpreter is competent to interpret in the
proceedings before appointing the interpreter. This finding must be
made on the record and based, not only on the unavailability of an
interpreter otherwise qualified in a particular language, but also on
specific exigent circumstances given the demands of the case and
the interpreter’s sworn assertion he or shethe interpreter is able,
either in direct or relay/intermediary interpretation, to
communicate effectively in the languages in which interpreter
services are required. An appointment under this subdivision shall
excuseexcuses an interpreter so appointed from the registration
requirements under the Rules for Certification and Regulation of
Spoken Language Court Interpreters, but only for the delivery of the
specific services for which the interpreter is appointed.
(4) On-the-Record Objections or Waivers in Criminal and
Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings. In any criminal or juvenile
delinquency proceeding in which the interpreter is not appointed
under this subdivision (e)(1) of this rule, the court shallmust advise
the accused, on the record, that the proposed interpreter is not
certified, language skilled, or provisionally approved pursuant
tounder the Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken
Language Court Interpreters. The accused’s objection to the
appointment of a proposed interpreter, or the accused’s waiver of
the appointment of a certified, language skilled, or provisionally
approved interpreter, shallmust also be on the record.
(5) Additional on-the-Record Findings, Objections, and
Waivers Required at Subsequent Proceedings. The appointment of an
interpreter who is not certified, language skilled, or provisionally
approved in accordance with the Rules for Certification and
Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters shall beis limited
to a specific proceeding and shalldoes not be extended to
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subsequent proceedings in a case without additional findings of
good cause and qualification as required by subdivisions (e)(2) and
(e)(3) of this rule, and additional compliance with the procedures for
on-the-record objections or waivers provided for in subdivision (e)(4)
of this rule.
(f) Privileged Communications. Whenever a person
communicates through an interpreter to any person under
circumstances that would render the communication privileged and
suchthe person communicating through the interpreter could not
be compelled to testify as to the communication, the privilege shall
also applyapplies to the interpreter.
(g) Definitions. When used in this rule, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
(1) Limited-English-Proficient Person. A person who is
unable to communicate effectively in English because the
individual’s primary language is not English and he or she has not
developed fluency in the English language. A person with limited
English proficiency may have difficulty speaking, reading, writing,
or understanding English.
(2) Proceeding. Any hearing or trial, excluding an
administrative hearing or trial, presided over by a judge, general
magistrate, special magistrate, or hearing officer within the state
courts.
RULE 2.565. RETENTION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE COURT
INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING
AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS
BY ATTORNEYS OR SELF-REPRESENTED
LITIGANTS
(a) Retention of Interpreters when Certified or Other
Duly Qualified Interpreters Are Available. When an attorney or
self-represented litigant retains the services of an interpreter to
assist a non-English-speaking or limited-English-proficient person
as a litigant or witness in a court proceeding or court-related
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proceeding as defined in the Rules for Certification and Regulation
of Spoken Language Court Interpreters, the attorney or self-
represented litigant shall, whenever possible, retain a certified,
language skilled or provisionally approved interpreter, as defined in
the Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language
Court Interpreters. Preference shall be given to retention of certified
and language skilled interpreters, then to persons holding a
provisionally approved designation.
(b) Retention of Interpreters when Certified or Other
Duly Qualified Interpreters Are Unavailable. If, after diligent
search, a certified, language skilled, or provisionally approved
interpreter is not available, anAn attorney or self-represented
litigant may retain an interpreter who is otherwise registered with
the Office of the State Courts Administrator in accordance with the
Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court
Interpreters if a certified, language skilled, or provisionally approved
interpreter is not available after a diligent search.
(c) Retention in Exceptional Circumstances. If, after
diligent search, no interpreter qualifying under subdivision (a) or (b)
of this rule is available, anAn attorney or self-represented litigant,
for good cause, may retain an interpreter who is not certified,
language skilled, provisionally approved, or otherwise registered
with the Office of the State Courts Administrator if none is available
after diligent search.
(d) Written Declaration Substantiating Good Cause. No
interpreter shall be retained under subdivision (c) unless theThe
attorney or a self-represented litigant seeking to retain an
interpreter under subdivision (c) must first statesstate under oath
or affirmsaffirm in a verified writing that:
(1) [No change]
(2) neither a certified, language skilled, provisionally
approved interpreter nor an interpreter otherwise registered with
the Office of the State Courts Administrator is available to interpret
in person or via remote technology; and
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(3) to the best of the attorney or self-represented
litigant’s information and belief, the proposed interpreter is
competent to interpret. In addition, the written declaration shall
include; and
(4) the full name, mailing address, and telephone
number of the proposed interpreter; the non-English language
interpreted; the date of the interpreted event; and nature of the
interpreted event.
(e) Filing and Retention of Written Declaration. An
attorney or self-represented litigant substantiating good cause
under subdivision (d) shallmust submit via e-mail, a copy of the
verified written declaration with the Court Interpreter Program
Office in the Office of the State Courts Administrator. A prescribed
form and dedicated e-mail address appear on the Court’scourt’s
website. The filer shall thereaftermust furnish a copy to the
proposed interpreter, and shall:
(1) file the original declaration in any pending court
action or administrative action and serve a copy thereof on all other
parties; or
(2) if no action is pending at the time interpreter
services are provided, retain the original declaration and serve a
copy thereof on the non-English-speaking or limited-English-
proficient person at the time interpreter services are provided. The
declaration shallmust be made available to all other parties and to
any state court or administrative judge, magistrate, or hearing
officer upon request in any action later filed to which the
interpreted event is relevant. The filing with the Office of the State
Courts Administrator of a written declaration in substantial
conformity with this subdivision shall excuses the proposed
interpreter from the registration requirements under the Rules for
Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Interpreters for
the delivery of the specific interpreter services for which certification
is made.
(f) Time for Preparation, Submission, Filing, and Service.
Verified written declarations required by this rule shallmust be
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prepared, submitted to the Office of State Courts Administrator,
filed with the Clerk of Court, when required, and served on all
parties in advance of the proceedings to which they are relevant.
When compliance with this subdivision is impossible or
impracticable due to the existence of emergency or other
extraordinary circumstances, the attorney or self-represented
litigant shallmust:
(1) comply with the preparation, submission, filing, and
service requirements of this rule as soon as is practicable following
the conclusion of the proceeding; and
(2) [No change]
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