Serving Corporation Service Company (CSC) in Tallahassee
Why so many Florida serves route through one Leon County address — and how to get yours done same-day
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Key takeaways
- Corporation Service Company (CSC) is one of the largest registered-agent companies in the country, and its Florida registered office is at 1201 Hays Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301, in Leon County.
- Under §48.091, Florida Statutes, a registered agent must keep its registered office open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on business days to accept service of process.
- Serving corporation service company defendants through the registered agent is usually the fastest, most defensible way to serve a Florida corporation or LLC.
- Golden Process Service dispatches CSC serves in Tallahassee same-day from anywhere in Florida, with flat-rate registered agent serves.
Serving Corporation Service Company (CSC) is one of the most common registered-agent serves in Florida litigation — and one of the most misunderstood. Sue almost any large national company doing business in Florida, pull its record on Sunbiz, and there is a good chance the registered agent listed is Corporation Service Company at 1201 Hays Street in Tallahassee. At Golden Process Service, CSC serves are a core specialty: our Tallahassee-area servers handle them on a same-day dispatch basis for attorneys and firms across all 67 counties.
This guide explains what CSC is, why one office in Leon County accepts process for such a huge share of Florida entities, exactly how serving Corporation Service Company works under §48.091, Florida Statutes, and what to expect when your summons, subpoena, or garnishment needs to land at CSC's front desk.
What is Corporation Service Company (CSC)?
Corporation Service Company — universally shortened to CSC — is a major national registered-agent and corporate-compliance company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For well over a century, CSC has acted as the statutory registered agent for corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and other entities in every U.S. state. Fortune 500 companies, national banks, insurers, retailers, and franchisors routinely appoint CSC (or a CSC affiliate) as their registered agent so that one professional office in each state handles every lawsuit, subpoena, and official notice directed at the company.
In Florida, that professional office is in Tallahassee. When a national brand gets sued in Broward, Miami-Dade, or Palm Beach County, the summons often does not go to a local storefront or the corporate headquarters — it goes to CSC's Tallahassee office, because that is the registered agent address on file with the Florida Division of Corporations. CSC sits alongside a handful of other large commercial agents that dominate Florida filings, including CT Corporation System and NRAI in Plantation and Corporate Creations in Palm Beach Gardens. We cover those in companion guides on serving CT Corporation System in Florida and serving Corporate Creations.
Because CSC's whole business is accepting service, serving corporation service company entities is normally clean and fast — the intake staff are professionals who accept process all day, every day. The challenge is not persuading someone to open the door; it is getting your papers to the right address, during the statutory window, with a server who documents the serve properly.
Why CSC's Tallahassee office receives so many Florida serves
Florida law requires every corporation and LLC registered in the state to designate a registered agent with a Florida street address. Commercial agents like CSC concentrate that function in a single office — and CSC chose the state capital. Its Florida registered office at 1201 Hays Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 sits in Leon County, minutes from the Florida Capitol, the Division of Corporations, and the state agencies and courts that generate a constant stream of official notices.
The result is a funnel effect. Tens of thousands of Florida entities — from national chains to single-member LLCs whose formation service resold CSC's agent product — all list the same Hays Street address on Sunbiz. A process server working that one building may deliver process in the morning for cases filed in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, and Pensacola. For litigators, this is genuinely good news: no matter where your case is pending, a defendant represented by CSC can be served at one known, verified location by a Tallahassee process server who is at that address constantly. For practical purposes, serving Corporation Service Company means one thing in Florida: Tallahassee.
Always confirm the agent before dispatch. Companies change registered agents, and a serve on the wrong agent is a serve on nobody. A one-minute search on the Division of Corporations' Sunbiz database shows the entity's current registered agent and registered office. If the record says Corporation Service Company, your serve belongs in Tallahassee — and if it says CT Corporation, NRAI, or Corporate Creations, it belongs in South Florida instead. Our guide to how to serve a registered agent in Florida walks through that verification step in detail.
Serving Corporation Service Company under §48.091, Florida Statutes
Registered-agent service is a creature of statute. Section 48.091, Florida Statutes, requires every Florida corporation and LLC — and every foreign entity qualified to do business here — to designate a registered agent and a registered office, and it requires that office to be open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon each day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, with the agent (or an employee) present to accept service. That two-hour statutory window is the reason registered-agent serves are so reliable: the law obligates someone to be there to take your papers.
In practice, serving corporation service company entities looks like this:
- Verify the agent. Pull the entity on Sunbiz and confirm CSC is the current registered agent and that the registered office is the Tallahassee address.
- Prepare the papers. Summons and complaint, subpoena, writ of garnishment, or other process, with enough copies for the serve and your return.
- Deliver to the registered office. A certified server hands the documents to CSC's authorized intake staff at 1201 Hays Street during business hours — ideally inside the 10-to-noon statutory window.
- Document everything. The server records the date, time, address, and the name and title of the person who accepted, then executes a notarized return or affidavit of service for filing.
For corporations, registered-agent service operates alongside the officer-and-agent hierarchy in Chapter 48; for LLCs, §48.062 makes the registered agent the first stop and prescribes what happens if the agent cannot be served. If you are suing a Florida LLC, read our companion guide on how to serve an LLC in Florida before you dispatch. And because the return of service is what survives a motion to quash, sloppy paperwork can undo even a textbook serve — see how serves get quashed in Florida for the traps. None of this is legal advice; it is the operational view from a company that delivers to these agents week in and week out.
Practical notes on serving CSC in Tallahassee
A few field notes from our servers make serving Corporation Service Company go smoothly. First, timing: the statutory window under §48.091 is 10 a.m. to noon, and hitting that window removes any argument that the office was not required to be open. Second, volume: CSC's intake desk processes stacks of serves daily, so a professional server who knows the routine — cover sheets, entity names exactly as filed, one serve per defendant entity — gets in and out quickly and gets clean acceptance details for the affidavit. Third, name precision matters: if you are serving three affiliated LLCs, that is three serves, each documented separately, even though they all land at the same desk.
Tallahassee's status as the state capital is also why time-sensitive work concentrates here. Serves tied to state-agency litigation, administrative subpoenas, and bid-protest deadlines often need same-day delivery in Leon County, and pairing a CSC serve with a courthouse filing or an agency delivery in the same run is routine for our Leon County process servers. If your case needs a records or witness subpoena delivered alongside the corporate serve, our subpoena service team runs both together.
CSC is a national network, so multi-state cases often involve its other offices too. For reference, CSC offices outside Florida include:
| Office | Address |
|---|---|
| Tallahassee, FL (Corporation Service Company) | 1201 Hays Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 |
| Baltimore, MD (CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company) | 7 St. Paul Street Suite 820, 21202 |
| Washington, DC | 1090 Vermont Avenue NW 20005 |
| Richmond, VA | 100 Shockoe Slip 2nd Floor 23219 |
Golden Process Service handles nationwide forwarding through our trusted network, so serving Corporation Service Company at an out-of-state office can be dispatched from the same work order as your Florida serve.
How Golden Process Service handles CSC serves statewide
Golden Process Service, founded in 2018 by Mikhael Goldgisser, treats registered-agent service as a production line, not a one-off errand. CSC in Tallahassee is one of our four registered-agent specialties, alongside CT Corporation System and NRAI in Plantation and Corporate Creations in Palm Beach Gardens. Send us your documents — through Send Work or by email — and we route them to a Tallahassee-area server with same-day dispatch, aim for the §48.091 statutory window, and return a notarized affidavit of service ready for e-filing. For firms serving Corporation Service Company weekly, we run standing work orders so new serves drop straight into the dispatch queue.
Because serving corporation service company defendants is a fixed-address serve at a cooperative office, we price it accordingly: registered agent serves are flat-rate, with per-address rates published on the rates page. There are no zone surcharges or fuel add-ons to decode. Most firms pair CSC serves with our broader statewide coverage — one vendor, one invoice, whether the defendant's agent sits in Leon County or the serve is a hard residential address in Broward. Questions about an unusual entity, a garnishment package, or a rush deadline? Contact us — the phones are answered Monday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
How Golden Process Service Helps
Before you send a serving corporation service company request, gather a few basics: the exact entity name as it appears on Sunbiz, the case number and court, and the documents to be served — summons and complaint, subpoena, or writ of garnishment. Confirming the entity name matters because CSC accepts process for thousands of Florida companies, and a mismatched name can slow acceptance at the Tallahassee intake desk.
Timing is straightforward once the paperwork is right. Because §48.091 requires CSC's registered office to stay open from 10 a.m. to noon on business days, our server aims for that window at 1201 Hays Street in Leon County. Same-day dispatch is realistic when documents arrive early, and a notarized affidavit of service usually follows shortly after the serve is completed.
We verify the registered agent before every dispatch. A quick Sunbiz check confirms CSC is still the current agent and that the registered office is the Tallahassee address. If the record has changed to another agent, we flag it before anyone drives — a serve on the wrong agent is a serve on nobody, and catching it early protects your deadline.
Sending work is simple. Upload your documents through send work, or call (888) 766-7497 Monday through Saturday to talk through a rush deadline. For firms serving corporation service company defendants regularly, we keep standing work orders so new matters drop straight into the dispatch queue without re-explaining the routine each time.
Many CSC serves travel with a companion delivery. If your matter needs a records or witness subpoena handled alongside the corporate serve, our subpoena service team runs both in the same trip. Pairing serves this way keeps one work order, one set of affidavits, and one point of contact for the whole job.
That combination — verified agent, statutory window, and clean documentation — is what makes serving corporation service company entities dependable. Golden Process Service, serving Florida since 2018, treats each CSC serve as a repeatable, documented process so your return of service holds up when it matters.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CSC's registered agent address in Florida?
Corporation Service Company's Florida registered office is at 1201 Hays Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301, in Leon County. Always confirm the specific entity's current registered agent on Sunbiz before dispatching, because companies do change agents. Golden Process Service verifies the agent record before every serve as part of the work order.
Can I serve CSC by mail or do I need a process server?
Formal service of process in Florida must generally be delivered by an authorized person — a sheriff or a certified or appointed process server — not by mail. A professional server delivers your documents to CSC's Tallahassee intake desk, records who accepted them, and executes the notarized affidavit of service your court file needs. Serving corporation service company entities by certified mail is not a substitute for personal delivery in an ordinary civil action.
How fast can Golden Process Service serve CSC in Tallahassee?
Golden Process Service dispatches CSC serves same-day, Monday through Saturday. Because CSC's office is a fixed, staffed address that is required by §48.091 to be open from 10 a.m. to noon on business days, first-attempt success is the norm, and your affidavit of service is typically returned promptly after the serve. Call (888) 766-7497 for rush deadlines.
How much does it cost to serve a registered agent like CSC?
Registered agent serves are published on the rates page along with flat per-address rates. Because CSC is a cooperative, fixed-location serve, it sits at the low end of process-serving pricing — there is no skip tracing or multi-attempt effort involved in a typical registered-agent serve.