Amendment to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(J)—Time Limit for Service

This Court on its own motion finds it necessary to amend Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j), which governs the time limit for service of process. Rule 1.070(j) currently provides as follows:(j) Summons; Time Limit. If service of the initial process and initial pleading is not made upon a defendant within 120 days after filing of the initial pleading and the party on whose behalf service is required does not show good cause why service was not made within that time, the action shall be dismissed without prejudice or that defendant dropped as a party on the court’s own initiative after…