Florida Statutes Chapter 83 — LANDLORD AND TENANT

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title VI

• § 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.
• § 83.40 — Short title.
• § 83.41 — Application.
• § 83.42 — Exclusions from application of part.
• § 83.425 — Preemption.
• § 83.43 — Definitions.
• § 83.44 — Obligation of good faith.
• § 83.45 — Unconscionable rental agreement or provision.
• § 83.46 — Rent; duration of tenancies.
• § 83.47 — Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
• § 83.48 — Attorney fees.
• § 83.49 — Deposit money or advance rent; duty of landlord and tenant.
• § 83.491 — Fee in lieu of security deposit.
• § 83.50 — Disclosure of landlord’s address.
• § 83.505 — Electronic delivery of notices.
• § 83.51 — Landlord’s obligation to maintain premises.
• § 83.512 — Disclosure of flood risks to prospective tenant of residential real property.
• § 83.515 — Background screening of apartment employees; employment disqualification.
• § 83.52 — Tenant’s obligation to maintain dwelling unit.
• § 83.53 — Landlord’s access to dwelling unit.
• § 83.535 — Flotation bedding system; restrictions on use.
• § 83.54 — Enforcement of rights and duties; civil action; criminal offenses.
• § 83.55 — Right of action for damages.
• § 83.56 — Termination of rental agreement.
• § 83.5615 — Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act.
• § 83.57 — Termination of tenancy without specific term.
• § 83.575 — Termination of tenancy with specific duration.
• § 83.58 — Remedies; tenant holding over.
• § 83.59 — Right of action for possession.
• § 83.595 — Choice of remedies upon breach or early termination by tenant.
• § 83.60 — Defenses to action for rent or possession; procedure.
• § 83.61 — Disbursement of funds in registry of court; prompt final hearing.
• § 83.62 — Restoration of possession to landlord.
• § 83.625 — Power to award possession and enter money judgment.
• § 83.63 — Casualty damage.
• § 83.64 — Retaliatory conduct.
• § 83.67 — Prohibited practices.
• § 83.681 — Orders to enjoin violations of this part.
• § 83.682 — Termination of rental agreement by a servicemember.
• § 83.683 — Rental application by a servicemember.
• § 83.684 — Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program.
• § 83.801 — Short title.
• § 83.803 — Definitions.
• § 83.805 — Lien.
• § 83.8055 — Withholding access to personal property upon nonpayment of rent.
• § 83.806 — Enforcement of lien.
• § 83.808 — Contracts.
• § 83.809 — Application of act.