When must a Florida movant post a temporary-injunction bond?

Identify the actual order setting the bond and preserve its entry date.

Establish the court-set amount and security requirements.

Check whether the court specified another time or the governing no-bond exception applies.

1. Identify the actual order setting the bond and preserve its entry date.
2. Rule 1.090(a) incorporates Rule 2.514(a)(2). Exclude the actual order-entry day. Because the period is fewer than seven days, omit intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Count five eligible days and check actual additional clerk closures and any different court-specified time.
3. Check the observed statutory holidays, actual clerk calendar and chief-justice directions.
4. Complete the required act with the proper court or recipient.

Apply the observed New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day holidays. Section 110.117 observes Saturday holidays on the preceding Friday and Sunday holidays on the following Monday. Rule 2.514 also includes clerk-observed holidays and days designated by the chief justice or chief judge. An ineligible final day moves in the counting direction. The bundled Florida calendar covers 2026 through 2028. Verify additional closures and chief-justice extensions separately.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The court actually enters an order setting a required bond. Its default five-day period applies, and no exception eliminates the bond. The established event occurs August 2, 2027. No mail-only addition, further clerk closure, different order or unestablished branch applies.

Fictitious facts. Establish the stated procedure and actual event separately. No mail-only addition, further clerk holiday, tolling motion, chief-justice extension or different actual court order is assumed.

An actual court-specified time overrides the default

Rule 1.610(b) expressly qualifies the five-day time with unless otherwise specified by the court. Read the actual bond-setting order. A pending request for another time does not establish that the court changed it.

Public-entity bonds depend on the court’s stated decision

For the identified municipality, state, officer, agency or political subdivision, Rule 1.610(b) permits the court to require or dispense with a bond, with or without surety, having due regard for the public interest. Public status alone does not establish the actual decision.

A solely physical-injury or abuse injunction has no bond requirement

Rule 1.610(b) requires no bond for a temporary injunction issued solely to prevent physical injury or abuse of a natural person. Establish that specific scope rather than assuming every temporary injunction qualifies.

Without-notice relief retains separate proof and order requirements

Rule 1.610(a) requires the specified affidavit or verified facts and attorney notice certification for relief without notice. The order must contain the prescribed date, hour, injury, findings and reasons. Posting a bond does not establish those requirements.

Motion form and conferral require separate compliance

Rule 1.100(b) requires the prescribed written grounds and requested relief except the stated hearing or trial procedure. Rule 1.202 separately addresses conferral and its certificate. Summary judgment, injunctive relief and Rule 1.530 motions are expressly exempt from conferral. The rule also excludes an unrepresented movant or nonmovant. Those exemptions do not dispense with valid motion form, filing or service.

• This page does not establish grounds for relief, an actual court hearing, a bond amount, fee entitlement or appeal preservation.
• Check the operative procedural edition, actual filing and service records, motions, court directions and additional closures.

• Identify the actual order setting the bond and preserve its entry date.
• Establish the court-set amount and security requirements.
• Check whether the court specified another time or the governing no-bond exception applies.
• Rule 1.610(b) expressly qualifies the five-day time with unless otherwise specified by the court. Read the actual bond-setting order. A pending request for another time does not establish that the court changed it.
• For the identified municipality, state, officer, agency or political subdivision, Rule 1.610(b) permits the court to require or dispense with a bond, with or without surety, having due regard for the public interest. Public status alone does not establish the actual decision.
• Rule 1.610(b) requires no bond for a temporary injunction issued solely to prevent physical injury or abuse of a natural person. Establish that specific scope rather than assuming every temporary injunction qualifies.
• Rule 1.610(a) requires the specified affidavit or verified facts and attorney notice certification for relief without notice. The order must contain the prescribed date, hour, injury, findings and reasons. Posting a bond does not establish those requirements.
• Rule 1.100(b) requires the prescribed written grounds and requested relief except the stated hearing or trial procedure. Rule 1.202 separately addresses conferral and its certificate. Summary judgment, injunctive relief and Rule 1.530 motions are expressly exempt from conferral. The rule also excludes an unrepresented movant or nonmovant. Those exemptions do not dispense with valid motion form, filing or service.
• Post the required bond in the court-set amount through the prescribed procedure and preserve proof of compliance. The rule conditions the bond on costs and damages sustained if the adverse party is wrongfully enjoined. The computation does not choose the amount, issue the injunction or establish that the security was accepted.