AO 26-04 — Disclosure of Use of Generative AI [TEXT PENDING; PREEMPTION REVIEW]
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
The 11th Circuit issued AO 26-04 "Disclosure of Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Attorneys and Self-Represented Litigants" (County Civil). Text not yet retrievable (site in maintenance; no PDF archive snapshot). If it imposes disclosure/certification duties it is preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12.
Requirement
EXISTENCE VERIFIED, TEXT PENDING. The official County Civil division page (archived 2026-05-20, page sha256 c5053b8ca3424d18…) lists: "AO 26-04 – RE: Disclosure of Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Attorneys and Self-Represented Litigants" with PDF path /docs/County Civil/AO 26-04 Disclosure of Use of Generative AI by Attorneys and Self Represented Litigants.pdf. The PDF has no Internet Archive snapshot and the live site is in maintenance — the order's operative text cannot yet be quoted. Numbering (26-04; cf. AO 26-05 signed 1/22/2026) implies issuance in early 2026, BEFORE the statewide preemption. PREEMPTION NOTE: Effective June 15, 2026, Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 bar courts from imposing AI-use disclosure/certification requirements via local orders. If AO 26-04 imposes such duties, it is preempted; whether the 11th has vacated it (as the 17th did via AO 2026-19-Gen) is UNKNOWN while the site is down. P1 review task open.
Source of truth
AO 26-04 – RE: Disclosure of Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Attorneys and Self-Represented Litigants
- Source health
- Broken · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
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- Last verified
- July 6, 2026Dual-researcher (Opus 4.8 + ChatGPT 5.5) 2026-07-05/06; Fable 5 verified via live fetch + Wayback official archives; PDFs sha256-hashed
Reviewer note: Text unverified — live site in maintenance, PDF not archived. Determine content + vacatur status when site returns.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. AO 26-04 — Disclosure of Use of Generative AI (County Civil) returned HTTP 404.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. AO 26-04 — Disclosure of Use of Generative AI (County Civil) returned HTTP 404.
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AO 2026-03-Gen — Use of AI in Court Filings [VACATED eff. 6/15/2026 by AO 2026-19-Gen]
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
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