GEORGE SAUNDERS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Bank OF Am., N.A. v. Bornstein, 39 So. 3d 500 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …ovo. Re-Employment Servs. Ltd., 969 So. 2d at 470. Statutes governing service of process should be strictly construed, and valid service on a corporation may be effected only by complying with such statutes. York Commc’ns, Inc. v. Furst Group, Inc., 724 So. 2d 678, 679 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); accord Top Dollar Pawn Too, Inc. v. King, 861 So. 2d 1264, 1265 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). Absent strict compliance, the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the corporation. York Commc’ns, 724 So. 2d at 679. As the party invok…
• TOP Dollar Pawn TOO, Inc. v. King, 861 So. 2d 1264 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
  …to vacate a default judgment is abuse of discretion. George v. Raddiffe, 753 So. 2d 573 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (on rehearing). Second, statutes concerning service of process are to be strictly construed. York Communications, Inc. v. Furst Group, Inc., 724 So. 2d 678 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). Third, service on a domestic corporation may be effectuated only by complying with section 48.081, Florida Statutes (2002). Section 48.081(3) provides that “process may be served on the agent designated by the corporation under…
• Int'l Steel Truss Co. v. The Artec Grp., Inc., 824 So. 2d 340 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
  …by its inability to serve process on the defendant. But statutes governing service of process must be strictly construed, and valid service on a corporation may only be effected by complying with them. York Communications, Inc. v. Furst Group, Inc., 724 So. 2d 678, 679 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Dade Erection Serv., Inc. v. Sims Crane Serv., Inc., 379 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). Service on Griffin as International Steel’s business agent under section 48.081(l)(d) was ineffective for two reasons. First, as Justi…

Authorities Cited

• Plain v. State, 720 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
• McKinley Scott v. State, 721 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
• Barfield v. State, 719 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
• Young v. State, 719 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)