Florida Statute 83.40 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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83.40 Short title.—This part shall be known as the “Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”

History.—s. 2, ch. 73-330.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.40

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Herrell v. Seyfarth, Shaw, 491 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1461

...See Hoffman v. Jones, 280 So.2d 431, 434 (Fla. 1973); Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc. v. Smith, 480 So.2d 1366 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). As to residential tenants, the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Chapter 73-330, Laws of Florida, creating Section 83.40, et seq., Florida Statutes) explicitly authorizes such tenants to raise all legal and equitable defenses to actions brought by a landlord for possession of a dwelling....

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Colon v. Lara, 389 So. 2d 1070 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Mr. Colon was a tenant in the residence leased from the Laras, appellees. We affirm. Appellant contends that issues of fact remained to be decided concerning the landlords' obligation to comply with the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. § 83.40, Fla....

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Langbehn v. Pub. Health Trust of Miami-dade, 661 F. Supp. 2d 1326 (S.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94847, 2009 WL 3247185

...The plaintiffs' suggestion that the Act "implies" certain rights and correlative duties does not carry the day. Cf. Paterson v. Deeb, 472 So.2d 1210, 1216 & n. 5 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985) (although it imposed numerous obligations on landlords, the Florida Residential Landlord & Tenant Act, Fla. Stat. § 83.40 et seq., was not the sort of legislative enactment that would support a negligence per se claim)....

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Bennett M. Lifter v. METRO. DADE CTY., 482 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

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

...The City is therefore permitted to exercise its power on that subject unless otherwise precluded. Id. at 1069 "The Court is likewise unpersuaded by the Plaintiffs' argument that the ordinance conflicts with certain provisions of the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. § 83.40, et seq., Fla....

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Smith v. Grove Apts., LLC, 976 So. 2d 582 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 13014, 2007 WL 4924696

...iances for heating, lighting, and power, the landlord is not liable for an injury to the property or person of the tenant or those on the premises . . ."). But in 1973, the Florida legislature enacted the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (section 83.40 et seq.), which includes section 83.51....

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Musi v. Credo, 273 So. 3d 93 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019).

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

Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (the “Act”). See § 83.40, Fla. Stat. (2018).

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Mario Abad v. Venus Lacalamita (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

I—breach of contract; Count II— violation of section 83.40 et seq., Florida Statutes (Florida Residential

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Gross v. Bartlett, 547 So. 2d 661 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1473, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3412, 1989 WL 64526

Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, section 83.40 et seq., Florida Statutes (1985), Mr. Bartlett

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Le Scampi Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Hall, 200 So. 3d 187 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10468, 2016 WL 3653520

accordance with those provisions as set forth in Section 83.40, et. seq., of the Florida Statutes

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The Duffner Fam. 2012 Irrevocable Trust v. The Lee R. Duffner Revocable Living Trust (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (the “Act”). See § 83.40 et seq., Fla. Stat. (2018). To that end, section

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