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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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F.S. 849.38
849.38 Proceedings for forfeiture; notice of seizure and order to show cause.
(1) The return of the sheriff aforesaid to the clerk of the circuit court shall be taken and considered as the state’s petition or libel in rem for the forfeiture of the property therein described, of which the circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction without regard to value. The said return shall be sufficient as said petition or libel notwithstanding the fact that it may contain no formal prayer or demand for forfeiture, it being the intention of the Legislature that forfeiture may be decreed without a formal prayer or demand therefor. The said return shall be subject to amendment at any time before final hearing, provided that copies thereof shall be served upon all persons, firms or corporations who may have filed a claim prior to such amendment.
(2) Upon the filing of said return the clerk of the circuit court shall issue a citation, directed to all persons, firms and corporations owning, having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the seized property, giving notice of the seizure and directing that all persons, firms or corporations owning, having or claiming an interest therein or lien thereon, to file their claim to, on, or in said property within the time fixed in said citation, as to persons, firms and corporations not personally served, and within 20 days from personal service of said citation, when personal service is had. Personal service shall be made on all parties, in Florida, having liens noted upon a certificate of title as shown by the records in the office of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
(3) The said citation may be in, or substantially in, the following form:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE   JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR   COUNTY, FLORIDA.

IN RE FORFEITURE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY:

  (Describe property)  

THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO:

ALL PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS OWNING, HAVING OR CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN OR LIEN ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY.

YOU AND EACH OF YOU are hereby notified that the above described property has been seized, under and by virtue of chapter  , Laws of Florida, and is now in the possession of the sheriff of this county, and you, and each of you, are hereby further notified that a petition, under said chapter, has been filed in the Circuit Court of the   Judicial Circuit, in and for   County, Florida, seeking the forfeiture of the said property, and you are hereby directed and required to file your claim, if any you have, and show cause, on or before  ,   (year)  , if not personally served with process herein, and within 20 days from personal service if personally served with process herein, why the said property should not be forfeited pursuant to said chapter  , Laws of Florida, 1955. Should you fail to file claim as herein directed judgment will be entered herein against you in due course. Persons not personally served with process may obtain a copy of the petition for forfeiture filed herein from the undersigned clerk of court.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of the above mentioned court, at   Florida, this  ,   (year)  .

(COURT SEAL)

  (Clerk of the above-mentioned Court.)  

By   (Deputy Clerk)  

(4) Such citation shall be returnable, as to persons served constructively, as therein directed, not less than 21 nor more than 30 days, from the posting or publication thereof, and as to personally served with process within 20 days from service thereof. A copy of the petition shall be served with the process when personally served. Personal service of process may be made in the same manner as a summons in chancery.
(5) If the value of the property seized is shown by the sheriff’s return to have an appraised value of $1,000 or less, the above citation shall be served by posting at three public places in the county, one of which shall be the front door of the courthouse; if the value of the property is shown by the sheriff’s return to have an approximate value of more than $1,000, the citation shall be published by print or posted for at least 2 consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311. If published in print, the citation shall appear at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified to publish legal notices under chapter 50 that is published in the county, if there is such a newspaper published in the county. If there is no such newspaper, the notice of such publication shall be made by certificate of the clerk if publication is made by posting, and by affidavit as provided in chapter 50, if made by publication as provided in chapter 50, which affidavit or certificate shall be filed and become a part of the record in the cause. Failure of the record to show proof of such publication shall not affect any judgment made in the cause unless it shall affirmatively appear that no such publication was made.
History.s. 4, ch. 29712, 1955; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 12, ch. 73-299; s. 27, ch. 90-279; s. 37, ch. 99-6; s. 29, ch. 2021-17; s. 21, ch. 2022-103; s. 65, ch. 2024-2.

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Cases Citing Statute 849.38

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2002-09-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: governed by the procedures outlined in sections 849.38-849.45, Florida Statutes, or by the Florida Contraband

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: jurisdiction of the action by section 849.38(1), Florida Statutes. Section 849.38, Florida Statutes, provides that…on the return. 9 Section 849.38(1), Fla. Stat. 10 Id. 11 Id. 12 Sections 849.38(4)-(5), Fla. Stat. 13 Section…governed by the procedures outlined in sections 849.38-849.45, Florida Statutes, or by the Florida Contraband

Anderson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-11-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 665 So. 2d 281

Snippet: Cal.Ct.App.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1116, 94 S.Ct. 849, 38 L.Ed.2d 743 (1973). Parra was expressly disapproved

Lloyd v. Page

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-08-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 474 So. 2d 865

Snippet: . 3d DCA), cert. den., 414 U.S. 1116, 94 S.Ct. 849, 38 L.Ed.2d 743 (1973), held that a personnel weight

Zorick v. Tynes

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-06-08T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 372 So. 2d 133

Snippet: DCA 1973), cert. den. 414 U.S. 1116, 94 S.Ct. 849, 38 L.Ed.2d 743, the short answer to Zorick's claim