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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Amendments to 48.20

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 1997-08-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1210

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

Comisky v. Rosen Management Service, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-01-05T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-01-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 630 So. 2d 628

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

City of Hialeah v. Weber

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-07-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 491 So. 2d 1204

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

Miller v. Johnson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-02-28T00:00:00-08:00

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

Snippet: : There is an obvious conflict between sections 48.20 and 901.04, Florida Statutes (1983), in regard to…to encompass the Sunday restrictions of section 48.20. Service of a criminal summons constitutes an arrest…governed by the provisions of section 901.04, not 48.20, in regard to an arrest on Sunday. I would grant

Flagship Nat. Bank of Miami v. Testa

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-04-04T23:53:00-08:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 1982-09-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 420 So. 2d 870

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-05-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 383 So. 2d 1127

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

Laramore v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 342 So. 2d 90

Snippet: justify execution of the warrant on Sunday. Section 48.20, Florida Statutes (1975) provides: “Service or execution… the absence of an affidavit satisfying Section 48.20. We need not pause to inquire why that statute,

Johnson v. Dicks

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-12-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 76 So. 2d 657

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