Florida Statute 92.31 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

92.31 Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries; official reports.—An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in s. 92.30, or by any other law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.

History.—s. 2, ch. 22866, 1945.

Cases Citing F.S. 92.31

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·State v. Holmes, 256 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971).
Cited 24 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal
Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, Fla. Stat. § 92.031 (1967), F.S.A. requires every court in the state
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Cited as authorityPeters (1988)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authoritySierra (1988)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityIrvin (1986)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Freimuth v. State, 272 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 1972).
Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
more than twenty years ago enacted what is now Section 92.031, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Mobley follows the
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2009)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityLG (2001)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityGallagher (1992)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Lanigan v. Lanigan, 78 So. 2d 92 (Fla. 1955).
Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
"common law and statutes of every state * * *", Section 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., we do not think that such
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Cited as authorityGray (2008)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2001)
phrase: "rule_authority"
ApprovedBennett (1987)
phrase: "approved in"
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·State-Wide Ins. Co. v. Flaks, 233 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970).
Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
& Trust Co., Fla.App. 1964, 166 So.2d 717. Section 92.031 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., as an alternative to permitting
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LimitedForrest (1976)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2023)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Miller v. Shulman, 122 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960).
Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
the uniform judicial notice of foreign law act, § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., apply since it does not act
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Cited "but see"Courtney (1974)
phrase: "but see"
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·Pac. Mills v. Hillman Garment, 87 So. 2d 599 (Fla. 1956).
Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
judicial notice of the statute of a sister state. Section 92.031, Florida Statutes 1955, F.S.A., and Kingston
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1982)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited with approvalCourtheoux (1982)
phrase: "cited with approval"
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·Astor Elec. Serv. v. Cabrera, 62 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 1953).
Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
appellees that Chapter 25110, Acts of 1949, Section 92.031, F.S.A., governing notice of foreign statutes
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Cited as authorityCooper (2000)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (1989)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Chippas v. State, 180 So. 2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965).
Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
the uniform judicial notice of foreign law act, § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., apply since it does not act
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1974)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Movielab, Inc. v. Davis, 217 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969).
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
court erred in failing to follow same. We affirm. § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., clearly indicates how a party
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2018)
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·Holmes v. State, 273 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1972).
Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
obligatory judicial cognizance pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 92.031, F.S.A., and the laws of foreign countries may
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AdoptedGonzalez (1980)
phrase: "adopted by"
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·Coyne v. Coyne, 325 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
Inc. v. Davis, Fla.App. 1969, 217 So.2d 890; § 92.031, Fla. Stat. Therefore, we are left to a situation
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Cert. denied(citing case) (1995)
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Cert. deniedCoto-Ojeda (1994)
phrase: "cert. denied"
Cert. deniedGustafson (1987)
phrase: "cert. denied"
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·Sonnenblick-Goldman of Miami Corp. v. Feldman, 266 So. 2d 48 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6229
1967, 202 So.2d 597. We also note that Fla.Stat. § 92.031(4), F.S.A., requires reasonable notice of intention
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Cited as authorityDori (2017)
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Cited as authorityMarotta (1980)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Yessin v. Hanover Ins. Co., 202 So. 2d 206 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida
Insurance Company, Fla.App. 1964, 162 So.2d 690; § 92.031(4), Fla.Stat., F.S.A.
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Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Grasso, 364 So. 2d 26 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 16963
in this case, to-wit: whether, pursuant to Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1977), a notice of reliance
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Markham v. Gottsegen, 179 So. 2d 100 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3716
Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act, section 92.031, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as basis or predicate
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Roy v. United Benefit Life Ins., 314 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975).
Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 13639
foreign law applies to this case, see *818Fla.Stat. § 92.031, and Movielab, Inc. v. Davis, Fla.App.1969, 217
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Freimuth v. State, 249 So. 2d 754 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6440
Federal Register are to be judicially noticed, and § 92.031, Fla.Stats., F.S.A., permits our courts to take
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Futterman v. Gerber, 109 So. 2d 575 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida
take judicial notice of the Illinois Statute. See § 92.031, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and Pacific Mills v. Hillman
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Kelley v. Kelley, 350 So. 2d 11 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16233
Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1975), Kingston v. Quimby
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Hobbs v. Armco, Inc., 413 So. 2d 118 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
Section 90.202(2), Florida Statutes (1979), and Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1975). [2] In footnote

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Cases Citing F.S. 92.31

·State v. Holmes, 256 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971).

·Freimuth v. State, 272 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 1972).

·Lanigan v. Lanigan, 78 So. 2d 92 (Fla. 1955).

·State-Wide Ins. Co. v. Flaks, 233 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970).

·Miller v. Shulman, 122 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960).

·Pac. Mills v. Hillman Garment, 87 So. 2d 599 (Fla. 1956).

·Astor Elec. Serv. v. Cabrera, 62 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 1953).

·Chippas v. State, 180 So. 2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965).

·Movielab, Inc. v. Davis, 217 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969).

·Holmes v. State, 273 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1972).

·Coyne v. Coyne, 325 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

·Sonnenblick-Goldman of Miami Corp. v. Feldman, 266 So. 2d 48 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972).

Yessin v. Hanover Ins. Co., 202 So. 2d 206 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).

Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Grasso, 364 So. 2d 26 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978).

Markham v. Gottsegen, 179 So. 2d 100 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Roy v. United Benefit Life Ins., 314 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975).

Freimuth v. State, 249 So. 2d 754 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).

Futterman v. Gerber, 109 So. 2d 575 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Kelley v. Kelley, 350 So. 2d 11 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).

Hobbs v. Armco, Inc., 413 So. 2d 118 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).