Florida Statute 607.0504 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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607.0504 Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation.—

(1) A corporation may be served with process required or authorized by law in accordance with s. 48.081 and chapter 48 or chapter 49.

(2) Any notice or demand on a corporation under this chapter may be given or made to the chair of the board, the president, any vice president, the secretary, or the treasurer of the corporation; to the registered agent of the corporation at the registered office of the corporation in this state; or to any other address in this state which is in fact the principal office of the corporation in this state.

(3) This section does not affect the right to serve process, give notice, or make a demand in any other manner provided by law.

History.—s. 32, ch. 89-154; s. 140, ch. 90-179; s. 7, ch. 97-102; s. 36, ch. 2019-90; s. 23, ch. 2022-190.

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Polk Cty. Rand v. State Dept. Legal, 666 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 16585

...cause the judgment entered against it was void at the time it was entered and remained void after the corporation was reinstated. We agree. Florida corporations, including dissolved corporations, are governed by chapter 607, Florida Statutes (1991). Section 607.0504(1), Florida Statutes (1991), provides that corporations may have process served upon them in accordance with chapter 48 or chapter 49, Florida Statutes (1991)....

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Cam-La, Inc. v. Fixel, 632 So. 2d 1067 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 951, 1994 WL 45272

served as the registered agent of Cam-La, see § 607.0504, Fla.Stat. (1989), and the final judgment could

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Golden State Indus., Inc. v. Cueto, 883 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 5221, 2004 WL 784487

...That section provides as follows: *823 (1) Process against any private corporation, domestic or foreign, may be served: (a) On the president or vice president, or other head of the corporation. A corporation’s president is its authorized agent for service of process. See § 607.0504(2), Fla....

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