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55.502 Construction of act.—

(1)  As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of any other state or of the United States or any other court which if such judgment, decree, or order is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

(2)  This act shall not be construed to impair the right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his or her judgment instead of proceeding under this act.

(3)  This act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.

(4)  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to alter, modify, or extend the limitation period applicable for the enforcement of foreign judgments.

(2) Any notice to or demand on a limited liability company organized pursuant to this chapter may be made:
(a) By delivery to a manager of the limited liability company, if the management of the limited liability company is vested in one or more managers, or by delivery to a member, if the management of the limited liability company is vested in the members.
(b) By mailing a writing, which notice or demand in writing is mailed to the registered office of the limited liability company in this state or to another address in this state which is the principal office of the limited liability company.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve, in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law, any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a limited liability company.
History.–s. 2, ch. 82-177; s. 64, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 99-315; s. 29, ch. 2002-272.

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