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Comparison: Rules of Civil Procedure
(Federal vs Florida)

Source Document: Federal (PDF)
Source Document: Florida (PDF)
Table A | Basics
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Abbreviation:Fed. R. Civ. P.Fla. R. Civ. P.
File Size (KB):4321,554
Page Count:140249
Word Count:54,81960,211
Rules Count:10392
Forms Count:087
Comparison Chart (Federal vs Florida)
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801Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem; General Provisions✓
802Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations✓
803Amended and Supplemental Pleadings✓✓
804Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions✓
805Attaching Copy of Cause of Action and Exhibits✓
806Choice of Forum✓
807Class Actions✓✓
808Commencing an Action✓✓
809Completion of Mediation✓
810Complex Litigation✓
811Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers✓✓
812Condemning Real or Personal Property✓
813Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment✓
814Consolidation; Separate Trials✓✓
815Constitutional Challenge to a Statute - Notice, Certification, and Intervention✓✓
816Continuances✓
817Counterclaim and Crossclaim✓✓
818County Court Actions✓
819Declaratory Judgment✓✓
820Default; Default Judgment✓✓
821Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing✓✓
822Deposit into Court✓✓
823Depositions by Oral Examination✓✓
824Depositions by Written Questions✓✓
825Depositions of Expert Witnesses✓
826Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony✓✓
827Derivative Actions✓
828Determining Foreign Law✓
829Disclosure Statement✓
830Discovery in Aid of Execution✓
831Dismissal of Actions✓✓
832Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery✓✓
833Effective Dates✓
834Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act✓✓
835Enforcing Relief for or Against a Nonparty✓✓
836Entering Judgment✓
837Evidence✓
838Exclusions From Arbitration✓
839Execution✓✓
840Extraordinary Remedies✓
841Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions✓✓
842Final Disposition Form✓
843Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings✓
844Forfeiture Actions in Rem✓
845Form of Pleadings✓✓
846Forms✓
847General Magistrates for Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Matters✓
848General Rules of Pleading✓✓
849Harmless Error✓
850Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs✓
851Hearing Procedures for Non-Binding Arbitration✓
852Homeowners' Associations and Condominium Associations✓
853In Personam Actions: Attachment and Garnishment✓
854In Rem Actions: Special Provisions✓
855Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Materials✓
856Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief that is Barred by a Pending Appeal✓
857Injunctions and Restraining Orders✓✓
858Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error✓✓
859Interpleader✓✓
860Interrogatories to Parties✓✓
861Intervention✓✓
862Joinder of Claims✓✓
863Judge's Inability to Proceed✓
864Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motions for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling✓
865Judgment; Costs✓
866Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected✓
867Juror Notebooks✓
868Limitation of Liability✓
869Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order✓✓
870Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent; Appeal✓✓
871Masters✓
872Mediation Procedures✓
873Mediation Rules✓
874Medical Malpractice Presuit Screening Rule✓
875Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties✓✓
876Mobile Homeowners' Associations✓
877Motion for a Directed Verdict✓
878Motions✓
879Motions for Costs and Attorneys' Fees✓
880New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment✓✓
881Nonverification of Pleadings✓
882Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling✓
883Objecting to a Ruling or Order✓
884Offer of Judgment✓✓
885One Form of Action✓✓
886Permissive Joinder of Parties✓
887Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken✓✓
888Physical and Mental Examinations✓✓
889Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers✓✓
890Pleading Mortgage Foreclosures✓
891Pleading Special Matters✓✓
892Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers✓✓
893Possessory, Petitory, and Partition Actions✓
894Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management✓✓
895Privacy and Court records✓
896Privacy Protection for Filings Made with the Court✓
897Proceedings Against a Security Provider✓
898Proceedings Against Surety on Judicial Bonds✓
899Producing Documents; Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes✓✓
900Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition✓
901Proving an Official Record✓
902Questions by Jurors✓
903Receivers✓✓
904Records Kept by the Clerk✓
905Relief from a Judgment or Order✓✓
906Remittitur and Additur✓
907Requests for Admission✓✓
908Required Joinder of Parties✓✓
909Right to a Jury Trial; Demand✓✓
910Rules by District Courts; Judge's Directives✓
911Rules Common to Mediation and Arbitration✓
912Scheduling Cases for Trial✓✓
913Scope and Purpose✓✓
914Scope of Rules✓
915Seizing a Person or Property✓✓
916Selecting Jurors✓✓
917Selection and Compensation of Arbitration✓
918Service and Filing of Pleadings, Orders, and Documents✓
919Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers✓✓
920Serving Other Process✓✓
921Sham Pleadings✓
922Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions✓
923Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions✓
924Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment✓
925Stenographic Transcript as Evidence✓
926Stipulations About Discovery Procedure✓✓
927Subpoena✓✓
928Substitution of Parties✓✓
929Summary Judgment✓✓
930Summons✓✓
931Taking Testimony✓✓
932Third-Party Practice✓✓
933Title✓✓
934Transfers of Actions✓
935Trial by Jury or by the Court✓✓
936Using Depositions in Court Proceedings✓✓
937Verdicts✓
938View✓
939Voluntary Binding Arbitration✓
Table B | Federal Rules (and their Florida equivalents)
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1Comparison: Fed. vs Fla.A more detailed comparison of the Federal and Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
Table C | Florida Rules which have no Federal equivalent
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1Comparison: Fla. vs Fed.Peek into the Fla. R. Civ. P. which do not have Federal equivalents
The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure have been modeled after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:
"Although the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure differ in some respects, "the objective in promulgating the Florida rules has been to harmonize our rules with the federal rules." Miami Transit Co. v. Ford, 155 So.2d 360, 362 (Fla. 1963); see also Fontainebleau Hotel Corp. v. Walters, 246 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla. 1971) (Florida's rules modeled after federal rules of civil procedure). Thus, we look to the federal rules and decisions for guidance in interpreting Florida's civil procedure rules. See Zuberbuhler v. Division of Admin., 344 So.2d 1304, 1306 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977)."
- Gleneagle v. Leondakos, 602 So.2d 1282 (Fla. 1992)
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Fontainebleau v. Walters, 246 So.2d 563 (Fla. 1971) Gleneagle v. Leondakos, 602 So.2d 1282 (Fla. 1992) Miami Transit v. Ford, 155 So.2d 360 (Fla. 1963) Zuberbuhler v. Division of Administration, 344 So.2d 1304 (2DCA 1977)
Comparison: Court Rules Fed. R. Civ. P. Fla. R. Civ. P. Handbook: FL Discovery Practice
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