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Florida Statute 48.195 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 48.195 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 48.195 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
48.195 Service of foreign process.—
(1) The service of process issued by a court of a state other than Florida may be made by the sheriffs of this state in the same manner as service of process issued by Florida courts. The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted to permit a sheriff to take any action against personal property, real property, or persons.
(2) An officer serving such foreign process shall be deemed as acting in the performance of his or her duties for the purposes of ss. 30.01, 30.02, 843.01, and 843.02, but shall not be held liable as provided in s. 839.19 for failure to execute any process delivered to him or her for service.
(3) The sheriffs shall be entitled to charge fees for the service of foreign process, and the fees shall be the same as fees for the service of comparable process for the Florida courts. When the service of foreign process requires duties to be performed in excess of those required by Florida courts, the sheriff may perform the additional duties and may collect reasonable additional compensation for the additional duties performed.
History.—s. 7, ch. 79-396; s. 36, ch. 81-259; s. 11, ch. 91-45; s. 282, ch. 95-147.

Cases Citing F.S. 48.195

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·In Re Asbestos Litig., 679 F. Supp. 1096 (S.D. Fla. 1987).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida

...risdiction of this Court. Plaintiffs are not required to allege a connection between the cause of action and the Defendants' business activities in order for this Court to exercise jurisdiction over the foreign defendants. The amendment to Fla.Stat. § 48.195 abolished this "connexity" requirement....
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Cited as authorityDugas (2015)
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·Hammer v. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., 679 F. Supp. 1096 (S.D. Fla. 1987).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 6 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 73, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13537

...sdiction of this Court. Plaintiffs are not required to allege a connection between the cause of action and the Defendants’ business activities in order for this Court to exercise jurisdiction over the foreign defendants. The amendment to Fla.Stat. § 48.195 abolished this “connexity” requirement....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1995)
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Cited as authorityHaddad (1991)
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