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Fla. Stat. § 48.19 (2025)
Service on nonresidents operating aircraft or watercraft in the state.
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48.19 Service on nonresidents operating aircraft or watercraft in the state.—The operation, navigation, or maintenance by a nonresident of an aircraft or a boat, ship, barge, or other watercraft in the state, either in person or through others, and the acceptance thereby by the nonresident of the protection of the laws of this state for the aircraft or watercraft, or the operation, navigation, or maintenance by a nonresident of an aircraft or a boat, ship, barge, or other watercraft in the state, either in person or through others, other than under the laws of the state, or any person who is a resident of the state and who subsequently becomes a nonresident or conceals his or her whereabouts, constitutes an appointment by the nonresident of the Secretary of State as the agent of the nonresident or concealed person on whom all process may be served in any action or proceeding against the nonresident or concealed person growing out of any accident or collision in which the nonresident or concealed person may be involved while, either in person or through others, operating, navigating, or maintaining an aircraft or a boat, ship, barge, or other watercraft in the state. The acceptance by operation, navigation, or maintenance in the state of the aircraft or watercraft is signification of the nonresident’s or concealed person’s agreement that process against him or her so served shall be of the same effect as if served on him or her personally.
Note.—Former s. 47.162.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2022 · leading case: James Turner & Linda Chase v. Julio C. Salvatierra, 580 F.2d 199 (5th Cir. 1978).
James Turner & Linda Chase v. Julio C. Salvatierra, 580 F.2d 199 (5th Cir. 1978). “Fla.Stat. § 48.19. Service on nonresidents operating aircraft or watercraft in the state.”
James Corley v. Lloyd Milliken & \Capt. Jeffery\"", 608 F.2d 238 (5th Cir. 1979). “Jeffery and a nonresident of Florida, by serving the Florida Secretary of State pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 48.19 (1977). 2 Milliken moved to dismiss for, inter alia, lack of personal jurisdiction.”
Cal-Mar Indus., Inc. v. Wilson Rsch. Corp., 442 F. Supp. 796 (S.D. Fla. 1977). “Thus, the resolution of this issue of personal jurisdiction hinges on this court’s interpretation of the scope of the Florida Long Arm Statute, F.S. § 48.19. 1. The Long Arm Test The Florida Long Arm Statute states, inter alia, that the state courts of Florida are possessed of…”
Atwater v. City of Cape Coral, 120 So. 3d 595 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). “Statutory Construction • Section 48.19 A review of the record shows that the surplus funds were transferred to the CFO pursuant to section 43.”
Madonna v. Gaynor ex rel. Gaynor, 95 So. 3d 990 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “See § 48.19S(l)(a). Second, it alleged that Mr.”
Crescenzo v. Atwater, 136 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). “Crescenzo’s claim that the monies were prematurely deposited with the CFO, we agree with the circuit court that the five-year period in subsection 48.19(1) is measured from the date the funds were placed in the registry of the court and not from some later date when the relevant…”
Corley v. Milliken, 389 So. 2d 976 (1980). “Corley appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals which has certified the following question for our consideration: Does Fla.Stat. § 48.19 (1977) authorize service of process on the Secretary of State of Florida in an action against a nonresident of Florida, who owns a…”
Cent. Nat'l Bank of Richmond v. Kelley, 253 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). ““Defendants contend that they are not subject to service of process under F.S. 48.19, F.S.A., because at the time of the accident the statute did not provide for service on nonresidents operating aircraft.”
United States v. Faro (M.D. Fla. 2022). “For example, by operation of Florida Statute section 48.19, any nonresident who operates an aircraft or watercraft in Florida, or any resident who does so and then becomes a nonresident or conceals his or her whereabouts, thereby appoints the Florida Secretary of State as their…”
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Crescenzo v. Atwater, 136 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). “Crescenzo’s claim that the monies were prematurely deposited with the CFO, we agree with the circuit court that the five-year period in subsection 48.19(1) is measured from the date the funds were placed in the registry of the court and not from some later date when the relevant…”
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