Florida Statute 48.27 | 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. 48.27

48.27 Certified process servers.—

(1) The chief judge of each judicial circuit may establish an approved list of natural persons designated as certified process servers. The chief judge may periodically add to such list the names of those natural persons who have met the requirements for certification provided for in s. 48.29. Each person whose name has been added to the approved list is subject to annual recertification and reappointment by the chief judge of a judicial circuit. The chief judge shall prescribe appropriate forms for application for inclusion on the list of certified process servers. A reasonable fee for the processing of any such application must be charged.

(2)(a) The addition of a person’s name to the list authorizes him or her to serve initial nonenforceable civil process on a person found within the circuit where the process server is certified when a civil action has been filed against such person in the circuit court or in a county court in the state. Upon filing an action in circuit or county court, a person may select from the list for the circuit where the process is to be served one or more certified process servers to serve initial nonenforceable civil process.

(b) The addition of a person’s name to the list authorizes him or her to serve criminal witness subpoenas and criminal summonses on a person found within the circuit where the process server is certified. The state in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or any party in a criminal action, prosecution, or proceeding may select from the list for the circuit where the process is to be served one or more certified process servers to serve the subpoena or summons.

(3) Nothing herein shall be interpreted to exclude a sheriff or deputy or other person appointed by the sheriff pursuant to s. 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.

History.—s. 3, ch. 88-135; s. 5, ch. 97-96; s. 3, ch. 98-410; s. 3, ch. 2009-215.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 48.27

Total Results: 14

City of Aventura v. Masone

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 89 So. 3d 233, 2011 WL 5964359, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19039

Snippet: Aventura, Fla., City Code, ch. 48, art. 3 §§ 48-26, 48-27, 48-29, 48-31. The Ordinance mandates that the Traffic

INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICES v. Mitchel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-07-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 931 So. 2d 1073

Snippet: sanctions against Integrated in the amount of $48,027.86. The sanction judgment was entered on May 24

Cannella v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-11-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 801 So. 2d 94

Snippet: not qualified under the former version of section 48.27 or section 48.021(3), Florida Statute[s] (1996),

Decker v. Kaplus

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 763 So. 2d 1229

Snippet: the service of process was void under sections 48.27(1) and (2), Florida Statutes (1996), because the… certified pursuant to Florida Statutes section 48.27(2) to effect service in the Fifth Judicial Circuit…not qualified under the former version of section 48.27 or section 48.021(3), Florida Statute (1996), it…THOMPSON and SAWAYA, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 48.27(2), Fla. Stat. (1999) now allows the certified process

Farrey's Wholesale Hardware Co., Inc. v. Hobesound Indus. Park, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-10-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 719 So. 2d 374

Snippet: Palm Beach County, according to sections 48.27(1) and 48.27(2), Florida Statutes (1997). These sections…invalid. The Abbate court relied on sections 48.27(1) and 48.27(2) in support of its decision. Furthermore

Dickinson v. Dickinson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-02-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 706 So. 2d 114, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1638, 1998 WL 69068

Snippet: the action originated, in violation of section 48.27(2), Florida Statutes. Regarding the first point,…, Appellant correctly states that under section 48.27(2), Florida Statutes, for service by a private process

Sutor v. Cochran

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-01-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 687 So. 2d 897, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 303, 1997 WL 30814

Snippet: the chief judge of each county. See §§ 48.021, 48.27. The statutory scheme for the two types of appointed…88-135, § 3, at 720-21, Laws of Fla; see also §§ 48.27-48.31. The purpose of this bill was to establish

Abbate v. Provident Nat. Bank

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-01-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 631 So. 2d 312

Snippet: Florida Certified Process Servers Act." Section 48.27, Florida Statutes, entitled "Certified process…originating from another judicial circuit unless section 48.27, Florida Statutes restricts such authority. The …defendant asserts that the language of subsection 48.27(2) restricts a certified process server to service… where the process server is certified. Section 48.27 is not a model of clarity and has been described…associated with service of civil process. Under section 48.27(1), the chief judge of each circuit may establish

Avellone v. Mehta

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-06-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 544 So. 2d 1122, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1446, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3374, 1989 WL 62763

Snippet: 537 (Fla.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). “Imposition of costs after judgment

Ago

Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-01-08T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 1 Section 48.27(1), F.S., as created by s. 3, Ch. 88-135, Laws of Florida. 2 Section 48.27(2), Ch. 88…as created by s. 4, Ch. 88-135, supra. 4 Section 48.27(2), as created by s. 3, Ch. 88-135, supra. 5 Section

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-01-04T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: for certification of process servers. 3 Section 48.27(2), F.S., as created by s. 3, Ch. 88-135, Laws of

Bystrom v. Florida Rock Industries

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-10-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 513 So. 2d 742

Snippet: 537 (Fla.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). In the instant case, the appraiser

Thursby v. Reynolds Metals Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-03-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 466 So. 2d 245

Snippet: 2d DCA 1970), cert. den., 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). Appellant has shown no abuse

Durrance v. Sanders

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-03-29T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 329 So. 2d 26

Snippet: 230 So.2d 476, cert. den. 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970)) Under the circumstances of the