Service of Process on Sunday

This part of the Florida statutes raises an interesting question: Can process be served on Sundays? There is no simple response to that question, the answer to which has a qualifier. The short answer is that serving any writ, process, warrant, order or other such...

International Commercial Arbitration Act – Part 2

The first part of this article covered who is to receive the actual service of process when it’s related to the Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act. In the second part of the article, we’ll take a look at how to actually go about it. First of all, the...

Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act

When it comes to service of process the Florida statues are pretty all-encompassing, even addressing such specialized circumstances as process service as applied to the Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act. There are different levels of service with the...

Service of a Foreign Process

Another situation that may come up infrequently but is included for the sake of completeness is the condition where a service of process issued by a court other than the state of Florida is to be served. Service of a foreign process is not much different than a...

Personal Service Outside the State – Part 2

We’re currently addressing service of process to parties outside the state, so let’s continue with the next part of this statute, which deals with a situation where in rem relief is sought pertaining to foreclosure. What exactly does “in rem” mean? Simply put, this...
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