Case Name: Jason Edward HETZ, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and EG Systems Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-02-18
Citations: 106 So. 3d 996
Docket Number: No. 1D13-0080
Parties: Jason Edward HETZ, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and EG Systems Inc., Appellees.
Judges: VAN NORTWICK, LEWIS, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 106
Pages: 996–996

Head Matter:
Jason Edward HETZ, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and EG Systems Inc., Appellees.
No. 1D13-0080.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 18, 2013.
Jason Edward Hetz, pro se, Appellant.
Norman A. Blessing, General Counsel, Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

Opinion:
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). 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).
Here, the order was rendered on December 5, 2012. The thirtieth day following rendition was January 4, 2013. Although appellant represents that he mailed the notice within 30 days of rendition, appellant's notice of appeal was not filed with the court until January 7, 2013. Therefore, the Court's jurisdiction was not timely invoked and the appeal must be dismissed as untimely.
DISMISSED.
VAN NORTWICK, LEWIS, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.