{"id":552,"date":"2020-03-03T23:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360processserver.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2020-03-03T23:14:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:14:16","slug":"service-of-process-financial-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/service-of-process-financial-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Service of Process on Financial Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Service of process<a href=\"https:\/\/360processserver.com\/\"> <\/a>on any sort of financial institution is addressed by Florida Statute 48.092 which, in turn, refers to another statute, 655.0201, for details of the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first specifications pertain to location\nand time of service. Per this statute, a financial institution may register a\nparticular location with the Department of State as being the designated\nlocation for any service of process directed towards that institution. The\nprincipal qualifier for this designation is that the appointed location must be\navailable for service at the very least from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00\np.m., Monday through Friday, not including any federal or Florida holidays.\nOnce this specified agent has been registered with the state it becomes the <em>only<\/em> location at which service of\nprocess can be made. A process served at any other facility of that institution\nwill <em>not<\/em> be recognized by the courts.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statute goes on to state that if no\ndesignated agent for that institution has been made with the state then service\ncan be made to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Any officer, director or business agent of that institution<\/li><li>Any office, branch, or other location in the state where a business is conducted by that institution. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.state.fl.us\/statutes\/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;Search_String=&amp;URL=0600-0699\/0655\/Sections\/0655.0201.html\">655.0201\u2003<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.state.fl.us\/statutes\/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;Search_String=&amp;URL=0600-0699\/0655\/Sections\/0655.0201.html\"><em>Service of\nprocess, notice, levy, or demand on financial institutions.<\/em><\/a><em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(1)\u2003Notwithstanding\nany other Florida law, this section establishes the proper location for service\nof process upon a financial institution for all types of service of process to\nbe made on a financial institution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(2)\u2003A\nfinancial institution authorized by federal or state law to transact business\nin this state may designate with the Department of State a place or registered\nagent located within the state as the financial institution\u2019s sole location or\nagent for service of process, notice, levy, or demand. Any such place or\nregistered agent so designated must be open and available for service of\nprocess during regular business hours on regular business days, which, at a\nminimum, is any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. local time, on\nMondays through Fridays, excluding federal and Florida holidays. After a\nfinancial institution designates a place or registered agent within this state,\nsuch place or registered agent is the sole location for service of process,\nincluding service for actions related to garnishment, levy, injunctions,\nlawsuits, and the attachment of safety deposit boxes, in accordance with\nchapters 60, 76, and 77, and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(3)(a)\u2003If a financial institution has no registered agent or service cannot be made in accordance with subsection (2), service may be made to any officer, director, or business agent of the financial institution at its principal place of business or at any other branch, office, or place of business in the state.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(b)\u2003Notwithstanding subsection<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em> (2), any service required or authorized to be made by the Office of Financial Regulation under the financial institutions codes may be made to any officer, director, or business agent of the financial institution at its principal place of business or any other branch, office, or place of business in the state as set forth in s. 6<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Service of process on any sort of financial institution is addressed by Florida Statute 48.092 which, in turn, refers to another statute, 655.0201, for details of the process. The first specifications pertain to location and time of service. Per this statute, a financial institution may register a particular location with the Department of State as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"series":[],"post_folder":[],"ppma_author":[487],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-process-service"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","author_meta":{"display_name":"Mike Weaver","author_link":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/author\/admin360\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/author\/admin360\/","display_name":"Mike Weaver"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/process-service\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Process Service<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Process Service<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 3, 2020","modified":"Updated on March 3, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 3, 2020 11:14 pm","modified":"Updated on March 3, 2020 11:14 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":null,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-03-04 00:00:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"authors":[{"term_id":487,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"admin360","display_name":"Mike Weaver","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a6147e47b7bdea200aa1360f7b115ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Mike","last_name":"Weaver","user_url":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}