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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 49
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS
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F.S. 49.051
49.051 Sworn statement, corporation as defendant.—The sworn statement of the plaintiff, his or her agent or attorney, for service of process by publication against a corporation, shall show:
(1) That diligent search and inquiry have been made to discover the true name, domicile, principal place of business, and status (that is, whether foreign, domestic, or dissolved) of the corporate defendant, and that the same is set forth in said sworn statement as particularly as is known to the affiant, and that diligent search and inquiry have also been made, to discover the names and whereabouts of all persons upon whom the service of process would bind the said corporation and that the same is specified as particularly as is known to the affiant; and
(2) Whether or not the corporation has ever qualified to do business in this state, unless shown to be a Florida corporation; and
(3) That all officers, directors, general managers, cashiers, resident agents, and business agents of the corporation, either:
(a) Are absent from the state; or
(b) Cannot be found within the state; or
(c) Conceal themselves so that process cannot be served upon them so as to bind the said corporation; or
(d) That their whereabouts are unknown to the affiant; or
(e) That said officers, directors, general managers, cashiers, resident agents, and business agents of the corporation are unknown to affiant.
History.—s. 5, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 5, ch. 67-254; s. 288, ch. 95-147.
Note.—Former s. 48.05.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 49.051
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Cases Citing Statute 49.051

Total Results: 20

LOUMPOS v. RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC., BANK ONE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-02

Snippet: entireties accounts. See Beal Bank, 780 So. 2d at 49-51. On appeal, the district court, in a split opinion

Byrd, The Florida Senate v. Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc., Equal Ground Education Fund, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-12-01

Snippet: (hereinafter, “VRA”); Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30, 49–51, n.15–17 (1986) (highlighting need for “a politically

PETER ARNOLD v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-01-18

Snippet: ” Id.; Tuttle’s Design-Build, Inc., 753 So. 2d 49, 51 (2000) (“[R]ather than articulating a laundry list

ANDRE WHITE v. AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION, D/B/A AUTOZONE AUTO PARTS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-09-07

Snippet: Dist., for Use & Benefit of Martin, 87 So. 2d 49, 51 (Fla. 1956). “Such uncertainty in itself negates

ANDRE WHITE v. AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION, D/B/A AUTOZONE AUTO PARTS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-06-15

Snippet: Dist., for Use & Benefit of Martin, 87 So. 2d 49, 51 (Fla. 1956). “Such uncertainty in itself negates

JAMYLIN JAMON'E BROWN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-03-09

Snippet: Tuttle’s Design-Build, Inc., 753 So. 2d 49, 51 ([Fla.] 2000) (recognizing: “It has long

JAMYLIN JAMON'E BROWN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-01-12

Snippet: Tuttle’s Design-Build, Inc., 753 So. 2d 49, 51 ([Fla.] 2000) (recognizing: “It has long

STATE OF FLORIDA v. ALEX ANTHONY GUERRA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-10-27

Snippet: 2005); see also State v. Henderson, 152 So. 3d 49, 51 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) (finding that denying a crime

E.A.C., A CHILD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-30

Snippet: Tuttle’s Design-Build, Inc., 753 So. 2d 49, 51 (2000) (recognizing: “It has long been established

JERMAINE CLARINGTON v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-12-02

Snippet: Caple v. Tuttle’s Design-Build, Inc., 753 So. 2d 49, 51 (2000) (recognizing: “It has long been established

TRACY GREENE v. TWISTEE TREAT U S A, L L C

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-09-04

Snippet: and obvious); Hadley v. Davjoy, Inc., 613 So. 2d 49, 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) (holding that

BENJAMIN A. MUSGRAVE v. LYNN M. MUSGRAVE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-11-27

Snippet: the result." Fazzaro v. Fazzaro, 110 So. 3d 49, 51 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (citing A.L.G. v. J.F.D., 85

Pena v. Rodriguez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-05-22

Citation: 273 So. 3d 237

Snippet: unable to agree.” Fazzaro v. Fazzaro, 110 So. 3d 49, 51 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Office of the Attorney Gen. v. Nationwide Pools, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-03

Citation: 270 So. 3d 406

Snippet: accepted benefits." In re Fredcris, Inc. , 101 So.2d 49, 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958) (citations omitted); see also

Office of the Attorney Gen. v. Nationwide Pools, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-03

Citation: 270 So. 3d 406

Snippet: accepted benefits." In re Fredcris, Inc. , 101 So.2d 49, 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958) (citations omitted); see also

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS v. NATIONWIDE POOLS, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-03

Snippet: accepted benefits.” In re Fredcris, Inc., 101 So. 2d 49, 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958) (citations omitted); see also

Larry Crandall Roberts v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-01-31

Citation: 262 So. 3d 875

Snippet: had a good reason.’” State v. Cohen, 568 So. 2d 49, 51−52 (Fla. 1990). shotgun while attempting to detain

Mary Grace Vinson v. Tommy Junior Vinson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-01-07

Snippet: at 1273; but see Fazzaro v. Fazarro, 110 So. 3d 49, 51 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (holding there was no logic

Kevin Don Foster v. State of Florida – Corrected Opinion

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-13

Snippet: -7- Cohen, 568 So. 2d 49, 51 (Fla. 1990). Proof beyond a reasonable doubt extends

Mary Grace Vinson v. Tommy Junior Vinson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-07

Snippet: at 1273; but see Fazzaro v. Fazarro, 110 So. 3d 49, 51 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (holding there was no logic