In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.351
The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Civil Procedure Rules Committee's proposed amendments to Rule 1.351 governing non-party production without deposition. When a notice of non-party production is served with original process, the subpoena may not issue earlier than 45 days after service on the last-served party, and objections may be served within that 45-day window. The amendments also clarify the 10-day (delivery/e-mail) and 15-day (U.S. mail) waiting periods before a subpoena may issue.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.351 governing the timing requirements for non-party production subpoenas served with original process.
- The amendments extend the window for issuing non-party production subpoenas from the standard 10-15 days to 45 days when the notice is served with original process, and parties may serve objections within that same 45-day period.
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Why it matters
This is a practical, deadline-changing amendment affecting any litigator who serves or receives Rule 1.351 non-party production notices, particularly the increasingly common practice of serving such notices… — full analysis with a trial
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