Local Government Mask Requirements

Various local officials are adopting ordinances or executive orders regarding mandatory masks. All visitors to Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims facilities are required to wear masks. As practitioners travel Florida for proceedings, these local ordinances and orders may also be of interest. The following is provided for information, recognizing that the information is subject to change. Anyone with documentation of updated or contrary information, please email for consideration of adding hereto. 

Daytona

    City of Daytona Beach government page (posted June 29, 2020)

Ft. Lauderdale

    Ft. Lauderdale Emergency Order 20-12 (posted June 29, 2020)

    Ft. Lauderdale government page  (posted June 29, 2020)

Ft. Myers

    No local mask requirement found (posted June 29, 2020)

Gainesville

    Alachua County Order 2020-30 (posted June 29, 2020)

Jacksonville

   Masks required,  (posted June 30, 2020)

Lakeland

    No local requirement according to Lakelandgov.net (posted June 29, 2020)

Melbourne

    Indian River County Order 2020-15 (posted June 29, 2020)

Miami

    Miami Order 20-16

Orlando

    Orange County Order 2020-23 (posted June 29, 2020)

Panama City 

    No local mask requirement found (posted June 29, 2020)

Pensacola

    Declaration of Emergency 20-03 (posted June 29, 2020)

Port St. Lucie

    News story St. Lucie County (posted June 29, 2020)

    St. Lucie County Government 

    (Suggests limited to county buildings)

    (posted June 29, 2020)

Sarasota

    No local mask requirement found (posted June 29, 2020)

St. Petersburg

    Emergency Order 2020-26 (posted June 29, 2020)

Tallahassee

    Leon County (posted June 29, 2020)

Tampa

    Tampa Order 2020-30 (posted June 29, 2020)

West Palm Beach

    Palm Beach County EO-12 (posted June 29, 2020)