Serving CT Corporation System in Florida: The Plantation Registered Agent Guide
Serving CT Corporation System same-day — why thousands of Florida lawsuits funnel through one Plantation office
Key takeaways
- CT Corporation System is the registered-agent arm of Wolters Kluwer and acts as Florida registered agent for a huge share of corporations and LLCs doing business in the state.
- CT Corporation System's Florida registered-agent office is at 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, FL 33324, which is why so many Florida lawsuits are served in Broward County.
- Serving CT Corporation System counts as serving the company itself under Chapter 48, Florida Statutes, once the agent accepts the papers.
- NRAI Services, Inc. — part of the same Wolters Kluwer corporate family — accepts service at the same Plantation address.
- Golden Process Service is headquartered in Plantation minutes from CT Corp and handles serving CT Corporation System same-day, with flat-rate registered agent serves.
Serving CT Corporation System is one of the most common jobs in Florida litigation — and one of the easiest to get done fast when you know how it works. CT Corp acts as the official registered agent for an enormous number of corporations and LLCs registered to do business in Florida, and every one of those companies can be served with a summons at a single office in Plantation. Golden Process Service is headquartered in Plantation, minutes from that office, and delivers to CT Corp's intake window nearly every business day.
This guide explains what CT Corporation System is, why its Plantation office receives so much of Florida's litigation traffic, how serving CT Corporation System works under §48.091, Florida Statutes, what happens after the agent accepts your documents, and how to get your papers served the same day you send them. It is general information from a working process serving firm — not legal advice for your specific case.
What is CT Corporation System?
CT Corporation System — usually shortened to "CT Corp" — is a commercial registered-agent company founded in 1892 and owned today by Wolters Kluwer, the global information-services group. Its business is simple: companies that register to operate in a state must designate a registered agent with a physical street address there, and CT Corp sells that service at scale. Fortune 500 corporations, national retailers, banks, insurers, franchisors, and countless out-of-state LLCs all list CT Corp as their Florida registered agent on Sunbiz, the Florida Division of Corporations database.
That designation matters for anyone filing a lawsuit. Under Chapter 48 of the Florida Statutes, a corporation or LLC may be served through its registered agent, and service on the agent is service on the company. That is why serving CT Corporation System is often the whole job: instead of chasing a corporate officer across the country, your process server hands the summons and complaint to CT Corp's intake staff, obtains an acceptance, and your case moves forward. If you want the statutory background first, read our guide on how to serve a registered agent in Florida.
Why so many Florida lawsuits land in Plantation
Every commercial registered agent concentrates its state's service-of-process traffic at one address, and in Florida CT Corp's address is 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, FL 33324. Because CT Corp represents such a large share of the companies registered in Florida, that single Broward County office building receives a remarkable portion of the state's corporate lawsuits — suits filed in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa all funnel to the same intake window in Plantation.
For attorneys and paralegals, that geography is good news. Instead of locating a defendant's warehouse, storefront, or out-of-state headquarters, you serve one professional office that exists to accept legal documents. A Plantation process server who works that building daily can turn the assignment around in hours. Golden Process Service's HQ at 9715 W Broward Blvd is roughly a five-minute drive away, which is why serving CT Corporation System is a same-day routine for our Broward team rather than a special request.
Serving CT Corporation System under §48.091
Florida law makes registered-agent service straightforward. Section 48.091, Florida Statutes requires every corporation and LLC doing business in Florida to designate a registered agent and keep a registered office open — with the agent present — from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on business days specifically so process can be served. Companion provisions in Chapter 48, including §48.062 for limited liability companies, confirm that delivering process to the registered agent binds the entity. In practice, serving CT Corporation System works like this:
- Confirm the agent on Sunbiz. Pull the defendant's record on the Florida Division of Corporations site and verify that CT Corporation System is the current registered agent. Companies change agents, and serving the wrong one invites a motion to quash — see our guide to defective service of process in Florida.
- Match the entity name exactly. Your summons must name the corporate entity precisely as registered. CT Corp's intake staff check the name against their client list and will reject papers for a company they do not represent.
- Deliver during intake hours. A certified process server presents the summons, complaint, and any attachments at the Plantation office during the statutory window.
- Record the acceptance. The server notes the date, time, and name and title of the person who accepted — the details your proof of service will recite.
- File the return. A verified return of service goes back to your court, completing the record that gives the court personal jurisdiction over the defendant.
Because the office exists to accept process, "evasion" is essentially off the table — the challenges are procedural accuracy and speed, which is exactly what a professional server provides.
What happens after CT Corp accepts service
Serving CT Corporation System is legally complete the moment intake staff accept your papers, but acceptance is only the start of CT Corp's internal process. The documents are logged, scanned, and transmitted — usually the same day — to the defendant company's designated legal or compliance contact, wherever in the world that contact sits. The defendant's clock to respond under the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure starts from the date of service on the agent, not from the date the general counsel eventually reads the complaint.
For the plaintiff's side, your deliverables are the server's verified return of service and, when needed, a notarized affidavit for the court file. Golden Process Service uploads proof the same day the serve is completed, so your team can calendar response deadlines immediately. If the defendant is an LLC rather than a corporation, the analysis is nearly identical — our walkthrough on how to serve an LLC in Florida covers §48.062's order of preference, with the registered agent at the top of the list. And if CT Corp is not the agent, the same playbook applies at Florida's other big agent offices: see serving Corporate Creations in Palm Beach Gardens and serving CSC in Tallahassee.
NRAI Services, Inc. — the sister agent next door
When you pull a Sunbiz record and the registered agent reads "NRAI Services, Inc." instead of CT Corp, do not be confused: NRAI — National Registered Agents, Inc. — is part of the same Wolters Kluwer corporate family, and its Florida registered-agent address is the same building at 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, FL 33324. Thousands of Florida entities, particularly companies that signed up through NRAI's national program, list NRAI rather than CT Corp on their filings.
Operationally, that means one trip covers both agents. A server heading to Plantation for a CT Corp assignment can serve an NRAI-registered defendant in the same run, which is how Golden Process Service batches its daily Broward registered-agent route — serving CT Corporation System and NRAI defendants in one trip. Whether the record says CT Corporation System or NRAI Services, Inc., the serve lands at the same address, follows the same §48.091 mechanics, and produces the same binding service on the company. Subpoenas directed to corporate records custodians frequently go through these agents too — our subpoena service team handles those alongside summons work, and our overview of subpoena service in Florida explains the witness-fee and timing rules.
How Golden Process Service serves CT Corp same-day from Plantation
Golden Process Service, founded in 2018 by Mikhael Goldgisser, is headquartered at 9715 W Broward Blvd, Suite 322, Plantation — in the same city as CT Corp's Florida intake office. Registered-agent work is a core specialty: we run scheduled routes to CT Corp and NRAI in Plantation, Corporate Creations in Palm Beach Gardens, and CSC in Tallahassee. Documents received by early afternoon are typically served the same day, and every serve comes back with a verified return uploaded to your matter.
Serving CT Corporation System through Golden is flat-rate for registered agent serves, with flat per-address rates published on the rates page. Because we are a Broward County process server first and a statewide network second, there is no relay markup on Plantation serves — our own staff walk the papers in. CT Corp also maintains registered-agent offices in other states where our nationwide network serves regularly, including:
| CT Corporation System office | Address | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Plantation, FL (Florida agent) | 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, FL 33324 | Same-day by Golden's own Broward staff |
| Baltimore, MD | 351 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201 | Nationwide network serve |
| Washington, DC | 1015 15th St NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005 | Nationwide network serve |
| Glen Allen, VA | 4701 Cox Road, Suite 285, Glen Allen, VA 23060 | Nationwide network serve |
One upload covers a mixed batch — a CT Corp serve in Plantation, an individual defendant in Miami, and an out-of-state agent — through our registered agent service program. Questions before you send work? Contact us or call; the phones are answered Monday through Saturday, 6 AM to 10 PM.
How Golden Process Service Helps
Serving CT Corporation System is a routine assignment for our Plantation-based team, but the fastest turnaround starts with you sending clean, complete documents. Before you dispatch a job, confirm on Sunbiz that CT Corp is still the defendant's current registered agent and that the entity name on your summons matches the record exactly. Those two checks prevent the most common cause of a rejected serve.
When you send work, include the summons, the complaint, and any exhibits or attachments the court issued together. Note the case number, the court, and the precise entity name. If documents arrive by early afternoon, we can usually route them to CT Corp's intake window at 1200 South Pine Island Road the same business day, within the statutory 10 a.m. to noon service hours.
At the office our server presents the papers, obtains acceptance, and records the date, time, and the name and title of the person who took them. That detail is what makes your proof of service defensible if the defendant later challenges it. We upload the verified return the same day the serve is completed, so your team can calendar the response deadline right away.
Because we handle serving CT Corporation System with our own Broward staff rather than a relay contractor, there is no middleman markup, and registered-agent serves are flat-rate. A single upload can also cover a mixed batch through our registered agent service program — a CT Corp serve, an NRAI defendant in the same building, and an individual across town.
If you are unsure whether CT Corp is the right agent, or you need serving CT Corporation System paired with a subpoena or an out-of-state serve, call (888) 766-7497. The phones are answered Monday through Saturday, and we will tell you honestly whether a same-day serve is realistic for your deadline.
Need CT Corp served today? Golden Process Service is minutes away.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CT Corporation System's Florida address for service of process?
CT Corporation System's Florida registered-agent office is at 1200 South Pine Island Road, Suite 250, Plantation, FL 33324, in Broward County. Always confirm the defendant's current registered agent on Sunbiz before serving, because companies do change agents.
Does serving CT Corporation System count as serving the company itself?
Yes — serving CT Corporation System binds the company it represents. Under Chapter 48, Florida Statutes — including §48.091 for registered agents and §48.062 for LLCs — service delivered to and accepted by a company's designated registered agent is service on the company. Golden Process Service documents the date, time, and accepting employee so your proof of service holds up if challenged.
How fast can Golden Process Service serve CT Corp in Plantation?
Usually the same day. Golden Process Service is headquartered in Plantation minutes from CT Corp's office and runs daily registered-agent routes there. Registered agent serves are flat-rate — send documents through the Send Work page or call (888) 766-7497 to get on today's route.
What if my defendant's registered agent is NRAI, Corporate Creations, or CSC instead?
The same process applies at a different address. NRAI Services, Inc. accepts service in the same Plantation building as CT Corp; Corporate Creations is in Palm Beach Gardens; and Corporation Service Company (CSC) is in Tallahassee. Golden Process Service runs routes to all of them and covers all 67 Florida counties.