Florida Statutes Chapter 48 — PROCESS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title VI

• § 48.011 — Process; how directed.
• § 48.021 — Process; by whom served.
• § 48.031 — Service of process generally; service of witness subpoenas.
• § 48.041 — Service on minor.
• § 48.042 — Service on incompetent.
• § 48.051 — Service on state prisoners.
• § 48.061 — Service on partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships.
• § 48.062 — Service on a domestic limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company.
• § 48.071 — Service on agents of nonresidents doing business in the state.
• § 48.081 — Service on a domestic corporation or registered foreign corporation.
• § 48.091 — Partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies; designation of registered agent and registered office.
• § 48.092 — Service on financial institutions.
• § 48.101 — Service on domestic dissolved corporations, dissolved limited liability companies, dissolved limited partnerships, dissolved limited liability partnerships, and business organizations in receivership.
• § 48.102 — Service by other means.
• § 48.111 — Service on public agencies and officers.
• § 48.121 — Service on the state.
• § 48.131 — Service on alien property custodian.
• § 48.141 — Service on labor unions.
• § 48.151 — Service on statutory agents for certain persons.
• § 48.161 — Method of substituted service on certain parties in care of the Secretary of State.
• § 48.171 — Service on nonresident motor vehicle owners, etc.
• § 48.181 — Substituted service on nonresidents and foreign business entities engaging in business in state or concealing their whereabouts.
• § 48.183 — Service of process in action for possession of premises.
• § 48.184 — Service of process for removal of unknown parties in possession.
• § 48.19 — Service on nonresidents operating aircraft or watercraft in the state.
• § 48.193 — Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state.
• § 48.194 — Personal service in another state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States.
• § 48.195 — Service of foreign process.
• § 48.196 — Service of process in connection with actions under the Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act.
• § 48.197 — Service in a foreign country.
• § 48.20 — Service of process on Sunday.
• § 48.21 — Return of execution of process.
• § 48.22 — Cumulative to other laws.
• § 48.23 — Lis pendens.
• § 48.25 — Short title.
• § 48.27 — Certified process servers.
• § 48.29 — Certification of process servers.
• § 48.31 — Removal of certified process servers; false return of service.