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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT
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83.03 Termination of tenancy at will; length of notice.A tenancy at will may be terminated by either party giving notice as follows:
(1) Where the tenancy is from year to year, by giving not less than 3 months’ notice prior to the end of any annual period;
(2) Where the tenancy is from quarter to quarter, by giving not less than 45 days’ notice prior to the end of any quarter;
(3) Where the tenancy is from month to month, by giving not less than 15 days’ notice prior to the end of any monthly period; and
(4) Where the tenancy is from week to week, by giving not less than 7 days’ notice prior to the end of any weekly period.
History.s. 3, ch. 5441, 1905; RGS 3569; CGL 5433; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 2003-5.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.03

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Mori v. Matsushita Elec. Corp., Etc., 380 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

Cited 25 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

willing to perform it." 9A Fla.Jur., Damages, § 83.[3] The trial court agreed with Mori's approach and
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Ruotal Corp., NW, Inc. v. Ottati, 391 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...The shopping center was subsequently acquired by Ruotal, subject to all existing leases. Larry McGee continued to be employed by Ruotal as manager. After some months of operation Ottati was advised in writing that his month to month tenancy was being terminated pursuant to Section 83.03(3) of the Florida Statutes....
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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

...n writing and signed by the lessor. Such tenancy shall be for the period to be determined by the periods at which the rent is payable. The tenancy between Jones and McGlamaory was, therefore, by statute, a tenancy at will from month to month. F.S.A. § 83.03 provides that such a tenancy may be terminated by giving notice not less than fifteen days prior to the end of any monthly period....
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Wiley v. Dow, 107 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 1st DCA 1958).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...It was inherent in the agreement that the plaintiffs should remain on and pay the monthly rental as tenants, though they had a legal right to terminate this month-to-month tenancy upon a fifteen days' notice prior to the end of any monthly period (see Section 83.03, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.), and they could have given the notice and terminated the lease prior to the accident....
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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

one month’s rent (August 2009), pursuant to section 83.03(3), • .Florida Statutes (2Q09). 4
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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

...and that an oral lease has a specific expiration date, even though it might not be known at the time the tenancy is created. The expiration date of a tenancy at will is known with certainty as soon as the landlord gives proper notice of termination. Section 83.03(3), Florida Statutes (2000), provides that a month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by giving not less than fifteen days' notice prior to the end of any monthly period....
...The parties to a tenancy at will lack the advantage of knowing ahead of time that the tenancy is set to expire because either party may validly terminate the tenancy by fifteen-day's notice for a monthly period, or seven-day's notice for a weekly period. See § 83.03(3), (4), Fla....
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Kent v. Wood, 235 So. 2d 60 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 6370

complying with the time requirements of F.S. Section 83.03, F.S.A., unless some other provision of the
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Waveblast Watersports II, Inc. v. Uh-pompano, LLC (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...ermined by the periods at which the rent is payable, and the term of which tenancy is unlimited, the tenancy shall be a tenancy at will. . . . A tenancy at will may be terminated by either party by giving the requisite amount of notice. § 83.03, Fla....
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Wenboy Ltd. P'ship v. Rockledge Bar-B-Q, Inc., 619 So. 2d 414 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 6076, 1993 WL 186543

...Appel-lees argue that the trial court heard testimony that during the four months between appellant’s notice to appellees and the filing of the suit, the parties were attempting to set off the various amounts owed. Nothing in the record supports any of these allegations. . Section 83.03, Termination of tenancy at will, provides: A tenancy at will may be terminated by either party giving notice as follows: (3) Where the tenancy is from month to month, by giving not less than 15 days’ notice prior to the end of any monthly period....
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Leaders Int'l Jewelry, Inc. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 183 So. 2d 242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5513

would require a minimum length of notice under § 83.03, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and which defendant alleges
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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

the tenancy terminated fifteen days later. See § 83.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2016) (“A tenancy at will may be
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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

...locked the Debtor out of the premises, the Debtor and Defendant had implicitly entered into a month to month tenancy. Fla.Stat. § 83.01. To terminate this tenancy, the Defendant was required to give the Debtor fifteen (15) days’ notice. Fla.Stat. § 83.03....
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Ward v. Downtown Dev. Auth., 786 F.2d 1526 (11th Cir. 1986).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 54 U.S.L.W. 2611

...Petty Motor Co., 327 U.S. 372, 380-81 , 66 S.Ct. 596, 601 , 90 L.Ed. 729 (1946). Nonetheless, appellees argue that, as appellants were given more than the 15-day notice of termination required to terminate a month-to-month tenancy pursuant to Fla. St at. Ann. § 83.03 (West Supp.1985), any compensable interest they had in their apartments ceased to exist as of the end of the notice period....

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