Commencing a Lawsuit: Serving the Complaint Checklist (FL) | Practical Law

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Commencing a Lawsuit: Serving the Complaint Checklist (FL)

Practical Law Checklist w-002-8873 (Approx. 11 pages)

Commencing a Lawsuit: Serving the Complaint Checklist (FL)

by Practical Law Litigation
MaintainedFlorida
A Checklist of key issues to consider when serving process in a Florida circuit court civil case. Specifically, this Checklist explains how to personally serve individual defendants residing in Florida, other US states, and foreign countries, and how to personally serve private and public organizations (including corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), general and limited partnerships (GPs and LPs), limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and the State of Florida and its subdivisions). This checklist also explains how to make substitute service on the Florida Secretary of State, how to make constructive service by publishing a notice in a newspaper or a public place, and how to obtain a waiver of service from a defendant.