Florida Statute 48.131 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 48
PROCESS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

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48.131 Service on alien property custodian.—In every action or proceeding in any court or before any administrative board involving real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein, when service of process or notice is required or directed to be made upon any person, firm or corporation located, or believed to be located, within any country or territory in the possession of or under the control of any country between which and the United States a state of war exists, in addition to the giving of the notice or service of process, a copy of the notice or process shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the alien property custodian, addressed to him or her at Washington, District of Columbia; but failure to mail a copy of the notice or process to the alien property custodian does not invalidate the action or proceeding.

History.—s. 1, ch. 22074, 1943; s. 4, ch. 67-254; s. 275, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 47.51.

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Hitt v. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 399 F. Supp. 838 (S.D. Fla. 1975).

Cited 32 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11356

...[35] 228 So.2d 904 (Fla.1969). [36] DeVaney was a medical malpractice case in which the question to be answered was whether § 48.181 applied to persons practicing a profession in the State as well as to those engaging in business in the State. [37] Fla.Stat. § 48.131(1); Donnelly v....

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In Re Amendments to Fla. Rules Civ. Proc., 604 So. 2d 1110 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 163953

...hip), § 48.071 (service on agents of nonresidents doing business in the state), § 48.081 (service on corporation), § 48.101 (service on dissolved corporations), § 48.111 (service on public agencies or 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 purposes), Florida Statutes, and all statutes providing for substituted service on the Ssecretary of Sstate....

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In Re Amendments to Rules of Civ. Proc., 536 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1988).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...hip), § 48.071 (service on agents of nonresidents doing business in the state), § 48.081 (service on corporation), § 48.101 (service on dissolved corporations), § 48.111 (service on public agencies or 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 purposes), and all statutes providing for substituted service on the Secretary of State....