FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, STATE OF FLORIDA
1525 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida
33401
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
RE:
ELECTRONIC FILING OF NOTICES OF APPEAL
BY LOWER TRIBUNAL CLERKS AND PAPERS AND MOTIONS
BY COURT REPORTERS
A02013·02
March
1,
2013
Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(g), the clerk
of
the lower
court, lower tribunal, and state agency clerks, are required to transmit a certified copy of
the notice of appeal (showing the date of filing) along with the fee and order being
appealed (if available) to this court.
1)
Effective May
1,
2013, the lower court, lower tribunal, and state agency clerks
within the jurisdiction
of
the Fourth District Court of Appeal shall submit electronic
copies of such notices of appeal to the Court via eDCA
in
accordance with the
procedures outlined below. Lower court, lower tribunal, and state agency clerks
may, and are encouraged to, file notices of appeal electronically
in
addition to
paper copies prior to May
1,
2013.
(a)
All lower court, lower tribunal,
and
state agency clerks must register with
eDCA prior to electronically filing a certified notice of appeal. Registration
instructions may
be
found
on
the Court's website (www.4dca.org). Each
clerk's office should complete
only one registration, and all notices
of
appeal
filed electronically through eDCA must
be
filed using the clerk's registration.
(b) The electronic notice of appeal shall contain either a scanned or electronic
certification and must clearly reflect the date of filing below.
(c)
A notice of appeal will not
be
accepted
by
this Court unless it
is
accompanied
by a completed copy of the Fourth District Court of Appeal's "Notice
of
Appeal
Transmittal Form," a blank copy of which
is
attached to this order,
and
any
order being appealed that was filed with the notice
of
appeal. The Notice of
Appeal Transmittal Form
and
the order being appealed must each
be
transmitted as a separate document.
(d)
Any required appellate filing fees should
be
sent separately until such time
as
the Court authorizes electronic payment of the filing fees.
(e)
If the notice of appeal
is
required to
be
filed with a record
on
appeal, such as
in
a summary Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a)/3.850/3.853 case,
the record
on
appeal shall
be
indexed and electronically transmitted
separately through the Court's FTP procedures and contemporaneously with
the electronic filing of the notice
of
appeal through eDCA.
2)
Effective May
1,
2013, court reporters filing any motions or documents (excluding
transcripts) with this Court (including requests for extensions of time to prepare
transcripts) are required to register with eDCA and file such motions or
documents with the Court electronically via eDCA. Registration instructions may
be
found
on
the Court's website (www.4dca.org). Each court reporter's office
should complete only one registration and all motions or documents filed
electronically though eDCA must be filed
IJsing
the court reporter's registration.
DONE AND ORDERED at West Palm Beach, Florida,
on
March
1,
2013.
Melanie
G.
May
Chief Judge
ArrEST:
Copies to:
Hon.
Howard Forman, Broward County Clerk of the Court
Hon. Jeffrey Smith, Indian River County Clerk of the Court
Hon.
Carolyn Timmann, Martin County Clerk of the Court
Hon. Sharon Robertson, Okeechobee County Clerk of the Court
Hon.
Sharon Bock, Palm Beach County Clerk of the Court
Hon.
Joseph Smith,
St.
Lucie County Clerk of the Court
Fourth District Court
of
Appeal Judges
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH DISTRICT
1525 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
NOTICE OF APPEAL TRANSMITTAL FORM
(TO BE COMPLETED BY LOWER COURT, LOWER TRIBUNAL, OR STATE AGENCY CLERKS OR
DEPUTY CLERKS AND SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH AND IN A
SEPARATE FILING FROM THE CERTIFIED ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF APPEAL)
Lower Court/Tribunal/State Agency:
______________________ ____________________________
Appellant
v. L.T. Case No. :________________
______________________
Appellee
I hereby certify the following (mark as applicable):
___ A notice of appeal was filed in this court/tribunal/stage agency on ____________(date). A certified
electronic copy of the notice of appeal has been electronically filed with the 4
th
DCA’s electronic
portal eDCA.
___ The copy of the order being appealed filed with this notice of appeal is being electronically filed
through eDCA along with the certified notice of appeal, as a separate document.
___ All appellate filing fees tendered with the notice of appeal will be immediately separately forwarded
to the 4
th
DCA.
___ The filing fee in this case is waived as the appellant was found to be insolvent. An electronic copy of
the insolvency order has been electronically filed in a separate document through eDCA
contemporaneously with the certified notice of appeal.
___ No appellate filing fee in this case has been tendered to the lower court/tribunal/ state agency.
___ This is a case (such as a summary rule 3.800/3.850/3.853) in which the record on appeal is required
to be filed with the 4
th
DCA at the same time as electronically filing the certified notice of appeal. A
certified electronic copy of the record on appeal will immediately be or has already been
electronically filed using the 4
th
DCA’s FTP procedures.
__________________________________ ________________________
Lower Court / Tribunal/State Agency Clerk Deputy Clerk
Address
Telephone Number
Email Address