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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT
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83.01 Unwritten lease tenancy at will; duration.Any lease of lands and tenements, or either, made shall be deemed and held to be a tenancy at will unless it shall be in writing signed by the lessor. Such tenancy shall be from year to year, or quarter to quarter, or month to month, or week to week, to be determined by the periods at which the rent is payable. If the rent is payable weekly, then the tenancy shall be from week to week; if payable monthly, then from month to month; if payable quarterly, then from quarter to quarter; if payable yearly, then from year to year.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 5441, 1905; RGS 3567, 3568; CGL 5431, 5432; s. 34, ch. 67-254.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.01

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Stephen Sultenfuss, Charles McMulling v. Wayne Snow, Jr., James T. Morris, Mobley Howell, Michael H. Wing, Bettye O. Hutchings, Michael J. Bowers, 35 F.3d 1494 (11th Cir. 1994).

Cited 46 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 27817, 1994 WL 538702

at 11, 99 S.Ct. at 2106 (quoting Neb. Rev.Stat. § 83-1,114(1) (1976)). . Id. at 18-19, 99 S.Ct. at 2109
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Sheradsky v. Basadre, 452 So. 2d 599 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).

Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Since we previously stated that no valid lease was in effect when the wrongful eviction occurred in August 1980, the tenancy was one at will which ran from month-to-month, as the income from the machines was disbursed to the complex owners monthly. See § 83.01, Fla....
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Hamilton v. Tanner, 962 So. 2d 997 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2254572

...amendment of the . . . complaint was not necessary"). [6] An oral lease, of course, raises the possibility of the Statute of Frauds. However, "an oral lease pursuant to which rent is payable monthly is deemed to be a month-to-month tenancy at will. § 83.01, Fla....
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Rosamond v. Mann, 80 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 1955).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 49 A.L.R. 2d 476

...§ 83.04 was originally enacted as Sec. 4 of Laws 1905, c. 5441. The word "written", italicized above, was added by Laws 1931, c. 15057. The 1931 act was in five sections, Sec. 1 of which purported to amend Sec. 1 of the 1905 act (now incorporated in F.S.A. § 83.01) by providing that any lease not in writing and signed by the lessor would be a tenancy at sufferance....
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Pensacola Scrap Processors, Inc. v. State Road Dept., 188 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 1st DCA 1966).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5061

...ompensation." [10] The principle which permits recovery by a tenant at will for any damages suffered by him as a result of the taking of all or a part of his leasehold estate in an action of eminent domain accords with reason and justice. Under F.S. Section 83.01, F.S.A., if a tenant at will without a written *43 lease occupies real estate under an agreement with the owner pursuant to which rental is paid on an annual basis, the tenant is one at will from year to year....
...s at which the rent is payable. If the rent is payable weekly, then the tenancy shall be from week to week; if payable monthly, then from month to month; if payable quarterly, then from quarter to quarter; if payable yearly, then from year to year." § 83.01, F.S.A....
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Drum v. Pure Oil Co., 184 So. 2d 196 (Fla. 4th DCA 1966).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...ries to third persons caused by defects in the premises. Simms v. Kennedy, supra. We assume arguendo that the condition of the premises on the day of the fall constituted a nuisance. We need not turn to the authorities in other jurisdictions. F.S.A. § 83.01 provides that any lease of lands and tenements shall be deemed and held to be a tenancy at will unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the lessor....
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Mangum v. Susser, 764 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 574417

...ate. Therefore, summary judgment was not appropriate on that ground. As to the statute of frauds issue, appellant argues, again correctly, that an oral lease pursuant to which rent is payable monthly is deemed to be a month-to-month tenancy at will. § 83.01, Fla....
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Bldg. B1, LLC v. Component Repair Servs., Inc., 224 So. 3d 785 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 2961117, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 9956

became a month-to-month tenancy pursuant to section 83.01, Florida Statutes (2006). 3 However
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Hasty v. Chain (In Re Hasty), 25 B.R. 429 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1982).

Cited 2 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 5405

...rity deposit to repair the alleged damages. On March 22, 1982, the Plaintiff filed a voluntary Chapter 7 liquidation case. As noted above, the lease agreement was not reduced to writing, thus, a month-to-month tenancy at will was created pursuant to § 83.01 Fla.Stat....
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Keeton Corr., Inc. v. Rj & Rk, Inc., 858 So. 2d 349 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22453887

...fixed expiration date. We reject this argument. As we read the pertinent statutes, a tenant who remains in possession after the expiration of a tenancy at will is in no better position than a tenant who refuses to honor the terms of a written lease. Section 83.01, Florida Statutes (2000), states that a lease shall be deemed to create a tenancy at will unless it is in writing and signed by the lessor. According to this statute, the duration of an oral lease is determined by the period of time in which rent is payable. "If payable monthly, then [the lease is] from month to month." § 83.01, Fla....
...I find myself persuaded by appellant's view of this case. I therefore dissent from the majority opinion. The tenancy in this case was by unwritten lease with rent payable monthly. Accordingly, as all parties agree, occupancy of the leasehold was a month-to-month tenancy at will. See § 83.01, Fla....
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Stanley Longo v. Seminole Indian Casino-Immokalee, 813 F.3d 1348 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 3160, 2016 WL 722526

federally recognized. See 25 C.F.R. § 83.1 (2015) (defining “[federally recognized Indian
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James v. City of St. Petersburg, 6 F.3d 1457 (11th Cir. 1993).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 WL 432521

...y damages. . Under Florida Law, where a lease agreement was not reduced to writing, and lease payments were made monthly, the court found that a month-to-month tenancy at will was created. In re Hasty, 25 B.R. 429 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.1982). See Fla.Stat. § 83.01 (1967)....
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Alfran Corp. v. Park Isles, Inc. (In re Alfran Corp.), 7 B.R. 95 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1980).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1980 Bankr. LEXIS 4164

...Hanchey is estopped to claim a termination of the lease because of his conduct and representations made directly to Alfran on which Alfran relied to its detriment. The relationship between a landlord and tenant and their respective rights are codified in this state. Florida Statutes § 83.01 et seq....
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Edward A. Crapo, in his capacity as Alachua Cnty. Prop. Appraiser v. Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Inc., a Florida Non-Profit Corp. (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Id. (quoting Restatement (Second) of Judgments § 83(1), at 266) (emphasis added). The Court also
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Gautreaux v. Notarantonio, 687 So. 2d 849 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 50, 1997 WL 1724

...mmary judgment entered in favor of James A. Notarantonio in his eviction action against defendants. The Gautreauxes occupied a boat slip under an oral tenancy agreement in the marina Notarantonio acquired; hence, that tenancy was terminable at will. § 83.01, Fla.Stat....
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Farber v. Florida Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 427 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18648

will facilitate the parole hearing.” Neb Rev Stat § 83-1, 112(1) (1976). Apparently, the inmates are satisfied
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Csc Serviceworks, Inc. v. Boca Bayou Condo. Ass'n, Inc. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

be construed to be a tenancy at sufferance.”); § 83.01, Fla. Stat. (2016) (“Any lease of lands and tenements
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Beck v. Robb (In re KMM Corp.), 14 B.R. 348 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1981).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | 1981 Bankr. LEXIS 3053

...Therefore, for the point in time the Debtor continued to occupy the premises after January 24,1980, up through and until the point in time when the Defendant locked the Debtor out of the premises, the Debtor and Defendant had implicitly entered into a month to month tenancy. Fla.Stat. § 83.01....

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