The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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F.S. 607.15101

607.15101 Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a foreign corporation.—

(1) A foreign 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 foreign 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 foreign corporation; to the registered agent of the foreign corporation at the registered office of the foreign corporation in this state; or to any other address in this state which is in fact the principal office of the foreign 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. 145, ch. 89-154; s. 165, ch. 90-179; s. 209, ch. 2019-90; s. 62, ch. 2020-32; s. 25, ch. 2022-190.

Note.—Former s. 607.1510.

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Amendments to 607.15101

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 607.15101

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 607.15101.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

WAITE, Jr. Jr. v. ALL ACQUISITION CORP. f. k. a. a. k. a., 901 F.3d 1307 (11th Cir. 2018)

. . . Florida Statutes § 607.15101(1) in turn provides that a foreign corporation's registered agent "is the . . . It explained that §§ 48.091, 48.081, and 607.15101 -the same statutes the Waites rely on here-"simply . . . statutory scheme supports the meaning evident from the statutes' plain text: §§ 48.081, 48.091, and 607.15101 . . .

A. ULLOA, v. CMI, INC., 133 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Pursuant to section 607.15101(1), Florida Statutes (2010), “[t]he registered agent of a foreign corporation . . .

SYNCHRON, INC. v. KOGAN,, 757 So. 2d 564 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . 48.081, Florida Statutes (1997), governing service of process on corporations generally, or with section 607.15101 . . .