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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 50
LEGAL AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS

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50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.—When any law, or order or decree of court, directs advertisements to be made in a county and there is no newspaper published in the county, the advertisement may be published on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 or made by posting three copies thereof in three different places in the county, one of which shall be at the front door of the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest county in which a newspaper qualified under this chapter is published.

History.—RS 1297; GS 1728; RGS 2943; CGL 4667; s. 6, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 2021-17; s. 2, ch. 2022-103.

Note.—Former s. 49.02.

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Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2003).

Cited 369 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2003 WL 21729838

immunity. Compare Ga.Code Ann. § 36-1-4 with id. § 50-21-20 et seq. Counties' immunity from many state law

Grech v. Clayton Cnty., GA, 335 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2003).

Cited 362 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 13575, 2003 WL 21521761

under the State Tort Claims Act, Ga.Code Ann. § 50-21-22, et seq., which covers "the State of Georgia

Randall Kevin Jones v. Officer S. Fransen, 857 F.3d 843 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 104 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 2198126, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8816

*857 Not surprisingly, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-22(4), which we use to determine the meaning of

David Carter v. Timothy Filbeck, 821 F.3d 1310 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 102 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8010, 2016 WL 1743573

counties or county employees. See O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23(a) (“The state waives jts sovereign immunity

Nat'l Ass'n of Boards of Pharmacy v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Georgia, 633 F.3d 1297 (11th Cir. 2011).

Cited 47 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 78 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1386, 97 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1931, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 3543, 2011 WL 649951

employment under O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23, while a later statute, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-25, states that the procedure

Thomas Hayden Barnes v. Ronald M. Zaccari, 669 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 32 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2012 WL 373316, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 2396

immunity for breach of contract claims. Ga.Code Ann. § 50-21-l(a). But neither provision expressly consents

Lapides v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Georgia, 251 F.3d 1372 (11th Cir. 2001).

Cited 14 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 10649, 81 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40, 766, 2001 WL 561352

1983 and the Georgia Tort Claims Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23, in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia

Zaneta (Joi) Rainey Lightfoot v. Henry Cnty. Sch. Dist., 771 F.3d 764 (11th Cir. 2014).

Cited 8 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 30 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1675, 23 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1372, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 21382, 2014 WL 5803575

units 'of local government....” Ga. Code Ann. § 50-21-22. Finally, the School District argues that

Contour Spa at the Hard Rock, Inc. v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, 692 F.3d 1200 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 5 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2012 WL 3740402, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18464

actions brought in federal court. Ga. Code Ann. § 50-21-23(b) (“The state waives its sovereign immunity

Pokress v. S. Hotel Corp., 42 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 1949).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1949 Fla. LEXIS 983

for compulsory amendment, as authorized by Section 50.21, F.S.A. We hold the allegations of conspiracy

Micheal Leslie Lake v. Michael Skelton, 871 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 4296582, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 18810

out that the Georgia Tort Claims Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-20, which waives the sovereign immunity of the

Micheal Leslie Lake v. Michael Skelton (11th Cir. 2017).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

out that the Georgia Tort Claims Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-20, which waives the sovereign immunity of the

Akeem Washington v. Shannon Rivera (11th Cir. 2019).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

her official duties or employment.” O.C.G.A. § 50-21-25(a). But the Act expressly excludes “counties”

Langston Austin v. Glynn Cnty., Georgia (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Mar 2, 2023

perior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.” Ga. Code § 50-21-1(b). The Georgia Constitution further

Langston Austin v. Glynn Cnty., Georgia (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Mar 2, 2023

perior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.” Ga. Code § 50-21-1(b). The Georgia Constitution further

Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2002).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

immunity. Compare Ga.Code Ann. § 36-1-4 with id. § 50-21-20 et seq. Counties’ immunity from many state law

Nat'l Ass'n v. Bd. of Regents (11th Cir. 2011).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

employment under O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23, while a later statute, O.C.G.A. § 50-21-25, states that the procedure

Brantley Tyler Rayburn v. Dora L. Farnesi (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

scope of official duties or employment. O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23(a). In addition, the Act provides total

Brantley Tyler Rayburn v. Dora L. Farnesi, 241 F.3d 1341 (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2001 WL 133161

scope of official duties or employment. O.C.G.A. § 50-21-23(a). In addition, the Act provides total immunity

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