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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 50
LEGAL AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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F.S. 50.011
50.011 Publication of legal notices.Whenever by statute an official or legal advertisement or a publication or notice in a newspaper or on a governmental agency website has been or is directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu of process, or for constructive service, or in initiating, assuming, reviewing, exercising, or enforcing jurisdiction or power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, such legislation, whether existing or repealed, means either of the following:
(1) A publication in a newspaper printed and published periodically at least once a week, containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English language, available to the public generally for the publication of official or other notices and customarily containing information of a public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in the county where published, or of interest or of value to the general public, which:
(a) Has an audience consisting of at least 10 percent of the households in the county or municipality, as determined by the most recent decennial census, where the legal or public notice is being published or posted, by calculating the combination of the total of the number of print copies reflecting the day of highest print circulation, of which at least 25 percent of such print copies must be delivered to individuals’ home or business addresses, as certified biennially by a certified independent third-party auditor, and the total number of online unique monthly visitors to the newspaper’s website from within the state, as measured by industry-accepted website analytics software. The newspaper must also be sold, or otherwise available to the public, at no less than 10 publicly accessible outlets. For legal and public notices published by nongovernmental entities, the newspaper’s audience in the county or municipality where the project, property, or other primary subject of the notice is located must meet the 10 percent threshold; or
(b) Is entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as periodical class mail at a post office in the county where published.
(2) A publication on a publicly accessible website under s. 50.0311.
History.s. 2, ch. 3022, 1877; RS 1296; GS 1727; s. 1, ch. 5610, 1907; RGS 2942; s. 1, ch. 12104, 1927; CGL 4666, 4901; s. 1, ch. 63-387; s. 6, ch. 67-254; s. 21, ch. 99-2; s. 1, ch. 2021-17; s. 1, ch. 2022-103.
Note.Former s. 49.01.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 50.011

Total Results: 13

Campus Communications v. Dept. of Rev.

473 So. 2d 1290

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 11, 1985 | Docket: 2486895

Cited 9 times | Published

our attention to two statutory references: section 50.011 — Whenever a legal notice is required to be

Department of Revenue v. Skop

383 So. 2d 678

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 1980 | Docket: 1512462

Cited 4 times | Published

qualify for certain privileges. For example, Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, (1977) provides that legal

State Ex Rel. Friedrich v. Howell

23 So. 2d 153, 156 Fla. 163, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 786

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 7, 1945 | Docket: 3262036

Cited 4 times | Published

power to enter the judgment without a jury. See Section 50.11, Fla. Stats. 1941. (3) It is next contended

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 11, 2002 | Docket: 3255934

Published

is not defined for purposes of the statute, section 50.011, Florida Statutes, provides that any statutorily

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jun 14, 1996 | Docket: 3255728

Published

"second-class" mail matter at the post office. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, provides that any statutorily

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 2, 1996 | Docket: 3258736

Published

permit, satisfy the publication requirements of section 50.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: Joint publication

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 25, 1994 | Docket: 3255866

Published

official actions, those actions are invalid. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, provides that any statutorily

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Co. v. Sarasota County

632 So. 2d 606, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 11757, 1993 WL 482476

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 24, 1993 | Docket: 64746556

Published

Florida Statutes (1949), the predecessor to section 50.011. The court held that there was “no injunction

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 17, 1990 | Docket: 3258475

Published

official actions, those actions are invalid. Section 50.011, F.S., provides that any statutorily required

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 21, 1984 | Docket: 3257540

Published

Consolidated Bond and Mortgage Co., supra. Section 50.011, F.S., provides that the publication of any

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 18, 1974 | Docket: 3255790

Published

has its business offices in another county. Section 50.011, F.S., provides that any statutorily required

City of Miami v. Crouch

249 So. 2d 739, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6432

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 29, 1971 | Docket: 64521098

Published

violation of City of Miami Ordinance 50-11. Section 50-11 of the City of Miami provides : “It shall be

Kay v. Swimmer

151 So. 2d 353, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3533

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1963 | Docket: 60210837

Published

therefore they were entitled to a judgment pursuant to § 50.11, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. It is true that the claim sued