(1) When any tenant refuses to give up possession of the premises at the end of the tenant’s lease, the landlord, the landlord’s agent, attorney, or legal representatives, may demand of such tenant double the monthly rent, and may recover the same at the expiration of every month, or in the same proportion for a longer or shorter time by distress, in the manner pointed out hereinafter.
(2) All contracts for rent, verbal or in writing, shall bear interest from the time the rent becomes due, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
History.—ss. 4, 6, Nov. 21, 1828; RS 1759; GS 2235; RGS 3554; CGL 5418; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 427, ch. 95-147.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 83 - Landlord and Tenant
Part I - Nonresidential Tenancies (Ss. 83.001-83.251)
83.01 - Unwritten lease tenancy at will; duration.
83.02 - Certain written leases tenancies at will; duration.
83.03 - Termination of tenancy at will; length of notice.
83.04 - Holding over after term, tenancy at sufferance, etc.
83.06 - Right to demand double rent upon refusal to deliver possession.
83.07 - Action for use and occupation.
83.08 - Landlord’s lien for rent.
83.09 - Exemptions from liens for rent.
83.10 - Landlord’s lien for advances.
83.11 - Distress for rent; complaint.
83.14 - Replevy of distrained property.
83.15 - Claims by third persons.
83.18 - Distress for rent; trial; verdict; judgment.
83.19 - Sale of property distrained.
83.20 - Causes for removal of tenants.
83.202 - Waiver of right to proceed with eviction claim.
83.22 - Removal of tenant; service.
83.231 - Removal of tenant; judgment.
83.232 - Rent paid into registry of court.