Florida Statute 624.423 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 624.423

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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 624.423

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 624.423.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 624.423

Total Results: 3

Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 235 So. 3d 1018

Snippet: was served on the CFO. See §§ 48.151, 624.422, 624.423, Fla. Stat. (2014). The CFO was served on February…complaint to State Farm on February 7, 2014. See § 624.423(1), Fla. Stat. On May 6, 2014, Markovits • served…added). . While State Farm points to section 624.423, which, states, (3) Process served upon the…statutory agent under sections 48.151, 624.422, and 624.423, but the statutes were otherwise almost identical

Centex-Rodgers Construction Co. v. Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-01-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 591 So. 2d 1117, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 112, 1992 WL 847

Snippet: that same date pursuant to sections 624.422 and 624.-423, Florida Statutes. Centex-Rodgers’ sureties were…jurisdictional question are sections 624.422 and 624.423, Florida Statutes (1989). These sections state:…domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state. 624.423 Serving process.— (1) Service of process upon the…meaning of the language of sections 624.422 and 624.423 indicates that service of process is complete when

Kephart v. Pickens

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 271 So. 2d 163

Snippet: the provisions of Florida Statutes §§ 624.422, 624.423 (1971), F.S.A. have been complied with. Here the