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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVIII
BANKS AND BANKING
Chapter 655
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY
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F.S. 655.0201
655.0201 Service of process, notice, levy, or demand on financial institutions.
(1) Notwithstanding any other Florida law, this section establishes the proper location for service of process upon a financial institution for all types of service of process to be made on a financial institution.
(2) A financial institution authorized by federal or state law to transact business in this state may designate with the Department of State a place or registered agent located within the state as the financial institution’s sole location or agent for service of process, notice, levy, or demand. Any such place or registered agent so designated must be open and available for service of process during regular business hours on regular business days, which, at a minimum, is any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. local time, on Mondays through Fridays, excluding federal and Florida holidays. After a financial institution designates a place or registered agent within this state, such place or registered agent is the sole location for service of process, including service for actions related to garnishment, levy, injunctions, lawsuits, and the attachment of safety deposit boxes, in accordance with chapters 60, 76, and 77, and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
(3)(a) If 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.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (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. 655.031(2).
History.s. 2, ch. 2005-181; s. 59, ch. 2014-209; s. 34, ch. 2015-148; s. 2, ch. 2016-180.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 655.0201
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 655.0201.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

RAHIMI, v. GLOBAL DISCOVERIES, LTD. LLC,, 252 So. 3d 804 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . mortgage or if the mortgagee has designated an address with the Department of State pursuant to s. 655.0201 . . .

BANK OF AMERICA, N. A. v. BORNSTEIN, s a B. III,, 39 So. 3d 500 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . Bank of America moved to quash service of process for failure to comply with sections 48.081 and 655.0201 . . . Section 655.0201, which governs service of process on financial institutions, states: (1) Process against . . . means, or necessarily the required means, of serving notice or demand on a financial institution. § 655.0201 . . .