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<br />CHAPTER 50, FLORIDA STATUTES
<br />LEGAL AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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<br />50.011 Where and in what language legal notices to be published,
<br />50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.
<br />50,031 Newspapers in which legal notices and process may be published,
<br />50,041 Proof of publication; uniform affidavits required.
<br />50,051 Proof of publication; form of uniform affidavit.
<br />50.061 Amounts chargeable,
<br />50071 Publication costs; court docket fund,
<br />50.011 Where and in what language legal notices to be published.V
<br />Whenever by statute an official or legal advertisement or a publication, or notice in a newspaper has been or is directed or permitted in
<br />the nature of or in lieu of process, or for constructive service, or in initiating, assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or
<br />power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, the contemporaneous and continuous
<br />intent and meaning of such legislation all and singular, existing or repealed, is and has been and is hereby dedared to be and to have been,
<br />and the rule of interpretation is and has been, a publication in a newspaper printed and published periodically once a week or oftener,
<br />containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English language, entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as lsecond-class matter at
<br />a post office in the county where published, for sale to the public generally, available to the public generally for the publication of official or
<br />other notices and customarily containing information of a public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in
<br />the county where published, or of interest or of value to the general public.
<br />History.-s 2, ch. 3022, 1877; RS 1296; GS 1727; s. 1, ch. 5610,1907; RGS 2942; s. 1, ch, 12104,1927; CGL 4666, 4901; s. 1, ch,
<br />63-387; s. 6, ch, 67-254
<br />lNote,-Redesignated as "Periodicals" by the United States Postal Service, see 61 F.R. 10123-10124, March 12, 1996,
<br />Note.-Former s, 49,01,
<br />50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.-
<br />When any law, or order or decree of court, shall direct advertisements to be made in any county and there be no newspaper published in
<br />the said county, the advertisement may be made by posting three copies thereof in three different places in said county, one of which shall be
<br />at the front door of the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest county in which a newspaper is published.
<br />History.-RS 1297; GS 1728; RGS 2943; CGL 4667; s 6, ch, 67-254.
<br />Note.-Former s. 49,02.
<br />50.031 Newspapers in which legal notices and process may be published.-
<br />No notice or publication required to be published in a newspaper in the nature of or in lieu of process of any kind, nature, character or
<br />description provided for under any law of the state, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, and whether pertaining to constructive service,
<br />or the initiating, assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or power, by any court in this state, or any notice of sale of property,
<br />real or personal, for taxes, state, county or municipal, or sheriffs, guardian's or administrator's or any sale made pursuant to any judicial
<br />order, decree or statute or any other publication or notice per1ainlng to any affairs of the state, or any county, municipality or other political
<br />subdivision thereof, shall be deemed to have been published in accordance with the statutes providing for such publication, unless the same
<br />shall have been published for the prescribed period of time required for such publication, in a newspaper which at the time of such publication
<br />shall have been in existence for 1 year and shall have been entered as tsecond-c1ass mail matter at a post office in the county where
<br />published, or in a newspaper which is a direct successor of a newspaper which together have been so published; provided, however, that
<br />nothing herein contained shall apply where in any county there shall be no newspaper in existence which shall have been published for the
<br />length of time above prescribed. No legal publication of any kind, nature or description, as herein defined, shall be valid or binding or held to
<br />be in compliance with the statutes providing for such publication unless the same shall have been published in accordance with the provisions
<br />of this section, Proof of such publication shall be made by uniform affidavit.
<br />History.-ss 1-3, ch. 14830, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp 4274(1); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 6, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 74-221
<br />tNote,-Redesignated as "Periodicals" by the United States Postal Service. see G 1 F R 10123-10124. March 12, 1996
<br />Note.YFormer s 4903
<br />50.041 Proof of pUblication; uniform affidavits required.-
<br />(1) All affidavits of publishers of newspapers (or their official representatives) made for the purpose of establishing proof of publication of
<br />public notices or legal advertisements shall be uniform throughout the state,
<br />(2) Each such affidavit shall be printed upon white bond paper containing at least 25 percent rag material and shall be 8% inches in width
<br />and of convenient length, not less than 5'/' inches, A white margin of not less than 2'/' inches shall be left at the right side of each affidavit
<br />form and upon or in this space shall be substantially pasted a clipping which shall be a true copy of the public notice or legal advertisement for
<br />which proof is executed
<br />(3) In all counties having a population in excess of 450.000 according to the latest official decennial census, 10 addition to the charge~,
<br />which are now or may hereafter be established by law for the publication of every official notice or legal advertisement. there may be a charge
<br />not to exceed $2 for the preparation and execution of each such proof of publication or publisher's affidavit
<br />History.Vs 1, ch. 19290,1939; CGL 1940 Supp 4668(1); s 1. ch. 63-49; s 26, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch 76-58
<br />Note.YFormer s. 4904
<br />50.051 Proof of publication; form of uniform affidavit.\' The printed form upon which all such affidavits establishing proof of publication are to be executed shall be substantially as follows'
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