Florida Statute 48.20 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 48
PROCESS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

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F.S. 48.20

48.20 Service of process on Sunday.—Service or execution on Sunday of any writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment is void and the person serving or executing, or causing it to be served or executed, is liable to the party aggrieved for damages for so doing as if he or she had done it without any process, writ, warrant, order, or judgment. If affidavit is made by the person requesting service or execution that he or she has good reason to believe that any person liable to have any such writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment served on him or her intends to escape from this state under protection of Sunday, any officer furnished with an order authorizing service or execution by the trial court judge may serve or execute such writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment on Sunday, and it is as valid as if it had been done on any other day.

History.—s. 44, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 1025; GS 1413; RGS 2611; CGL 4275; s. 4, ch. 67-254; s. 12, ch. 73-334; s. 283, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2004-11.

Note.—Former s. 47.46.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 48.20

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 48.20.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 48.20

Total Results: 10

Blair v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-08-28

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1210, 1997 WL 527412

Snippet: Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 149, 88 S.Ct. 1444, 1447-48, 20 L.Ed.2d 491 (1968). [5] "In suits at common law

Comisky v. Rosen Management Service, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-01-05

Citation: 630 So. 2d 628, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 8

Snippet: issue affecting the validity of service. Section 48.20, Florida Statutes (1991) provides that service of

Comisky v. Rosen Management Service

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-01-05

Citation: 630 So. 2d 628, 1994 WL 1514

Snippet: issue affecting the validity of service. Section 48.20, Florida Statutes (1991) provides that service of

City of Hialeah v. Weber

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-07-17

Citation: 491 So. 2d 1204, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1566

Snippet: injuries. See Larson's, Workmen's Compensation Law, § 48.20, et seq.; and City of Manchester v. Huard, 113 N

Miller v. Johnson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-02-28

Citation: 466 So. 2d 340, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 514, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12719

Snippet: dissenting: There is an obvious conflict between sections 48.20 and 901.04, Florida Statutes (1983), in regard to

Flagship Nat. Bank of Miami v. Testa

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-04-05

Citation: 429 So. 2d 69

Snippet: ruling be withheld. In re Grossmayer, 177 U.S. 48, 20 S.Ct. 535, 44 L.Ed. 665 (1900); Steccone v. Morse-Starrett

Florida Board of Bar Examiners

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-09-23

Citation: 420 So. 2d 870, 1982 Fla. LEXIS 2553

Snippet: be accompanied by a fee of .$6=00 10.00 Section 48 20. Each request from an applicant for a copy of such

City of Coral Gables v. Geary

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-05-20

Citation: 383 So. 2d 1127

Snippet: 2 Rathkopf, Law of Zoning & Planning, c. 48, p. 48-20 (3d ed. 1966). [e.s.] Accord, Landmark Universal

Laramore v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-01-28

Citation: 342 So. 2d 90, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15217

Snippet: justify execution of the warrant on Sunday. Section 48.20, Florida Statutes (1975) provides: “Service or execution

Johnson v. Dicks

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-12-03

Citation: 76 So. 2d 657

Snippet: W.2d 147; McVicar v. Harper Hospital, 313 Mich. 48, 20 N.W.2d 806; Burke v. B.F. Nelson Mfg. Co., 219