Florida Statute 49.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 49
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS

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F.S. 49.021

49.021 Service of process by publication, upon whom.—Where personal service of process or, if appropriate, service of process under s. 48.194 cannot be had, service of process by publication may be had upon any party, natural or corporate, known or unknown, including:

(1) Any known or unknown natural person, and, when described as such, the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, or other parties claiming by, through, under, or against any known or unknown person who is known to be dead or is not known to be either dead or alive;

(2) Any corporation or other legal entity, whether its domicile be foreign, domestic, or unknown, and whether dissolved or existing, including corporations or other legal entities not known to be dissolved or existing, and, when described as such, the unknown assigns, successors in interest, trustees, or any other party claiming by, through, under, or against any named corporation or legal entity;

(3) Any group, firm, entity, or persons who operate or do business, or have operated or done business, in this state, under a name or title which includes the word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “inc.,” or any combination thereof, or under a name or title which indicates, tends to indicate or leads one to think that the same may be a corporation or other legal entity; and

(4) All claimants under any of such parties.

Unknown parties may be proceeded against exclusively or together with other parties.

History.—s. 2, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 5, ch. 67-254; s. 6, ch. 93-250.

Note.—Former s. 48.02.

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Amendments to 49.021

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 49.021

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 49.021.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 49.021

Total Results: 20

CRAIG A. MARLOWE vs CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, KEVIN VAN DYKE, MARCY A. VAN DYKE, PAUL A. LEONARD AND SUSAN J. LEONARD, TRUSTEES OF THE LEONARD FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 23RD JANUARY, 2007, ET AL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-09-08T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: in any court on any party identified in [section 49.021, Florida Statutes], in any action or proceeding…against any named corporation or legal entity.” § 49.021(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). This statute does not provide

CRAIG A. MARLOWE vs CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, KEVIN VAN DYKE, MARCY A. VAN DYKE, PAUL A. LEONARD AND SUSAN J. LEONARD, TRUSTEES OF THE LEONARD FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 23RD JANUARY, 2007, ET AL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-07-14T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: any court on any party identified in [section 49.021, Florida Statutes], in any action or proceeding…against any named corporation or legal entity.” § 49.021(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). This statute does not provide

JOSH METNICK v. RIGHT OF THE DOT, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-08-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: made in any court on any party identified in s. 49.021 in any action or proceeding: . . . [sections 49.011

Epstein v. Brunel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: service of process by publication pursuant to section 49.021 was appropriate because defendant’s residence

RAFAEL BENAVENTE and CLARA E. BENAVENTE v. OCEAN VILLAGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC., INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-11-27T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: DCA 2016); accord § 49.011, Fla. Stat. (2017); § 49.021, Fla. Stat. (2017); § 49.041, Fla. Stat. (2017)

GREG HOWARD v. DAVID GUALT

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 4th DCA 2016) (citations omitted); Fla. Stat. § 49.021 (2014). The plaintiff’s affidavit of diligent

Green Emerald Homes, LLC v. Bank of New York Mellon

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-08-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 204 So. 3d 512

Snippet: 67 So.3d 435, 436 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). As section 49.021, Florida Statutes (2014), allows for constructive

Martins v. Oaks Master Property Owners Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 159 So. 3d 142, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18683, 2014 WL 5877856

Snippet: ascertainable.” Id. Pursuant to sections 49.011(1) and 49.021(1), Florida Statutes (2010), service of process

State ex rel. J.M.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 144 So. 3d 853, 2014 WL 340999

Snippet: interest at least as well.” Warner, 2005-1303, pp. 48-49; 21 So.3d at 253-254. The statute restricts only the

Estela v. Cavalcanti

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 76 So. 3d 1054, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 20460, 2011 WL 6372943

Snippet: 954 So.2d 1179, 1181 (Fla. 3d DCA2007). Section 49.021, Florida Statutes (2010), provides, in pertinent…governing service of process, including section 49.021, are strictly construed. Id. Therefore, Cavalcanti

Twin Oaks Villas, Ltd. v. Joel D. Smith, L.L.C.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-12-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 67, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19200, 2011 WL 6032692

Snippet: provision of section 48.061 controlled over section 49.021, instead pointing out that the courts are required

1321 Whitfield, LLC v. Silverman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-08-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 67 So. 3d 435, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 13337, 2011 WL 3685757

Snippet: read in harmony with section 49.021, and the plain language of section 49.021(2) providing for service of…limited liability company is permitted under section 49.021(2), Florida Statutes (2009). And because Whitfield…served under chapter 49 — specifically, section 49.021(2) — which provides for service of process by publication… Florida Statutes (2009), controls over section 49.021, because section 48.061 specifically governs service…publication upon Whitfield was permitted by section 49.021(2). Whitfield challenges the trial court’s findings

Miller v. Partin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-03-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 31 So. 3d 224, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 3378, 2010 WL 837863

Snippet: party, natural or corporation, known or unknown. § 49.021, Fla. Stat. (2007). Pursuant to section 49.011,

Lewis v. Fifth Third Mortgage Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 38 So. 3d 157, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 1362

Snippet: service of process under s. 48.194 cannot be had.” § 49.021, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added); see Taylor…69, 70 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978) (holding that section 49.021 only authorizes service by publication when the

Brown v. Cowell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-10-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 19 So. 3d 1171, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15778, 2009 WL 3349659

Snippet: annulment where the requirements of sections 49.011, 49.021, and 49.041, Florida Statutes (2008), have been… personal service cannot be had. See §§ 49.011, 49.021, Fla. Stat. (2008); Bedford Computer Corp. v. Graphic

Hull v. LENDING HOUSE, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-09-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 19 So. 3d 404, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 12821, 2009 WL 2762821

Snippet: substitute service on defendant Hull was appropriate. §§ 49.021, .031, .041, Fla. Stat. (2008). There was evidence

Redfield Invs. v. Village of Pinecrest

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-09-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 990 So. 2d 1135

Snippet: utilized where personal service can be had, see § 49.021, the use of such qualifying terminology, at a minimum

Kopecky v. Kopecka

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 967 So. 2d 1109, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 18148, 2007 WL 3355576

Snippet: by publication pursuant to sections 49.011 and 49.021, Florida Statutes (2007). The clerk of the court…made in any court on any party identified in s. 49.021 in any action or proceeding ... [f]or dissolution…dissolution or annulment of marriage.” Section 49.021(1) provides in pertinent part that service by publication

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases-Report 2007-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-08-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 965 So. 2d 811

Snippet: Commissions of Crime 817.49 21.4 --------------------------------------------

Dept. of Children and Families v. JJE

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-03-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 953 So. 2d 659

Snippet: terminate parental rights. Sections 49.011(13), 49.021(1), Florida Statutes (2006); rule 8.505(c). If …to give permission. See §§ 49.011(13) & 49.021(1), Fla. Stat. (2006); Fla. R. JUV. P. 8.505(c)