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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 49
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS
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49.12 Mailing of notice of action.If the residence of any party to be served by publication is stated in the sworn statement with more particularity than the name of the state or country in which the defendant resides, the clerk or the judge shall mail a copy of the notice by United States mail, with postage prepaid, to each defendant within 10 days after making or posting the notice, the date of mailing to be noted on the docket with a copy of the pleading for which the notice was issued.
History.s. 13, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 7, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 5, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 74-152.
Note.Former s. 48.13.

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Cases Citing Statute 49.12

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Gmaz v. King, 238 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970).

Cited 15 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...[3] Required to be kept by § 193.39, F.S.A. [4] (1938), 136 Fla. 50, 186 So. 526, 534. [5] McDaniel v. McElvy (1926), 91 Fla. 770, 108 So. 820, 831. [6] §§ 48.02 and 48.04, F.S. 1965, now §§ 49.021 and 49.041, F.S.A. [7] § 48.13, F.S. 1965, now § 49.12, F.S.A....
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Est. of Bobinger v. Deltona Corp., 563 So. 2d 739 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Cited 14 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 77248

...erefore, it is obvious the appellants' specific residences must have been set forth in the affidavits for them to have received a copy of the notices of action mailed to them at their particularized residence by the clerk of the court as required in section 49.12....
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Gans v. Heathgate-Sunflower Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 593 So. 2d 549 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 324, 1992 WL 7201

...or his residence herein, and that the same are unknown to the Plaintiff" held to be insufficient). Had the Association's statement set forth Mrs. Gans's Miami address, the clerk or the judge would have mailed her a copy of the notice by publication. Section 49.12, Fla....
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Overholser v. Overstreet, 383 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...roceedings. NOTES [1] Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iv). [2] Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(b). [3] We are cognizant of the fact that the clerk failed to note in the progress docket the date of mailing of the "notice of action" to the defendants as required under Section 49.12, Florida Statutes (1979)....
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Tindal v. Varner, 667 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 46594

...Tindal's address as "address unknown." The published notice did not contain Ms. Tindal's local address, even though that address was next door to the Varners' home. Because no address was provided, the notice was not mailed to Ms. Tindal's residence, as required by section 49.12, Florida Statutes (1993)....
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Sheppard v. Sheppard, 329 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1976).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...The latter statute substitutes posting for publication in dissolution and certain other cases brought by indigents. When Mrs. Sheppard failed to appear in the suit, he requested a default judgment of divorce. Service of process was perfected under Sections 49.11 and 49.12, Florida Statutes (1973), by posting in three prominent places in the county of residence and by mailing a notice to Mrs....
...In Grissom we suggested that the Legislature could constitutionally authorize alternative methods of giving notice where personal service of process was impossible and media publication was unduly expensive. In response, Section 49.10(1)(b) was enacted and Section 49.12 was amended to accommodate the authorization of posting....
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Tompkins v. Barnett Bank of St. Johns Cnty., 478 So. 2d 878 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2640, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16962

set forth in the plaintiffs sworn statement. Section 49.12, Florida Statutes (1983), required the clerk
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Corneal v. O'Brien, 707 So. 2d 908 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 2289, 1998 WL 103746

notice of the suit to defendant as required by section 49.12 Florida Statutes (1995), although defendant’s
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Coin Copies, Inc. v. Fin. Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 472 So. 2d 869 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1740, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 15001

along with the notice of action as required by section 49.-12, Florida Statutes (1983), and Florida Rule

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