Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2013

Tillett v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

Tillett v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 5, 2013 · Lewis, Roberts, Rowe
115 So. 3d 1119; 2013 WL 3359179; 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10826 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Tillett v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

To be timely, a notice of appeal must be filed -with the appropriate court within 30 days of rendition of the order on appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.110(b). Merely mailing the notice or having the notice placed in a post office box within the required time period is not sufficient. Raysor v. Raysor, 706 So.2d 400, 401 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Although appellant alleges he mailed the *1120notice of appeal within the appropriate time, it was not received by the Court until May 6, 2013, and was therefore not filed in a timely manner. Further, the filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional. Florida courts are required to dismiss an appeal if the notice is not filed within the applicable time limit. See Miami-Dade County v. Peart, 843 So.2d 363 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.

LEWIS, C.J., ROBERTS, and ROWE, JJ., concur.

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