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Service of pleadings and documents after the initial pleading is made by e-mail — in practice through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal's e-service feature — to the designated service addresses on file.
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Documents filed through the E-Filing Portal must be served through the portal's e-service function, which transmits to every address on the service list (including the filer) — service on each listed recipient is complete on filing (rule 2.516(b)(1)). Attorneys are served at their signature-block e-mail address or their official Florida Bar address. Include a certificate of service reflecting the method and date (rule 2.516(f)), and keep every party's service addresses current.
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Reviewer note: CORRECTED Phase 9.3 (2026-08-01): portal e-service is now mandatory by rule (not merely customary), service completes on filing, and the old designated-e-mail-address framework is gone from current 2.516. Verified from the 7/1/2026 Gen. Prac. rules.
The 101st District Court's Rule 106 substituted-service regime as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 05/02/2023): the instructions prescribing the supporting affidavit's mandatory contents (doc 1345) and the court's proposed order form whose use the court's registered policies make mandatory (doc 1344).
The 134th District Court's Rule 106 substitute-service requirements (Hon. Dale B. Tillery): the four-part supporting affidavit (address-verification efforts, dated service attempts, statements of persons present, and a public-record or database printout confirming residence), the license-plate corroboration option, the mandatory proposed form order, and the form's dual-mailing/30-day-return perfection conditions.