(a) LABELING. Before a trial or an evidentiary hearing, each party
must obtain exhibit labels from the clerk or the court’s website and label
each exhibit.
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA LOCAL RULES
(b) LISTING. Before a trial or an evidentiary hearing, each party
must deliver an exhibit list to each opposing party and deliver three
copies of the exhibit list to the judge. The list must sequentially list and
briefly describe each exhibit.
(c) PROVIDING IN ELECTRONIC FORM. At the end of a trial or an
evidentiary hearing, each party must deliver to the clerk an electronic
version of (1) each documentary, audio, or video exhibit and (2) a
photograph or reproduction of each non-documentary tangible exhibit.
(d) MAINTAINING. During and after a trial or an evidentiary
hearing, the clerk must maintain custody of each exhibit unless:
(1) a law enforcement agency or party retains custody of the
exhibit because the exhibit is sensitive, dangerous, or of high
value or
(2) the clerk temporarily releases the exhibit to a judge, a
judge’s staff, or a court reporter.
(e) DOCKETING. The clerk must enter into the electronic record:
(1) each documentary, audio, and video exhibit admitted into
evidence during a trial or evidentiary hearing and
(2) a photograph or reproduction of each non-documentary
tangible exhibit admitted into evidence during a trial or
evidentiary hearing.
(f) EXCEPTION. Neither (c) nor (e) applies to pornography.
(g) RETRIEVING. Within ninety days after a case is closed and all
appeals exhausted, the party who tendered a tangible exhibit must
retrieve the exhibit from the clerk. The clerk may destroy a tangible
exhibit not timely retrieved.
