# Florida's Supreme Court amends Rule 2.515(d)(2): signing a filing represents that the legal authorities cited exist and are accurate, with sanctions available, effective June 15, 2026

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260528-lawyer-2
Date: 2026-05-28 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

Florida courts only, and three things are easy to misread. First, the rule text never mentions artificial intelligence — the duty is source-neutral: however a filing was produced, the signer answers for whether its citations are real. AI appears only in the Court Commentary. Second, it binds self-represented parties as well as attorneys. Third, the commentary states the amendments were adopted principally to create a statewide, uniform replacement for varied circuit court administrative orders imposing disclosure and certification requirements about the use of artificial intelligence in filings — so it adds one uniform accuracy duty while displacing the AI-specific disclosure orders, which is not simply a tightening. Sanctions may include reprimand, contempt, striking the document, dismissal, costs and attorneys' fees.

## Source

- Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2026-0673 — In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515 (2026-05-28) — https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2489374/opinion/Opinion_SC2026-0673.pdf (primary source)

## What this means

The regulatory answer is settling, and it is not the one most firms prepared for. Florida did not ask lawyers to declare that they used AI; it made them personally certify that the authorities are real, and then took away the disclosure requirements that competed with it. The obligation attaches to the citation, not to the tool — which means it does not expire when the models get better, and no AI-use policy discharges it.

## What it does not show yet

One state, and a procedural rule is not a market change: nothing here says Florida firms use less AI, bill differently or staff a matter with fewer people. Whether other states converge on citation certification rather than AI disclosure is the open question, and a rule in force since June 2026 has not yet produced a body of decisions showing how hard it bites.

## How to verify it yourself

Read the standing order of the next judge you appear before, not the state rule — the Florida amendment exists precisely because judges had been writing their own, and in most jurisdictions they still are. Then check what your firm's verification step actually is: if 'someone checked the cites' is a habit rather than a named person and a recorded step, the certification you sign has no process behind it.


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