Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats. This page is scoped to Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
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If you wish to file confidential pleadings, you must schedule a hearing on UMC, inform the Judge what documents need to be confidential, then the judge will issue an order notifying the clerk's office. Please follow the procedures below: 1. Check the Clerk’s system to be sure that the Judge’s order is filed. 2. Go to the Attorneys Portal and look under forms for “Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filing”. 3. When locating the Notice, list the documentation to be sealed, and write on the Notice “See Judge’s Order on file” and then file the Notice of Confidential with the documentation in the Clerk’s Office. 4. If you need assistance you can call 954-831-5795.
Summary: To file confidential pleadings, a party must schedule a UMC hearing so the judge issues an order notifying the clerk, then file a 'Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filing' marked 'See Judge's Order on file' with the documentation in the Clerk's Office.
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Submit your documents by email to div21@17th.flcourts.org.
Summary: Confidential paperwork for the judge to review must be emailed to div21@17th.flcourts.org.
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Submit your documents by email to div21@17th.flcourts.org. If you upload the documents to CMS, the other side can see it.
Summary: In camera inspection documents must be emailed to div21@17th.flcourts.org and not uploaded to CMS, where the other side can see them.
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If you wish to file confidential pleadings, you must schedule a hearing on UMC, inform the Judge what documents need to be confidential, then the judge will issue an order notifying the clerk's office.
Summary: Filing confidential pleadings requires scheduling a UMC hearing and obtaining a judge's order before filing the Notice of Confidential Information with the Clerk.
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If an exhibit contains confidential information (including, but not limited to bank account and/or bank routing numbers, social security numbers, etc.), that confidential information must be redacted (blacked out) prior to the exhibit being filed.
Summary: Exhibits containing confidential information such as bank account/routing numbers or social security numbers must be redacted (blacked out) before filing.
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Civil cases
CONFIDENTIAL PAPERWORK FOR THE JUDGE TO REVIEW: Submit your documents by email to div26@17th.flcourts.org.
Summary: Confidential paperwork for the judge's review must be submitted by email to div26@17th.flcourts.org.
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Civil cases
"IN CAMERA" INSPECTION OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: Submit your documents by email to div26@17th.flcourts.org. If you upload the documents to CMS, the other side can see it.
Summary: Documents for in camera inspection must be emailed to div26@17th.flcourts.org because documents uploaded to CMS are visible to the other side.
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Civil cases
If you wish to file confidential pleadings, you must schedule a hearing on UMC, inform the Judge what documents need to be confidential, then the judge will issue an order notifying the clerk's office.
Summary: To file confidential pleadings, a party must schedule a UMC hearing, inform the judge which documents need confidentiality, and obtain an order notifying the clerk's office before filing.
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All “sensitive” information should be redacted per the requirements of Rule 2.425, Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin.
Summary: Sensitive information in documents must be redacted per Rule 2.425, Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin.
How does Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County handle sealed or redacted filings?
Judge Nina W. Di Pietro's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Process: file redacted on ecf. Exhibits containing confidential information such as bank account/routing numbers or social security numbers must be redacted (blacked out) before filing. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
Judge Michele Towbin Singer's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Process: file unredacted to chambers. Confidential paperwork for the judge to review must be emailed to div21@17th.flcourts.org. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Michael Davis. Process: file unredacted to clerk. To file confidential pleadings, a party must schedule a UMC hearing so the judge issues an order notifying the clerk, then file a 'Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filing' marked 'See Judge's Order on file' with the documentation in the Clerk's Office. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
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