Challenges in Serving Businesses During the Pandemic

Serving a business has become tricky during the pandemic. Who, where, and how legal papers must be served in regards to businesses can be a complex matter already. Now, Florida lawyers and citizens alike are scrambling to determine how to serve a business when that business might not even be open or available.

Serving Small Businesses

Serving a small business isn’t going to change much from the norm. Most small businesses are not corporations, which means that likely it is the owner or officers who will be legally responsible for accepting legal documents. Although you are supposed to be serving these individuals at their place of business, their home could count if it is where they are performing the majority of their work activities.

Serving a Corporation

As always, you have to serve the registered agent or upper-level officer at their place of business. If that physical location is closed, you may be able to serve the individual at the location where they do most of their business activities, even if that is at home. The rules are fuzzy and being navigated in real time, so your case might vary.

Serving a Virtual Business

Some businesses do not have a physical location at all, but Florida requires that all businesses have a physical address. For this purpose, there are companies that offer virtual business addresses to meet legal requirements. This address and an associated registered agent can accept papers on behalf of the virtual business.

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