§ 48.121, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 48. PROCESS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
Service on the state.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
When the state has consented to be sued, process against the state shall be served on the state attorney or an assistant state attorney for the judicial circuit within which the action is brought and by sending two copies of the process by registered or certified mail to the Attorney General. The state may serve motions or pleadings within 40 days after service is made. This section is not intended to authorize the joinder of the Attorney General or a state attorney as a party in such suit or prosecution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 29724, 1955; s. 4, ch. 67-254; s. 7, ch. 2001-266.
Note
Note.—Former s. 69.18.
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