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When may a Florida party serve a remittitur or additur motion?

Rule 1.530(h)(1) permits a remittitur or additur motion served no later than fifteen days after verdict return in a jury action or judgment filing in a nonjury action. The motion must identify applicable Florida law, the proposed amount and the specified supporting evidence or improper damages elements.

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Period: Fifteen calendar days after the applicable verdict or judgment event
Trigger: Actual jury verdict return or actual judgment filing in the established nonjury branch
Rule: Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.530(h)(1)

Florida civil summary judgment, posttrial, costs and temporary injunction procedures

Official civil compilation published October 1, 2026 and general practice compilation published July 1, 2026

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Actual jury verdict return or actual judgment filing in the established nonjury branch

Use only for the original Rule 1.530(h)(1) motion. Classify the jury or nonjury action and identify the actual event. The later adverse-party written election uses the filed granting order instead.

Entry rules and timing exceptions

15 days from Return of the verdict in a jury action, or the date of filing of the judgment in a non-jury action.

Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.530(h)(1)Binding

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Which actual event starts this Florida civil period?

Identify the actual verdict or judgment and classify the jury or nonjury branch.

Preserve the verdict-return or judgment-filing evidence.

Identify applicable Florida damages law, the claimed amount and specific evidence or improper damages elements.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.530(h)(1)

How does Florida count this civil period?

Identify the actual verdict or judgment and classify the jury or nonjury branch.
Rule 1.090(a) incorporates Rule 2.514(a). Exclude the established event. For seven days or longer, begin with the next day that is not Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday. Count intermediate calendar days. For fewer than seven days, omit intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Do not treat a seven-day period as seven business days.
Check the observed statutory holidays, actual clerk calendar and chief-justice directions.
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.

Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.514(a)

What do the independently derived facts show?

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The nonjury judgment is actually filed. The party seeks the specified damages adjustment. The established event occurs August 2, 2027. No mail-only addition, further clerk closure, different order or unestablished branch applies.

Example counting steps
Step	What is counted	Date
Established event	Actual jury verdict return or actual judgment filing in the established nonjury branch	August 2, 2027
Applicable period	Fifteen calendar days after the applicable verdict or judgment event	Tuesday, August 17, 2027

Example resultTuesday, August 17, 2027

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.

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Which Florida civil qualifications change the procedure?

The motion requires a stated amount and substantive support: Rule 1.530(h)(1) requires the applicable Florida law, the amount the movant contends the verdict should be and specific supporting evidence or the improper damages elements. A timely request alone does not satisfy those requirements.
A granting order must identify statutory criteria: Rule 1.530(h)(2) requires the court to state the specific statutory criteria relied upon. The calculator does not choose applicable damages law or establish those criteria.
The later rejection election is damages only and requires filing: Rule 1.530(h)(3) permits an adversely affected party to reject the award and elect a new trial on damages only by filing a written election within fifteen days after the granting order is filed. That is a separate event and act.
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.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.530(h)(1)

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.

What must be filed, served and preserved?

Identify the actual verdict or judgment and classify the jury or nonjury branch.
Preserve the verdict-return or judgment-filing evidence.
Identify applicable Florida damages law, the claimed amount and specific evidence or improper damages elements.
Rule 1.530(h)(1) requires the applicable Florida law, the amount the movant contends the verdict should be and specific supporting evidence or the improper damages elements. A timely request alone does not satisfy those requirements.
Rule 1.530(h)(2) requires the court to state the specific statutory criteria relied upon. The calculator does not choose applicable damages law or establish those criteria.
Rule 1.530(h)(3) permits an adversely affected party to reject the award and elect a new trial on damages only by filing a written election within fifteen days after the granting order is filed. That is a separate event and act.
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.
Serve the completed damages-adjustment motion within the applicable period and complete prescribed filing. Preserve the claimed amount, grounds, supporting evidence and actual service. A granting order must state its specific statutory criteria. An adversely affected party’s later written election follows Rule 1.530(h)(3).

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