Summary Judgment Timing: 40 Days / 20 Days — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
Applies to
Florida > All circuits > Civil cases governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure
Requirement
Serve the motion for summary judgment, with supporting factual positions and record citations, at least 40 days before the time fixed for the hearing. The nonmovant must serve a response no later than 20 days before the hearing. Summary judgment hearings are special-set — follow the division's special-set procedure, and check for courtesy-copy requirements.
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Deadline engine
40 calendar days before
Serve MSJ 40 days before hearing
Trigger: Hearing date
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510
20 calendar days before
MSJ response 20 days before hearing
Trigger: Hearing date
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510
Computed periods follow Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514 — always confirm holiday calendars for the specific court.
Source of truth
- Official source
- Florida Courts — State Courts System
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
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- Last verified
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Reviewer note: Timing seeded from the 2021 federal-standard amendment as known at model cutoff. Reviewer must confirm the current text (2025 case-management amendments touched adjacent rules) before elevating to high confidence.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
Related rules
Computing Time — Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
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