Florida Statute 517.101 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 517
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F.S. 517.101

517.101 Consent to service.—

(1) Upon any initial application for registration under s. 517.081 or s. 517.082 or upon request of the office, the issuer shall file with such application the irrevocable written consent of the issuer that in suits, proceedings, and actions growing out of the violation of any provision of this chapter, the service on the office of a notice, process, or pleading therein, authorized by the laws of this state, shall be as valid and binding as if due service had been made on the issuer.

(2) Any such action must be brought either in the county of the plaintiff’s residence or in the county in which the office has its official headquarters. The written consent must be authenticated by the seal of the issuer, if it has a seal, and by the acknowledged signature of a director, manager, managing member, general partner, trustee, or officer of the issuer and must be accompanied by a duly certified copy of the resolution of the issuer’s board of directors, trustees, managers, managing members, or general partners authorizing the signer to execute the consent. In case any process or pleadings mentioned in this chapter are served upon the office, service must be by duplicate copies, one of which must be filed in the office and the other immediately forwarded by the office by registered mail to the principal office of the issuer against which the process or pleadings are directed.

History.—s. 3, ch. 78-435; s. 5, ch. 80-254; s. 392, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 4, ch. 96-338; s. 7, ch. 97-224; s. 591, ch. 2003-261; s. 11, ch. 2024-168.

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Total Results: 5

Birnholz v. 44 Wall Street Fund, Inc.

880 F.2d 335

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 10, 1989 | Docket: 820998

Cited 13 times | Published

written consent to service as required by Section 517.101, F.S.; (c) payment of the statutory

Birnholz v. 44 Wall Street Fund, Inc.

559 So. 2d 1128, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 203, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 515, 1990 WL 43611

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 1990 | Docket: 1751426

Cited 1 times | Published

written consent to service as required by Section 517.101, Florida Statutes; (c) payment of the statutory

Birnholz v. 44 Wall Street Fund

904 F.2d 567, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 10476

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 27, 1990 | Docket: 825937

Published

written consent to service as required by Section 517.101, Florida Statutes; (c) payment of the

Birnholz v. 44 Wall Street Fund, Inc.

904 F.2d 567, 1990 WL 77591

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 27, 1990 | Docket: 66255002

Published

written consent to service as required by Section 517.101, Florida Statutes; (c) payment of the statutory

Birnholz v. 44 Wall Street Fund, Inc.

880 F.2d 335, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 11873, 1989 WL 81670

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 10, 1989 | Docket: 66246444

Published

written consent to service as required by Section 517.101, F.S.; (c) payment of the statutory fee as