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Aptoria in Florida: the landlord rules in its data
Aptoria’s rules data holds 27 Florida landlord-tenant rules, and none of them is verified yet. You can add Florida properties and units today, and Aptoria’s late-fee preview and notice templates work for them like any other state.
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Aptoria’s rules data holds 27 Florida landlord-tenant rules, and none of them is verified yet. You can add Florida properties and units today, and Aptoria’s late-fee preview and notice templates work for them like any other state.
What “not verified yet” means
Each rule below was recorded from a Florida statute with its citation, but no rule has been checked and signed off by a qualified reviewer yet. Treat every value as a starting point to confirm against the statute and with a Florida attorney, not as legal advice.
Aptoria’s compliance service only relies on a rule once it is verified and inside its re-check window, so unverified rules are shown for reference only.
Florida rules in Aptoria’s data
Latest permitted hour of entry: 20:00 enum (Fla. Stat. 83.53(2)). Status: Not verified yet.
Earliest permitted hour of entry: 07:30 enum (Fla. Stat. 83.53(2)). Status: Not verified yet.
Advance notice required before entry for repairs: 24 hours (Fla. Stat. 83.53(2)). Status: Not verified yet.
Broker deposit of trust funds into escrow: 3 business days (Fla. Admin. Code R. 61J2-14.008). Status: Not verified yet.
Local rental registration and inspection regimes may survive preemption: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.425 (scope question); local ordinances vary). Status: Not verified yet.
Failure to give timely claim notice forfeits the claim: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.49(3)(a)). Status: Not verified yet.
Landlord's window to send written notice of a claim on the deposit: 30 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.49(3)(a)). Status: Not verified yet.
Return of deposit where landlord makes no claim: 15 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.49(3)(a)). Status: Not verified yet.
Tenant's window to object to a deposit claim: 15 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.49(3)(a)). Status: Not verified yet.
Cap on late fees charged on residential rent: no fixed value (Fla. Stat. ch. 83, pt. II (late-fee constraints, section unresolved)). Status: Disputed: sources disagree.
Holdover after non-renewal - additional rent exposure: 1 months (Fla. Stat. 83.575(3)). Status: Not verified yet.
Landlord's seven-day window to cure a 83.51(1) noncompliance: 7 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.56(1)). Status: Not verified yet.
Termination of a month-to-month tenancy (post-HB 1417): 30 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.57(3)). Status: Not verified yet.
Three-day notice to pay rent or deliver possession: 3 business days (Fla. Stat. 83.56(3)). Status: Not verified yet.
Maximum advance notice of non-renewal a lease may require: 60 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.575(1)). Status: Not verified yet.
Minimum advance notice of non-renewal of a written lease: 30 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.575(1)). Status: Not verified yet.
Termination of a quarter-to-quarter tenancy: 30 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.57(2)). Status: Not verified yet.
Seven-day notice to cure tenant noncompliance: 7 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.56(2)(b)). Status: Not verified yet.
Seven-day unconditional termination notice for tenant noncompliance: 7 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.56(2)(a)). Status: Not verified yet.
Termination of a week-to-week tenancy: 7 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.57(1)). Status: Not verified yet.
Termination of a year-to-year tenancy: 60 calendar days (Fla. Stat. 83.57(4)). Status: Not verified yet.
State preemption of local residential tenancy regulation: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.425). Status: Not verified yet.
Background screening required for apartment community employees: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.515). Status: Not verified yet.
Separate signed addendum required before notice may be e-mailed: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.505(2)). Status: Not verified yet.
E-mailed notice deemed delivered on sending: yes (Fla. Stat. 83.505). Status: Not verified yet.
Five days added for service by mail - JUDICIAL deadlines only: 5 calendar days (Fla. R. Jud. Adm. 2.514(b)). Status: Not verified yet.
No add-days-for-mailing grace period under Ch. 83: no (Fla. Stat. 83.56; ch. 83, pt. II generally). Status: Not verified yet.
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