(1) If a mobile home owner is required to move due to a change in use of the land comprising a mobile home park as set forth in s. 723.061(1)(d), the mobile home park owner shall, upon such change in use, pay to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation for deposit in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund $2,750 for each single-section mobile home and $3,750 for each multisection mobile home for which a mobile home owner has made application for payment of moving expenses. The mobile home park owner shall make the payments required by this section and by s. 723.0612(7) to the corporation within 30 days after receipt from the corporation of the invoice for payment. Failure to make such payment within the required time period shall result in a late fee being imposed.
(a) If payment is not submitted within 30 days after receipt of the invoice, a 10-percent late fee shall be assessed.
(b) If payment is not submitted within 60 days after receipt of the invoice, a 15-percent late fee shall be assessed.
(c) If payment is not submitted within 90 days after receipt of the invoice, a 20-percent late fee shall be assessed.
(d) Any payment received 120 days or more after receipt of the invoice shall include a 25-percent late fee.
(2) A mobile home park owner is not required to make the payment prescribed in subsection (1), nor is the mobile home owner entitled to compensation under s. 723.0612(1), when:
(a) The mobile home park owner moves a mobile home owner to another space in the mobile home park or to another mobile home park at the park owner’s expense;
(b) A mobile home owner is vacating the premises and has informed the mobile home park owner or manager before the change in use notice has been given; or
(c) A mobile home owner abandons the mobile home as set forth in s. 723.0612(7).
(d) The mobile home owner has a pending eviction action for nonpayment of lot rental amount pursuant to s. 723.061(1)(a) which was filed against him or her prior to the mailing date of the notice of change in use of the mobile home park given pursuant to s. 723.061(1)(d).
(3) This section and s. 723.0612(7) are enforceable by the corporation by action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
(4) In any action brought by the corporation to collect payments assessed under this chapter, the corporation may file and maintain such action in Leon County. If the corporation is a party in any other action, venue for such action shall be in Leon County.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2001-231; s. 105, ch. 2002-1; s. 2, ch. 2002-27; s. 10, ch. 2003-263; s. 2, ch. 2007-47.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies
723.002 - Application of Chapter.
723.004 - Legislative Intent; Preemption of Subject Matter.
723.005 - Regulation by Division.
723.006 - Powers and Duties of Division.
723.007 - Annual Fees; Surcharge.
723.008 - Applicability of Chapter 212 to Fees, Penalties, and Fines Under This Chapter.
723.009 - Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.
723.011 - Disclosure Prior to Rental of a Mobile Home Lot; Prospectus, Filing, Approval.
723.012 - Prospectus or Offering Circular.
723.013 - Written Notification in the Absence of a Prospectus.
723.014 - Failure to Provide Prospectus or Offering Circular Prior to Occupancy.
723.016 - Advertising Materials; Oral Statements.
723.017 - Publication of False or Misleading Information; Remedies.
723.021 - Obligation of Good Faith and Fair Dealings.
723.022 - Mobile Home Park Owner’s General Obligations.
723.023 - Mobile Home Owner’s General Obligations.
723.024 - Compliance by Mobile Home Park Owners and Mobile Home Owners.
723.025 - Park Owner’s Access to Mobile Home and Mobile Home Lot.
723.027 - Persons Authorized by Park Owner to Receive Notices.
723.031 - Mobile Home Lot Rental Agreements.
723.032 - Prohibited or Unenforceable Provisions in Mobile Home Lot Rental Agreements.
723.033 - Unreasonable Lot Rental Agreements; Increases, Changes.
723.035 - Rules and Regulations.
723.038 - Dispute Settlement; Mediation.
723.0381 - Civil Actions; Arbitration.
723.041 - Entrance Fees; Refunds; Exit Fees Prohibited; Replacement Homes.
723.042 - Provision of Improvements.
723.043 - Purchase of Equipment.
723.044 - Interference With Installation of Appliances or Interior Improvements.
723.045 - Sale of Utilities by Park Owner or Developer.
723.046 - Capital Costs of Utility Improvements.
723.051 - Invitees; Rights and Obligations.
723.054 - Right of Mobile Home Owners to Peaceably Assemble; Right to Communicate.
723.056 - Enforcement of Right of Assembly and Right to Hear Outside Speakers.
723.058 - Restrictions on Sale of Mobile Homes.
723.059 - Purchaser of a Mobile Home Within a Mobile Home Park.
723.061 - Eviction; Grounds, Proceedings.
723.0611 - Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
723.06115 - Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund.
723.06116 - Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
723.0612 - Change in Use; Relocation Expenses; Payments by Park Owner.
723.0615 - Retaliatory Conduct.
723.062 - Removal of Mobile Home Owner; Process.
723.063 - Defenses to Action for Rent or Possession; Procedure.
723.071 - Sale of Mobile Home Parks.
723.072 - Affidavit of Compliance With Statutory Requirements.
723.073 - Conveyance by the Association.
723.074 - Sale of Facilities Serving a Mobile Home Subdivision.
723.075 - Homeowners’ Associations.
723.0751 - Mobile Home Subdivision Homeowners’ Association.
723.076 - Incorporation; Notification of Park Owner.
723.077 - Articles of Incorporation.
723.078 - Bylaws of Homeowners’ Associations.
723.0781 - Board Member Training Programs.
723.079 - Powers and Duties of Homeowners’ Association.
723.0791 - Mobile Home Cooperative Homeowners’ Associations; Elections.
723.081 - Notice of Application for Change in Zoning.
723.083 - Governmental Action Affecting Removal of Mobile Home Owners.
723.084 - Storage Charges on Mobile Homes.
723.085 - Rights of Lienholder on Mobile Homes in Rental Mobile Home Parks.
723.086 - Property and Lienholder Contracts.