RULE 9.220. APPENDIX
(a)
Purpose. The purpose of an appendix is to permit the
parties to prepare and transmit copies of those portions of the
record deemed necessary to an understanding of the issues
presented. It may be served with any petition, brief, motion,
response, or reply but shall be served as otherwise required by
these rules. In any proceeding in which an appendix is required, if
the court finds that the appendix is incomplete, it shall direct a
party to supply the omitted parts of the appendix. No proceeding
shall be determined until an opportunity to supplement the
appendix has been given.
(b)
Contents. The appendix shall contain a coversheet, an
index, a certificate of service, and a conformed copy of the opinion
or order to be reviewed and may contain any other portions of the
record and other authorities. Asterisks should be used to indicate
omissions in documents or testimony of witnesses. The cover sheet
shall state the name of the court, the style of the cause, including
the case number if assigned, the party on whose behalf the
appendix is filed, the petition, brief, motion, response, or reply for
which the appendix is served, and the name and address of the
attorney, or pro se party, filing the appendix.
(c)
Electronic Format. The appendix shall be prepared and
filed electronically as a separate Portable Document Format (“PDF”)
file. The electronically filed appendix shall be filed as 1 document,
unless size limitations or technical requirements established by the
Florida Supreme Court Standards for Electronic Access to the
Courts require multiple parts. The appendix shall be properly
indexed and consecutively paginated, beginning with the cover
sheet as page 1. The PDF file(s) shall:
(1)
be text searchable;
(2)
be paginated so that the page numbers displayed by
the PDF reader exactly match the pagination of the index;
(3)
be bookmarked, consistently with the index, such
that each bookmark states the date, name of the document which it
references, and directs to the first page of that document. All
bookmarks must be viewable in a separate window; and
(4)
not contain condensed transcripts, unless
authorized by the court.
(d)
Paper Format. When a paper appendix is authorized, it
shall be separated from the petition, brief, motion, response, or
reply that it accompanies. The appendix shall be consecutively
paginated, beginning with the cover sheet as page 1. In addition,
the following requirements shall apply:
(1)
if the appendix includes documents filed before
January 1991 on paper measuring 8 1/2 by 14 inches, the
documents should be reduced in copying to 8 1/2 by 11 inches, if
practicable; and
(2)
if reduction is impracticable, the appendix may
measure 8 1/2 by 14 inches, but must be separated from the 8 1/2
by 11-inch document(s) that it accompanies.
Committee Notes
1977 Adoption. This rule is new and has been adopted to
encourage the use of an appendix either as a separate document or
as a part of another matter. An appendix is optional, except under
rules 9.100, 9.110(i), 9.120, and 9.130. If a legal size (8 1/2 by 14
inches) appendix is used, counsel should make it a separate
document. The term “conformed copy” is used throughout these
rules to mean a true and accurate copy. In an appendix the formal
parts of a document may be omitted if not relevant.
1980 Amendment. The rule has been amended to reflect the
requirement that an appendix accompany a suggestion filed under
rule 9.125.
1992 Amendment. This amendment addresses the
transitional problem that arises if legal documents filed before
January 1991 must be included in an appendix filed after that date.
It encourages the reduction of 8 ½ by 14 inch papers to 8 ½ by 11
inches if practicable, and requires such documents to be bound
separately if reduction is impracticable.
Source: Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, effective September 4, 2025.
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