Florida Statutes 634.151 – Service of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 634.151
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
- service agreement: means any contract or agreement indemnifying the service agreement holder for the motor vehicle listed on the service agreement and arising out of the ownership, operation, and use of the motor vehicle against loss caused by failure of any mechanical or other component part, or any mechanical or other component part that does not function as it was originally intended; however, nothing in this part shall prohibit or affect the giving, free of charge, of the usual performance guarantees by manufacturers or dealers in connection with the sale of motor vehicles. See Florida Statutes 634.011
(1) Each company applying for authority to transact business in this state, whether domestic or foreign, shall file with the office its appointment of the Chief Financial Officer and her or his successors in office, on a form as furnished by the office, as its attorney to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state and agreeing that process so served shall be valid and binding upon the company. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the company and any successor in interest as to the assets or liabilities of the company, and shall remain in effect as long as there is outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the company resulting from its service agreement transactions therein.
(2) At the time of such appointment of the Chief Financial Officer as its process agent the company shall file with the department a designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Chief Financial Officer is to be forwarded. The company may change the designation at any time by a new filing.