624.423
Serving process.
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624.423 Serving process.—
(1) Service of process upon the Chief Financial Officer as process agent of the insurer under s. 624.422 and s. 626.937 shall be made electronically as provided in s. 48.151(3). Upon receiving such service, the Chief Financial Officer shall retain a record of the process and promptly notify and make the process available through the department’s secure online portal, as provided under s. 624.307(9), to the person last designated by the insurer to receive the same, as provided under s. 624.422(2). For purposes of this section, records shall be retained electronically.
(2) If process is served upon the Chief Financial Officer as an insurer’s process agent, the insurer is not required to answer or plead except within 20 days after the date upon which the Chief Financial Officer sends or makes available by other verifiable means a copy of the process served upon her or him as required by subsection (1).
(3) Process served upon the Chief Financial Officer and sent or made available in accordance with this section and s. 624.307(9) shall for all purposes constitute valid and binding service thereof upon the insurer.
History.—s. 67, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 64, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 185, ch. 97-102; s. 802, ch. 2003-261; s. 7, ch. 2011-159; s. 11, ch. 2016-132; s. 25, ch. 2022-138.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2021 · leading case: Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2018)
“While State Farm points to section 624.423, which, states, (3) Process served upon the.”
Torres v. GEICO General Insurance Company (2021)
“” Fla. Stat. § 624.423 (2) (emphasis added).”
Prescott Architects, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance (2009)
“Fla. Stat. § 624.423 (1) provides for service of process on an authorized insurance company’s chief financial officer or assistants.”
— 624.423(1) — 1 case
Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2018)
“While State Farm points to section 624.423, which, states, (3) Process served upon the.”
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