Florida Statutes
Part I - Nonresidential Tenancies (Ss. 83.001-83.251)
83.20 - Causes for removal of tenants.


(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.
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.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure

Chapter 83 - Landlord and Tenant

Part I - Nonresidential Tenancies (Ss. 83.001-83.251)

83.001 - Application.

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.

83.05 - Right of possession upon default in rent; determination of right of possession in action or surrender or abandonment of premises.

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.

83.12 - Distress writ.

83.13 - Levy of writ.

83.135 - Dissolution of writ.

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.

83.201 - Notice to landlord of failure to maintain or repair, rendering premises wholly untenantable; right to withhold rent.

83.202 - Waiver of right to proceed with eviction claim.

83.21 - Removal of tenant.

83.22 - Removal of tenant; service.

83.231 - Removal of tenant; judgment.

83.232 - Rent paid into registry of court.

83.241 - Removal of tenant; process.

83.251 - Removal of tenant; costs.