§ 49.12, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 49. CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS
Mailing of notice of action.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
If the residence of any party to be served by publication is stated in the sworn statement with more particularity than the name of the state or country in which the defendant resides, the clerk or the judge shall mail a copy of the notice by United States mail, with postage prepaid, to each defendant within 10 days after making or posting the notice, the date of mailing to be noted on the docket with a copy of the pleading for which the notice was issued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 13, ch. 20452, 1941; s. 7, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 5, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 74-152.
Note
Note.—Former s. 48.13.
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