Florida Process Server Certification Exam
Test Questions and Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) Plus Rationales
2025/2026 Q&A
Florida Statute § 48.092 Service on financial institutions. -CORRECTANSWER Service
on financial institutions must be made in accordance with s. 655.0201.
Florida Statute § 48.062 Service on a limited liability company. -CORRECTANSWER
Process against a limited liability company, domestic or foreign, may be served on the
registered agent designated by the limited liability company under chapter 605. A
person attempting to serve process pursuant to this subsection may serve the process
on any employee of the registered agent during the first attempt at service even if the
registered agent is a natural person and is temporarily absent from his or her office.
Service on Sunday (Fla. Stat. § 48.20) -CORRECTANSWER Service or execution on
Sunday of any writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment is void
and the person serving or executing, or causing it to be served or executed, is liable to
the party aggrieved for damages for so doing as if he or she had done it without any
process, writ, warrant, order, or judgment. If affidavit is made by the person requesting
service or execution that he or she has good reason to believe that any person liable to
have any such writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment served on him or her intends
to escape from this state under protection of Sunday, any officer furnished with an order
, authorizing service or execution by the trial court judge may serve or execute such writ,
process, warrant, order, or judgment on Sunday, and it is as valid as if it had
been done on any other day.
Service on Minors (Fla. Stat. § 48.041) -CORRECTANSWER There are three types of
service on minors in the State of Florida:
(1) If the minor is married or has ever been married, he or she may be served exactly as
any other adult in the state;
(2) If the minor has had a legal guardian appointed, the guardian must be served;
(3) In all other cases, the minor is served by serving the parent or guardian.
Service on Prisoners (Fla. Stat. § 48.051) -CORRECTANSWER Process on a prisoner
is served exactly as on any other person in the state.
Service on Corporations (Fla. Stat. § 48.081) -CORRECTANSWER Service on a
corporation may be accomplished in three ways:
(1) By serving process on the designated corporate officers or agents;
(2) By serving any officer or agent of a foreign corporation transacting business in the
state of Florida;
(3) By serving the corporation's registered agent.
However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply
with § 48.091, service of process shall be permitted on any employee at the
corporation's principal place of business or on any employee of the registered agent.
Test Questions and Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) Plus Rationales
2025/2026 Q&A
Florida Statute § 48.092 Service on financial institutions. -CORRECTANSWER Service
on financial institutions must be made in accordance with s. 655.0201.
Florida Statute § 48.062 Service on a limited liability company. -CORRECTANSWER
Process against a limited liability company, domestic or foreign, may be served on the
registered agent designated by the limited liability company under chapter 605. A
person attempting to serve process pursuant to this subsection may serve the process
on any employee of the registered agent during the first attempt at service even if the
registered agent is a natural person and is temporarily absent from his or her office.
Service on Sunday (Fla. Stat. § 48.20) -CORRECTANSWER Service or execution on
Sunday of any writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment is void
and the person serving or executing, or causing it to be served or executed, is liable to
the party aggrieved for damages for so doing as if he or she had done it without any
process, writ, warrant, order, or judgment. If affidavit is made by the person requesting
service or execution that he or she has good reason to believe that any person liable to
have any such writ, process, warrant, order, or judgment served on him or her intends
to escape from this state under protection of Sunday, any officer furnished with an order
, authorizing service or execution by the trial court judge may serve or execute such writ,
process, warrant, order, or judgment on Sunday, and it is as valid as if it had
been done on any other day.
Service on Minors (Fla. Stat. § 48.041) -CORRECTANSWER There are three types of
service on minors in the State of Florida:
(1) If the minor is married or has ever been married, he or she may be served exactly as
any other adult in the state;
(2) If the minor has had a legal guardian appointed, the guardian must be served;
(3) In all other cases, the minor is served by serving the parent or guardian.
Service on Prisoners (Fla. Stat. § 48.051) -CORRECTANSWER Process on a prisoner
is served exactly as on any other person in the state.
Service on Corporations (Fla. Stat. § 48.081) -CORRECTANSWER Service on a
corporation may be accomplished in three ways:
(1) By serving process on the designated corporate officers or agents;
(2) By serving any officer or agent of a foreign corporation transacting business in the
state of Florida;
(3) By serving the corporation's registered agent.
However, if service cannot be made on a registered agent because of failure to comply
with § 48.091, service of process shall be permitted on any employee at the
corporation's principal place of business or on any employee of the registered agent.
