Florida’s legal community came back hard from summer vacation eager to file their court-related documents according to the latest statistics from the Florida Courts E-Filing Authority. August’s monthly progress report showed a record-high in the total number of documents filed at 2.88 million (in 1.97 submissions). Those numbers were 20% higher than July’s total and up nearly 3% from the previous record high in March of 2022.

With the numbers steadily on the rise, an upgrade to the Portal will affect the way users receive notice of filing or e-service emails. Beginning October 29, filers will no longer receive PDF documents attached to their e-service notification of electronic filing.

Instead, the Portal will send filers a link in the notice of filing  to the documents submitted. The document link will be available for seven days after the filing is accepted by the clerk of court (excluding weekends).