The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Section 48.091, Florida Statutes, requires every foreign corporation qualified to transact business in . . .
. . . Florida Statutes § 48.091 requires every foreign corporation that transacts business in Florida to "designate . . . Statutes § 48.081 provides that "process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under § 48.091 . . . whether serving a corporation's registered agent in compliance with Florida Statutes §§ 48.081 and 48.091 . . . It explained that §§ 48.091, 48.081, and 607.15101 -the same statutes the Waites rely on here-"simply . . . Ulloa of the statutory scheme supports the meaning evident from the statutes' plain text: §§ 48.081, 48.091 . . .
. . . See § 48.091, Fla. Stat. (2013) (designation of registered agent and registered office). . . .
. . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . present at the corporation’s registered office during weekdays from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. under section 48.091 . . . However, if service of process cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091 . . . Stat. § 48.091), it is incumbent on the process server to set forth a factual basis for concluding that . . .
. . . Section 48.091(1), Florida Statutes (2010), requires that every foreign corporation that transacts business . . . 48.081(3)(a) permits that “process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . See generally § 48.091, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .
. . . . § 48.091, and, in cases when service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply . . . with § 48.091, service of process is permitted on any employee at the corporation’s principal place . . .
. . . . § 48.091(2)). . . . alternative to all the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . Section 48.091 requires Florida corporations to "keep the registered agent office open from 10 am. to . . . Stat. § 48.091. . . . .
. . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent for failure to comply with s. 48.091, service . . . See § 48.091(1), Fla. . . . Section 48.091, Florida Statutes (1976) provides: (1) Every Florida corporation and every foreign corporation . . .
. . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . .
. . . See generally § 48.091, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .
. . . . §§ 48.091, 607.0501, 607.1507, Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . statutory requirements relative to keeping the office open are explicit, but not particularly burdensome: § 48.091 . . .
. . . Statutes (2008), provides: “[P]rocess may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . Section 48.091(2) also provides: “Every corporation shall keep the registered office open from 10 a.m . . .
. . . that “[sjervice could not be made on the Registered Agent because of failure to comply with Section 48.091 . . . failed to meet their burden of proving at the hearing that the corporation was in violation of section 48.091 . . . The trial court also properly found that the bare allegation of a section 48.091 violation in the amended . . . provides that "if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091 . . . Section 48.091, Florida Statutes (2005) requires that a corporation have a registered agent available . . .
. . . Florida Statutes, but was unable to do so as a result of Mecca’s apparent failure to comply with section 48.091 . . . l(3)(a) specifies that: [PJrocess may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . Section 48.091 requires, in pertinent part, that a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation qualified . . . ) keep one or more registered agents on whom process may be served during these designated hours. § 48.091 . . .
. . . 48.081(3) provides that “process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . Since this service is in accordance with sections 48.081 and 48.091, the court did not abuse its discretion . . . Section 48.091, Florida Statutes (2002), establishes the responsibility of Florida corporations to designate . . .
. . . place of business if the corporation has failed to designate a registered agent pursuant to section 48.091 . . .
. . . paragraph (3) permits service of process on the corporation’s registered agent designated under section 48.091 . . . Further, if the corporation has failed to comply with section 48.091, service may be made on any employee . . .
. . . . § 48.091(1). . . . Stat. § 48.091(1). . . .
. . . As an alternative, process may be served on "the agent designated by the corporation under section 48.091 . . . Section 48.091(1), Florida Statutes (2000), provides in relevant part: (1) Every Florida corporation . . .
. . . . § 48.091. . . . said: By formally qualifying to do business in Florida and registering an agent pursuant to section 48.091 . . .
. . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . .
. . . Section 48.091(2), Florida Statutes (1997), requires that a registered agent be available for receipt . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3) and 48.091, Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .
. . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . It is undisputed that Ludwig failed to comply with § 48.091 by failing to post a sign naming the registered . . .
. . . See § 48.091(2), Fla.Stat. (1993) (“Every corporation shall keep the registered office open from 10 a.m . . .
. . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . permissible pursuant to subsection 48.081(3) because the corporation failed to comply with section 48.091 . . . Section 48.091 requires every “foreign corporation now qualified or hereafter qualifying to transact . . . However, as Washington Capital points out, section 48.091 only requires those foreign corporations “now . . .
. . . In the instant case, pursuant to section 48.091, Florida Statutes (1985), Rose’s Stores, Inc., is qualified . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3), 48.091, Fla. Stat. (1989); see also Country Clubs of Sarasota, Ltd. v. . . . In the instant case, Cam-La designated Garfield as its registered agent as required by sections 48.091 . . . See § 48.091(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). . . .
. . . not perfect service of process under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d)(3) or Florida Statutes §§ 48.091 . . . case, the controlling Florida law as to service of process on a corporation are Florida Statutes § 48.091 . . . Section 48.091 deals with service of process upon a corporation’s registered agent. . . . Corporation in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d)(3) or Florida Statutes §§ 48.-081 and 48.091 . . . Defendant pursuant to either Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (4)(d) or Florida Statutes §§ 48.081 or 48.091 . . .
. . . Corporation Systems, Inc., of Broward County as their registered agent, pursuant to sections 48.081(3) and 48.091 . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3), 48.091, 48.194, Fla. Stat. (1987). However, in the case at bar, Bern J. . . .
. . . .-081(3) and 48.091; a designated resident agent continues in that capacity as an agent on whom valid . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3) and 48.091(1) [1983] conferred upon a court personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation . . . appointed this agent, as required by Florida law, when it registered to do business in the state. § 48.091 . . . served on the agent designated by the corporation [when registering to do business in Florida] under s. 48.091 . . . By formally qualifying to do business in Florida and registering an agent pursuant to section 48.091( . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3) and 48.091(1) (West Supp.1988) when White served CT. . . . Con-nexity, White argued, never applied to sections 48.081(3) and 48.091(1). . . .
. . . Florida and had appointed a resident agent for service of process in Florida as required by section § 48.091 . . . transact business in Florida and has appointed a resident agent for service of process under section 48.091 . . .
. . . However, if service cannot be made upon a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091 . . . upon Bradley Pettegrove was proper because Defendant has failed to comply with subsection (2) of § 48.091 . . . Florida Statute § 48.091(2) states, in pertinent part, that [ejvery corporation shall keep the registered . . .
. . . this state and has appointed a resident agent for service of process as required by F.S. 1969, section 48.091 . . . In the instant case, pursuant to section 48.091, Florida Statutes (1985), Rose’s Stores, Inc., is qualified . . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with s. 48.091, . . . Section 48.091, Florida Statutes (1985), provides in pertinent part: (1) Every Florida corporation and . . .
. . . 49.091, or on any employee at the place of business if the registered agent fails to comply with Section 48.091 . . . Based upon our review of the record and sections 48.091 and 607.034(l)(a), we find that although the . . . business address is not the same as the registered office address, Appellant complied with Section 48.091 . . . Since process was not served on the registered agent, and the registered agent complied with Section 48.091 . . . Section 48.091(1) requires the corporation to designate a registered office in accordance with chapter . . .
. . . This court has previously held that “sections 48.081 and 48.091 provide the exclusive means of effecting . . . explicitly hold that the facts of this case constitute — as a matter of law — noncompliance with section 48.091 . . . all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under section 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with section 48.091 . . .
. . . While we are inclined to the view that where a corporation is in flagrant violation of section 48.091 . . .
. . . . §§ 48.081(3), 48.091, Fla.Stat. (1983). Compare State v. . . .
. . . .-081(3) for failure by the corporation to comply with F.S. 48.091.” . . . same printed language regarding compliance with section 48.081(3) for failure to comply with section 48.091 . . . An examination of the pertinent statutes, sections 48.081 and 48.091, shows that service upon an employee . . . section 48.081(3) may be resorted to when service cannot be made upon the agent registered under section 48.091 . . .
. . . . § 48.091 (1983). The defendants removed the case to the U.S. . . .
. . . delivered to the garnishee’s employee who was not a registered agent on whom process could be served (§ 48.091 . . .
. . . these consolidated appeals is an alleged noncompliance with the substituted service statute, section 48.091 . . . Temporary absence does not negate compliance by a corporation with section 48.091, Florida Statutes; . . . Therefore, since the corporation did not fail to comply with section 48.091 of Florida Statutes, the . . . Because appellee failed to comply with sections 48.081 and 48.091, Florida Statutes, in effecting service . . .
. . . alternative to all foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under Section 48.091 . . . However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply with Section 48.091 . . . Emphasis supplied) There is no dispute in the record that Baker Concrete complied with Florida Statute 48.091 . . .
. . . Section 48.091(1), Florida Statutes, requires every Florida corporation and every foreign corporation . . .
. . . all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under Section 48.091 . . .
. . . Zaun Equipment, Inc., 350 So.2d 539 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977); Sections 48.081(1)(d) and 48.091(2), Florida . . .
. . . The deputy sheriff could have attempted service under Section 48.091, which allows him to go to the address . . .
. . . Alternatively, appellee asserts that the corporation failed to comply with the requirements of Section 48.091 . . . Appellee’s argument that appellant failed to comply with the requirements of Section 48.091 is simply . . . Because service of process was not made in compliance with either Section 48.081 or Section 48.091, the . . . to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under s. 48.091 . . . Section 48.091 requires every corporation qualifying to do business in Florida to designate a registered . . .
. . . .-081(1) and (3), 48.091(1), and 48.181(2) Florida Statutes (1975), require every foreign corporation . . .
. . . . § 48.091. That service of process was quashed by the state court. . . .
. . . See Florida Statutes, Sections 48.081; 48.181(1) and (2); and 48.091. . . .
. . . 48.091. . . . If appellant is a state fair or exposition then it is excluded from the operation of subsection 48.091 . . . We hold that appellant is not a “state fair or exposition” within the meaning of subsection 48.091(6) . . . from the operation of subsection 48.091(1), but does not exclude public fairs from the operation of . . . subsection 48.091(1). . . .
. . . alternative to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under §48.091 . . . alternative to all of the foregoing, process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under §48.091 . . .
. . . that contemplated in the cases of other companies or corporations within the purview of §§ 48.081 and 48.091 . . . So, again, no analogy can be made between these cases and those contemplated by §§ 48.081 and 48.091, . . . See §§,48.081(4) and 48.091(6), F.S.A. . . .
. . . Under F.S.1969, Section 48.091, F. . . . this state and has appointed a resident agent for service of process as required by F.S.1969, Section 48.091 . . .