[PREEMPTED] AI Disclosure & Certification Mandate — Circuit Civil C
Summary
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 — the statewide certification standard controls.] Judge Polo's page still displays her own AI-disclosure mandate with sanctions up to dismissal.
Applies to
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Civil Division C (Judge Melissa M. Polo)
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"For any case assigned to Judge Polo, if any attorney or pro se party has used Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the preparation of any complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the Court, the party MUST, in a clear and plain factual statement, disclosure that AI has been used in any way in the filing, and CERTIFY, that each and every citation to the law or the record in the paper has been verified as accurate. Failure to comply may result in sanctions, including dismissal."
- Official source
- 13th Cir. — Judge Polo (Civ C) Procedures & Preferences
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Live fetch 2026-07-05; dual-researcher dossier, Fable 5 hash-verified
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Polo (Civ C) Procedures & Preferences. Review before republishing dependent rules.
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