OTTAWA PROERTIES 1 LLC
v.
US BANK, NA, ETC.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2022-08-24
No. 22-0001
Fulmer, Green, Northcutt
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2022)

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Holding

Service of process that fails to identify the date and time of service on the summons and lacks the process server's signature or initials violates Florida Statutes section 48.031(5) and is subject to quashing.


Headnotes

[1] Service of process must comply with Florida Statutes section 48.031(5), which requires the process server to identify the date and time of service and sign or initial the…

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Facts & Procedural History

Ottawa Properties 1 LLC, a defendant titleholder in a foreclosure action, moved to quash service of process served by U.S. Bank's process server. The …

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed August 24, 2022.

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No. 3D22-0001 Lower Tribunal No. 13-7027

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Ottawa Properties1 LLC,

Appellant,

vs.

US Bank, NA., etc.,

Appellee. An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Vivianne Del Rio, Judge. Wesoloski Carlson, P.A., and Erik D. Wesoloski, for appellant. McGuireWoods LLP, and Sara F. Holladay, Emily Y. Rottmann, and Kathleen D. Kilbride (Jacksonville), for appellee. Before FERNANDEZ, C.J., and LOGUE and HENDON, JJ. PER CURIAM.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

Ottawa Properties1 LLC, defendant titleholder in a foreclosure action,

appeals a non-final order denying its motion to quash service of process.1

Ottawa moved in the trial court to quash service of process on the basis that

U.S. Bank’s process server failed to identify the date and time of service on

the summons and did not initial or sign the summons, as required by section

48.031(5), Florida Statutes. Based upon U.S. Bank’s commendable

confession of error, and our review of the record, we reverse the denial of

the motion to quash service and remand for further proceedings.

Reversed and remanded.

Footnotes
1 Ottawa also appeals the trial court’s rulings, contained in the same order on appeal denying its motion to quash service of process, which (1) denied dismissal with prejudice; and (2) denied Ottawa’s Renewed Motion to Enforce Court Order and for Sanctions. Because these additional rulings are non-final and non-appealable, we dismiss this portion of Ottawa’s appeal.

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