JAN j 6 2010 - United States District Court

disbursement of funds from the registry, the litigant shall advise the
Court as to the proper recipient of any earned interest and prior to the
release of funds shall provide the Clerk of the Court's Financial
Administrator or other designated deputy clerk with the proper tax number
or tax status of the recipient for subsequent reporting to the Internal
Revenue Service.
&r-idl Upon the issuance of any Order of Disbursement on the Court
registry, the concerned party shall provide a copy of such Order to the
Clerk of the Court's Financial Administrator or other designated deputy.
&r(e) The Clerk of the Court shall assess a user's fee as promulgated by
the Judicial Conference of the United States on deposits in the
interest-bearing Court registry. Such fees shall be deducted at
disbursement and be deposited into a special fund established to
reimburse the Judiciary for maintaining registry accounts.
r^-(f) Nothing in this rule shall prevent the Court from granting the
motion of interested parties for special arrangements for investment of
funds. If such investments are in the name of or assigned to the Clerk
of the Court, the account will be subject to the collateral provisions of
Treasury Circular 176 (31 C.F.R. § 202) and the requirements of Local
Rule 67.1^B^-(b) as well as other applicable statutes, orders, rules and
requirements of the Court.
G?-(g) In any case where an Order of Court directs the Clerk of the Court
to handle a specific investment in a different manner than Section €(c)
of this Local Rule, the interested party shall serve a copy of the Order
upon the Clerk of the Court personally or a deputy clerk specifically
designated in accordance with the wording of Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 67, to-wit:
"The party making the deposit shall serve the Order permitting deposit on
the Clerk of this Court."
S^() A party applying for the issuance of a writ of garnishment shall
deposit the amount prescribed by applicable Florida law in the non-
interest bearing registry of the Court. The deposit is for the
attorneys' fees of the garnishee. Once deposited, those monies shall be
disbursed as follows:
The Clerk of the Court shall pay such deposit to the garnishee (or
garnishee's counsel, if so requested) for the payment or partial payment
of attorney's fees which the garnishee expends or agrees to expend in
obtaining representation in response to the writ. Such payment shall be
made upon the garnishee's demand, in writing, at any time after the
service of the writ, unless otherwise directed by the Court.
3-^(2) in cases of a pre-judgment writ of garnishment, if the garnishee
fails to make written demand within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of
the case, including all appeals, the Clerk of the Court shall return such
deposit to the depositing party (or their counsel) without further order
or request, unless otherwise directed by the Court.
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