Filings

Mailing Address:          

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

2000 Drayton Drive

Tallahassee, FL  32399-0950

Clerk's Office Telephone:  (850) 488-6151 

Office Hours:  8 - 5 Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday except legal holidays.

Court Holidays:   

Official Court holidays are detailed in the annual administrative orders regarding the  appointment of court holidays.  These administrative orders are available HERE.

NOTE: If the filing date of your document falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or court holiday, the document is due the next court business day.  It is noted that there are additional holidays listed in Fla. R. App. P. 9.420(e) which may extend filing dates even though the court may be open for business.

Faxed Filings:  The court does not accept filings by fax unless specifically authorized or ordered by the court. 

After Hours Filings:  For filings after 5 p.m., there is usually a guard on duty from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00p.m. Monday through Friday.  Filings received by the guard after regular business hours are stamped as filed on the day received. There is no guarantee the guard is going to be available on any given day to accept filings so litigants should try to insure that time sensitive matters are filed during regular business hours.