Amendments To The Florida Rules Of Judicial Administration - Supreme Court Of Florida Page 7
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15APPENDIX
RULE 2.430.
RETENTION OF COURT RECORDS
(a) – (b)
[No Change]
(c)
Records Not Permanently Recorded. No court records under this
subdivision shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 courts
60 days — Parking tickets and noncriminal traffic
(A)
infractions after required audits have been completed.
2 years — Proceedings under the Small Claims Rules,
(B)
Medical Mediation Proceedings.
5 years — Misdemeanor actions, criminal traffic
(C)
violations, Noncriminal 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.
10 years — Probate, guardianship, and mental health
(D)
proceedings.
10 years — Felony and misdemeanor cases in which no
(E)
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.
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