§ 83.20, Fla. Stat. · Part I. NONRESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
Causes for removal of tenants.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Any tenant or lessee at will or sufferance, or for part of the year, or for one or more years, of any houses, lands or tenements, and the assigns, under tenants or legal representatives of such tenant or lessee, may be removed from the premises in the manner hereinafter provided in the following cases:
(1) Where such person holds over and continues in the possession of the demised premises, or any part thereof, after the expiration of the person’s time, without the permission of the person’s landlord.
(2) Where such person holds over without permission as aforesaid, after any default in the payment of rent pursuant to the agreement under which the premises are held, and 3 days’ notice in writing requiring the payment of the rent or the possession of the premises has been served by the person entitled to the rent on the person owing the same. The service of the notice shall be by delivery of a true copy thereof, or, if the tenant is absent from the rented premises, by leaving a copy thereof at such place.
(3) Where such person holds over without permission after failing to cure a material breach of the lease or oral agreement, other than nonpayment of rent, and when 15 days’ written notice requiring the cure of such breach or the possession of the premises has been served on the tenant. This subsection applies only when the lease is silent on the matter or when the tenancy is an oral one at will. The notice may give a longer time period for cure of the breach or surrender of the premises. In the absence of a lease provision prescribing the method for serving notices, service must be by mail, hand delivery, or, if the tenant is absent from the rental premises or the address designated by the lease, by posting.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 3248, 1881; RS 1751; GS 2227; RGS 3535; CGL 5399; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 20, ch. 77-104; s. 2, ch. 88-379; s. 1, ch. 93-70; s. 437, ch. 95-147.
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Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites § 83.20, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 83.05, Fla. Stat.Right of possession upon default in rent; determination of right of possession in action or surrender or abandonment of premises.Printed as s. 83.20; s. 83.20(2)
- § 83.201, Fla. Stat.Notice to landlord of failure to maintain or repair, rendering premises wholly untenantable; right to withhold rent.Printed as s. 83.20(3)
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