Florida Statute 45.021 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 45
CIVIL PROCEDURE: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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45.021 Applicability.—Chapters 45-51, 55-57, 68 and 69 apply to all actions, whether heretofore at law or in chancery, unless specifically provided otherwise in such chapters or parts thereof.

History.—s. 1, ch. 67-254.

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City of Sweetwater Florida v. St. Germain, 943 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3302533

...5. None of this remotely applies to section 111.065 which neither mandates filing of a complaint, petition or any other initial pleading nor contemplates institution of an independent civil action for an officer to secure fees and costs. [2] In sum, section 45.021 provides that "[c]hapters 45-51 [addressing service of process] . . . apply to all actions . . . unless specifically provided otherwise in such chapters or parts thereof." ß 45.021, Fla....