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Civil Process
Civil Process
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04/09/2018

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The garnishee is required to serve an answer on the plaintiff within ? days after service of any of the defendant’s property or money owed to the defendant, in the garnishee's possession at the time of service, pending settlement of the lawsuit.
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20
Term
? are advisory papers stating a time, date, and location in which a hearing will be held concerning a particular matter previously introduced into the court system. It accompanies an original summons or follows a summons that has previously been issued.
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Notices of Hearing
Term
? orders commanding a party to appear or show cause why the party served should not be compelled to do the act required or why the object of the order should not be enforced.
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Orders to Show Cause
Term
? are papers advising the party being served that a civil action has been filed against said party. Each ? filed will have a petition, complaint, or statement of claim attached.
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Summonses
Term
unless specified otherwise in the summons, ? days, exclusive of the day of service, in which to file an answer with the Clerk of said Court.
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20
Term
? are court orders to enforce a money judgment and for the Sheriff to levy and sell the defendant’s property to satisfy the judgment.
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Writs of Execution
Term
The Civil Officer shall acknowledge all writs that have been assigned to him within ?, excluding weekends, holidays, and extenuating circumstances.
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24 hours
Term
The Civil Unit Sergeants work under the direction of the ?
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Civil/Emergency Preparedness Unit Commander.
Term
Indigent forms expire after ? to the date.
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twelve months
Term
Pursuant to F.S.S. Section ? Florida Statutes, process may NOT be served on Sunday.
Definition
48.20
Term
Service of original process is made by delivering a copy of it to the person to be served with a copy of the complaint, petition, or other initial pleading or paper or by leaving the copies at his or her usual place of abode with any person residing therein who is ? years of age or older and informing the person of the contents.
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15
Term
A criminal witness subpoena requiring court appearance may be posted by a person authorized to serve process at the witness’ residence after ? attempts to serve the subpoena, made at different times of the day or night on different dates, have failed.
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3
Term
Criminal Witness Subpoena commanding a witness to appear for a deposition may be posted by a person authorized to serve process at the witness’ residence if after ? attempt to serve the subpoena has failed. The subpoena must be posted at least ? days prior to the date of the witness’ required appearance.
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one, five
Term
Special Process Server logs (only hard copies are received) are maintained for ? years and applications are maintained for ? years.
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three,five
Term
Firearm Affidavit Reports are maintained for ? years.
Definition
three
Term
Writ of Replevin/ Execution are maintained for ? years
Definition
three
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