The Florida Senate

607.0141  Notice.--

(1)  Notice under this act must be in writing, unless oral notice is:

(a)  Expressly authorized by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, and

(b)  Reasonable under the circumstances.

Notice by electronic transmission is written notice.

(2)  Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, voice mail (where oral notice is permitted), or other electronic means; or by mail or other method of delivery.

(3)(a)  Written notice by a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state to its shareholder, if in a comprehensible form, is effective:

1.  Upon deposit into the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the corporation's current record of shareholders; or

2.  When electronically transmitted to the shareholder in a manner authorized by the shareholder.

(b)  Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, and without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to shareholders, any notice to shareholders given by the corporation under any provision of this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to shareholders who share an address if consented to by the shareholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by a shareholder by written notice to the corporation.

(c)  Any shareholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within 60 days after having been given written notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under paragraph (b), shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

(d)  This subsection shall not apply to s. 607.0620, s. 607.1402, or s. 607.1404

(4)  Written notice to a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be addressed:

(a)  To its registered agent at its registered office; or

(b)  To the corporation or its secretary at its principal office or electronic mail address as authorized and shown in its most recent annual report or, in the case of a corporation that has not yet delivered an annual report, in a domestic corporation's articles of incorporation or in a foreign corporation's application for certificate of authority.

(5)  Except as provided in subsection (3) or elsewhere in this act, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest date of the following:

(a)  When received;

(b)  Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed; or

(c)  On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.

(6)  Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated directly to the person to be notified in a comprehensible manner.

(7)  If this act prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements govern. If articles of incorporation or bylaws prescribe notice requirements not less stringent than the requirements of this section or other provisions of this act, those requirements govern.

History.--s. 15, ch. 89-154; s. 19, ch. 99-218; s. 5, ch. 2003-283.