Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.445
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC2023-0548
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: October 26, 2023

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
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No. SC2023-0548 
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF 
TRAFFIC COURT 6.445. 
 
October 26, 2023 
 
PER CURIAM. 
In In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Traffic Court, 361 
So. 3d 778 (Fla. 2023), The Florida Bar’s Traffic Court Rules 
Committee filed a report proposing amendments to the Florida 
Rules of Traffic Court, including a proposal to amend rule 6.445 
(Discovery: Infractions Only).  However, the Court, on its own 
motion, severed the proposed amendments to rule 6.445 for 
consideration in this case.  See id. at 779 n.2.  The Court then 
republished the proposed amendments to the rule, with Court 
revisions,1 and the Committee filed a comment suggesting further 
editorial changes. 
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see 
also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(d). 
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Having considered the Committee’s proposal and comment to 
the Court’s revised proposed amendments, the Court hereby 
amends rule 6.445 to clarify that citations must identify the type of 
speed measuring device used as well as either the device’s 
manufacturer’s serial number or, if a pace car is used, no less than 
the last six digits of the automobile’s vehicle identification number.  
Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Traffic Court are amended as 
set forth in the appendix to this opinion.  New language is indicated 
by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type.  
The amendments shall become effective January 1, 2024, at 12:01 
a.m. 
It is so ordered. 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, 
FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Traffic Court 
 
Howard J. Williams, Chair, Traffic Court Rules Committee, Tampa, 
Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 
Tallahassee, Florida, and Michael A. Hodges, Bar Liaison, The 
Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
Responding with comments 
 
 
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Appendix 
RULE 6.445. 
DISCOVERY: INFRACTIONS ONLY 
(a) If anThe electronic or mechanical speed measuring device 
is used by the citing officer, the type of device and the 
manufacturer’s serial number must be included in the body of the 
citation. must be identified by its type, and: 
(1) if the device is a pace car, by no less than the last 6 
digits of the automobile’s vehicle identification number (VIN); or 
(2) if the device is another electronic or mechanical speed 
measuring device, by the manufacturer’s serial number.  
(b) If any relevant supporting documentation regarding such 
device is in the officer’s possession at the time of trial, the 
defendant or defendant’s attorney shall be entitled to review that 
documentation immediately before that trial.  
Committee Notes 
[No Change]