Bill Text: FL H0059 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Service of Process

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1101 [H0059 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0059-Introduced.html

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HB 59

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to service of process; amending s. 48.031,
3	F.S.; specifying where a process server must record
4	certain information concerning service; granting
5	authorized process servers unannounced access to specified
6	residential areas where a defendant or witness resides or
7	is known to be; amending s. 48.29, F.S.; conforming
8	provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 48.031, Florida
14	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is added to that
15	section, to read:
16	48.031  Service of process generally; service of witness
17	subpoenas.-
18	(5)  A person serving process shall place, on the front
19	page of the copy served, the date and time of service and his or
20	her identification number and initials for all service of
21	process.
22	(7)  A person authorized to serve process shall be granted
23	unannounced access to the common areas, both general and
24	limited, of condominiums, gated communities, or any secured
25	residential areas where a defendant or witness resides or is
26	known to be.
27	Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 48.29, Florida
28	Statutes, is amended to read:
29	48.29  Certification of process servers.-
30	(6)  A certified process server shall place the information
31	provided in s. 48.031(5) on the front page of the copy served.
32	Return of service shall be made by a certified process server on
33	a form which has been reviewed and approved by the court.
34	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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