Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 607.0504 (2025)

Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation.

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607.0504 Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation.—

(1) A corporation may be served with process required or authorized by law in accordance with s. 48.081 and chapter 48 or chapter 49.

(2) Any notice or demand on a corporation under this chapter may be given or made to the chair of the board, the president, any vice president, the secretary, or the treasurer of the corporation; to the registered agent of the corporation at the registered office of the corporation in this state; or to any other address in this state which is in fact the principal office of the corporation in this state.

(3) This section does not affect the right to serve process, give notice, or make a demand in any other manner provided by law.

History.—s. 32, ch. 89-154; s. 140, ch. 90-179; s. 7, ch. 97-102; s. 36, ch. 2019-90; s. 23, ch. 2022-190.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2022 · leading case: Polk Cty. Rand v. State Dept. Legal, 666 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

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Polk Cty. Rand v. State Dept. Legal, 666 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). · cites it 2× “Section 607.0504(1), Florida Statutes (1991), provides that corporations may have process served upon them in accordance with chapter 48 or chapter 49, Florida Statutes (1991).”

Cam-La, Inc. v. Fixel, 632 So. 2d 1067 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). · cites it 2× “Therefore, Garfield was properly served as the registered agent of Cam-La, see § 607.0504, Fla.Stat. (1989), and the final judgment could not be void for lack of notice.”

Golden State Indus., Inc. v. Cueto, 883 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “See § 607.0504(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). In the absence of the corporation’s president, vice president, or the corporation’s head, process may be served upon a variety of other persons.”

Christoff v. Inglese (M.D. Fla. 2022). “§ 607.0504 “Any notice or demand on a corporation under this chapter may be given or made to.”

— 607.0504(1) — 1 case

Polk Cty. Rand v. State Dept. Legal, 666 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). “Section 607.0504(1), Florida Statutes (1991), provides that corporations may have process served upon them in accordance with chapter 48 or chapter 49, Florida Statutes (1991).”

— 607.0504(2) — 1 case

Golden State Indus., Inc. v. Cueto, 883 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). “See § 607.0504(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). In the absence of the corporation’s president, vice president, or the corporation’s head, process may be served upon a variety of other persons.”

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