CopyPublished | Supreme Court of Florida | 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4589
...tutes, may destroy or dispose of such unused depositions after giving the parties or their attorneys 10 days’ notice of his intention to do so. The notice may be given by publication in a newspaper qualified for legal advertising and notices under section 50.031, Florida Statutes....
...Florida Statutes, shall destroy or dispose of the exhibits after giving the parties or their attorneys 10 days’ notice of his intention to do so. The notice may be given bv publication in a newspaper qualified for legal advertising and notices under section 50.031....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1990).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...Sharon V. Delegal City Attorney City of Pompano Beach Post Office Box 2083 Pompano Beach, Florida 33061 Dear Ms. Delegal: You have asked substantially the following questions: 1. May a newspaper which satisfies the criteria set forth in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., be utilized for the publication of notices of proposed municipal ordinances as required in s.
166.041 (3)(a), F.S.? 2. When a statute such as ss.
171.031 (4),
163.3184 (15)(c), or
166.041 (3)(c)2., F.S., specifically refers to a "newspaper of general circulation," may a newspaper which satisfies the requirements of ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., be used to publish public hearing notices prescribed by those sections? 3. May a municipality designate a newspaper which meets the requirements of ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., as the official publication for legal notices and, in addition, spend city funds to publish duplicate notices in other newspapers in an effort to reach a greater number of citizens? These secondary newspapers, publishing duplicate notice, would not be required to meet the criteria set forth in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S. In sum: 1. A newspaper which meets the requirements of ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., may be utilized for the publication of notices of proposed municipal ordinances as required in s....
...To the extent particular statutes mandate the inclusion of additional or specific information in a legal notice published in a newspaper, compliance with these requirements is necessary in addition to those basic requirements set forth in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S....
...al notices, such publication would be appropriate. Your questions are interrelated and will be answered together. Initially, I would note that the determination of whether any particular publication meets the requirements set forth in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., is a mixed question of law and fact which the courts must resolve; this office possesses no authority to make such a determination....
...ion of official or other notices and customarily containing information of a public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in the county where published, or of interest or of value to the general public. Further, section
50.031 , F.S., requires, in part, that such newspapers also shall have been in existence for 1 year and shall have been entered as second-class mail matter at a post office in the county where published, or in a newspaper which is a direct successor of a newspaper which together have been so published. In sections
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., the Legislature has prescribed extensive and detailed requirements for the publication of legal notice and process in newspapers....
...As this office has stated, "[s]ection
166.041 , F.S., establishes a uniform procedure for the adoption of municipal ordinances and resolutions that cannot be lessened or reduced by any municipality in the state." 3 Thus, the requirements contained in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., provide a base upon which additional requirements have been added by statutes such as ss....
...To the extent that the Legislature has made specific provision for advertisement of notice of annexation referenda in a particular type of publication, that legislative direction should be followed. 6 You have asked whether a municipality may designate a newspaper which complies with ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., as the official publication for legal notices of the municipality....
...y the legislative and governing body of the municipality. Finally, you have asked whether the City of Pompano Beach may spend municipal funds to publish duplicate legal notices in newspapers which do not meet the criteria set forth in ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., while also publishing legal notice in its officially designated newspaper....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1974).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...which has a major production plant in Seminole County and is in general circulation there, qualified under Ch. 50 , F.S., to publish legal advertisements in Seminole County? SUMMARY: A newspaper which complies with the requirements of ss.
50.011 and
50.031 , F.S., as to general circulation, availability to the public, entry as second-class matter, and the like, in a particular county, is qualified to publish legal advertisements in that county even though it is printed and has its business offices in another county....
...publication of official or other notices and customarily containing information of a public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in the county where published, or of interest or of value to the general public." Section 50.031 , F.S., requires that such newspapers also "shall have been entered as second class mail matter at a post office in the county where published" for a one-year period prior to their being used for the publication of legal notice, advertisement, publication, or constructive service....
