Privacy and Court Records

The Chief Justice of Florida created the Committee on Privacy and Court Records by Administrative Order AOSC03-49 (substituted by AOSC04-4) on November 25, 2003, to study and provide recommendations to the Florida Supreme Court regarding the electronic release of court records in Florida. Chair of the Committee is Jon Mills of Gainesville, Florida. Correspondence may be directed to: Committee on Privacy and Court Records, Florida Supreme Court, 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-1900.

	Final Report of the Committee on Privacy and Court Records Released August 16, 2005. Note: The report has been broken down (below) into five parts for ease of download time.
Report Cover Jon Mills, Chair, Committee on Privacy & Court Records Cover Letter Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Recom- mendations Part 3 Member Comments Part 4 Legal Analyses Part 5 Draft Rule Changes

• March 28, 2005 Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Florida Freedom Newspapers Comment
  • Recommendations
  • Summary of Selected States
• Notice for January 2005 Meeting
• Agenda and Materials for the January meeting
• Agenda for November 17-18, 2004 Meeting
• November 17, 2004 Public Comment Meeting Materials
  • Tab 1: Media Organizations
  • Tab 2: Commercial Users of Court Records
  • Tab 3: Attorneys
  • Tab 4: Public Interest Organizations
  • Tab 5: General Public
• November 18, 2004 Committee Meeting Materials
  • Tab 6: Minutes, August 20, 2004
  • Tab 7: Interpretation of Rule 2.051
  • Tab 8: Legal Overview, Legal Workgroup
  • Tab 9: Proposed Administrative Order, 12th Circuit Clerk of Court
  • Tab 10: Petition, Fla Land Title Association & Media General Operations
  • Handouts
• Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment
• Chief Judge Outreach Letter
  • Request for Input
  • Court Records Matrix in PDF Format and in Word Format
• Press Releases
  • November 25, 2003
  • December 17, 2001
• Briefs & Other Documents in Case No. 02-659