CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 119552
...person owing the same. The service of the notice shall be by delivery of a true copy thereof, or if the tenant be absent from his last or usual place of residence, by leaving a copy thereof at such place. [*] Although the distress for rent statute, § 83.18, Fla....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15163
...t. The Plaintiff's personal property was then seized pursuant to the Writ of Distress served by the Defendant, Sheriff of Dade County. The issue in this cause is whether the Florida Distress Statutes,
83.08,
83.09,
83.11,
83.12,
83.13,
83.14,
83.15,
83.18 and
83.19, are unconstitutional in that they permit and authorize the taking of property without due process of law....
...The court then decides the action on its merits, providing that if the property has been restored to the Defendant and the Plaintiff prevails, judgment shall be rendered against the Defendant and against the Defendant's sureties. If the verdict is for the Defendant, the landlord is required to pay costs and damages (F.S.83.18)....
