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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 48
PROCESS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
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48.011 Process; how directed.Summons, subpoenas, and other process in civil actions run throughout the state. All process except subpoenas shall be directed to all and singular the sheriffs of the state.
History.s. 1, ch. 4397, 1895; GS 1397; RGS 2594; CGL 4234; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 4, ch. 67-254.
Note.Former s. 47.08.

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Cases Citing Statute 48.011

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Electro Eng'g Prods. Co., Inc. v. Lewis, 352 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 1977).

Cited 49 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1977 Fla. LEXIS 4051

...These allegations place them within the reach of the Long Arm statute and satisfy the "minimum contacts" required by the federal constitution. We further determine that service of process was proper pursuant to Section 48.194, Florida Statutes (1975), and determine that there is no conflict between that *865 section and Section 48.011, Florida Statutes (1975)....
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In Re Amendments to Fla. Rules Civ. Proc., 604 So. 2d 1110 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 163953

...___ in possession of it. DATED on ____________, 19__ (Name of Clerk) As Clerk of the Court By ______________________ As Deputy Clerk Committee Notes 1973 Amendment. The form is changed to make the direction conform to the statutory requirement in § section 48.011, F.S....
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In Re the Florida Bar, 265 So. 2d 21 (Fla. 1972).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...it. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this court on ________, 19__. (Name of Clerk) As Clerk of the Court By _______________________ As Deputy Clerk Committee Note The form is changed to make the direction conform to the statutory requirement in F.S. § 48.011 F.S.A....
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Abbate v. Provident Nat. Bank, 631 So. 2d 312 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 12396

...48.021 from serving process or to exclude a person from appointment by individual motion and order to serve process in any civil action in accordance with Rule 1.070(b) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. (Emphasis added). Under Florida law, all process of all courts run throughout the state. § 48.011, Fla....
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Stokes v. Bell, 441 So. 2d 146 (Fla. 1983).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...ldren reside at his temporary residence in Miami Shores, Florida. The trial court, relying on State ex rel. Cox v. Adams, 148 Fla. 426, 4 So.2d 457 (1941), granted the motion to abate. The district court stated that it could not reconcile Adams with section 48.011, Florida Statutes (1981), which provides that service of process runs throughout the state....
...In response to the certified question, I would hold that service of process may be *148 effected statewide on a Florida resident, and there is no valid underlying policy reason to exempt Florida residents from service when attending court outside of their county of residence but within the state. Section 48.011, Florida Statutes (1981), specifically and unambiguously provides that service of process runs throughout the state....
...rom county to county within the state. For the purposes of service of process, the territorial jurisdiction of the residence of a person residing in Florida is the boundaries of this state and not the boundaries of that person's county of residence. Section 48.011 provides that summons, subpoenas, and other process in civil actions run throughout the state....
...The trial court in the present case relies on State ex rel. Cox v. Adams , a 1941 case of this Court which unexplainedly expanded the principle of the "non-resident witness immunity rule" to include other than non-residents of the state. The First District could not reconcile Adams with section 48.011 but felt that it was bound to follow Adams as the precedent of this Court....
...cause the rule in Rorick was limited to nonresidents. Adams is an aberration and should be corrected. Before and after Adams, "outside the territorial jurisdiction of residence" has meant outside the State of Florida. To hold otherwise is to rewrite section 48.011. It is only reasonable and entirely consistent with the unambiguous language of section 48.011 that a resident of this state be subject to service of process anywhere in this state....
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Benedict v. Gen. Motors Corp., 142 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (N.D. Fla. 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2001 WL 36106168, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18706

...ue. In time, "long-arm" statutes were enacted under which service could also be made outside the state's boundaries, but only if various criteria were met. Florida law recognizes both the traditional method of service within the state, see Fla.Stat. § 48.011, and the newer "long-arm" approach under which service may be made outside the state, see Fla....
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Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 773 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. 2000).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 Fla. LEXIS 2312, 2000 WL 1472356

...y, Florida: (describe property) and to put.in possession of it. DATED on.,19. (Name of Clerk) As Clerk of the Court By- As Deputy Clerk Committee Notes 1973 Amendment. The form is changed to make the direction conform to the statutory requirement in section 48.011, Florida Statutes....
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Stokes v. Bell, 424 So. 2d 949 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18479

...at he had a temporary residence in Miami Beach where his wife and children reside. The trial judge granted the motion to abate on the authority of State ex rel. Cox v. Adams, 148 Fla. 426 , 4 So.2d 457 (1941). Process in civil actions is governed by section 48.011, Florida Statutes (1981), which facially indicates that service of process runs throughout the State of Florida....
...NG POLICY REASON TO EXEMPT FLORIDA RESIDENTS FROM SERVICE WHEN ATTENDING COURT OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE IN THE SAME MANNER AS NONRESIDENTS OF THE STATE ARE EXEMPTED WHEN ATTENDING COURT WITHIN THE STATE? JOANOS and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur. . 48.011 Process; how directed....
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Davidson v. Green, 367 So. 2d 1032 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14087

Section 1, Florida Laws (1895), as amended, Section 48.011, Florida Statutes (1977): Summons, subpoenas
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Mishelle Addys Perdomo Vindel v. Scott Aron Stewart (Fla. 3d DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...e located out-of-state.” Id. at 925. See also Kinsale Ins. Co. v. Murphy, 285 So. 3d 411, 412 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (“A Florida subpoena has no force outside the state, absent compliance with another state's requirements for service of process. § 48.011, Fla....