The Supreme Court of Florida issued Administrative Order AOSC26-12 on 28 May 2026, effective 15 June 2026, amending Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515(d)(2). The amendment requires that the signer of any document filed with Florida courts represent that the legal authorities identified in that document exist and are accurately cited. Courts are authorized to impose appropriate sanctions for any filing inconsistent with that representation. The Court simultaneously issued an opinion in Case No. SC2026-0673 explaining the rationale for the amendment.
The Court's opinion in SC2026-0673 identifies generative artificial intelligence tools, including large language models, as producing fabricated case citations and materially misstated holdings at a rate that Rule 2.515 in its prior form did not address. The amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) does not require disclosure of whether AI was used to draft a filing. The obligation is accuracy of citation: regardless of how a document was prepared, the signer must be able to represent that every cited authority exists and is accurately described.
Florida lawyers, pro se parties, and all other persons authorized to sign court filings in Florida state courts are bound by the amended rule from 15 June 2026. Litigation teams using AI tools for brief-writing, motion drafting, or case research must independently verify every legal citation before filing. Reliance on unverified AI output is not a defence to a sanctions motion under the amended rule. Law firms and legal operations teams deploying AI drafting tools should review their citation verification protocols against the amended standard.
The Florida amendment is the first statewide revision to a formal court rule in the United States specifically addressing AI citation accuracy, distinct from standing orders issued by individual federal district judges in 2023 and 2024. The rule applies to all Florida state courts without limitation by case type. Future rulemaking may impose separate AI use disclosure obligations; the current amendment is confined to citation accuracy certification under Rule 2.515(d)(2).
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