Florida Statute 83.41 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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83.41 Application.—This part applies to the rental of a dwelling unit.

History.—s. 2, ch. 73-330; ss. 2, 20, ch. 82-66.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.41

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Paterson v. Deeb, 472 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Cited 64 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1417

...d of a dwelling unit ... shall, at all times during the tenancy, make reasonable provision for ... locks and keys [and] the clean and safe condition of common areas." [3] The act is applicable to dwelling units such as the one involved in this case. § 83.41, Fla....

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In Re Managed Care Litig., 150 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (S.D. Fla. 2001).

Cited 23 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2001 WL 660869

determining premium rates to be charged"); Miss.Code § 83-41-331(1), (2) ("No premium rate may be used until

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Stewart v. Green, 300 So. 2d 889 (Fla. 1974).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...is to say the same shall not be used to circumvent the intent and purposes of any provision of Section 83.69. Insofar as F.S. Section 83.69, F.S.A. is directly contrary or repugnant to other laws relating to landlords and tenants (particularly F.S. Section 83.41 and Section 83.62, F.S.A.) either enacted earlier in time or enacted in pari materia, it takes precedence thereover....

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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

..., and all rent accruing during the pendency of the proceeding, when due. Section 83.60(2). See also section 723.063(2). The Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, by its terms, however, specifically applies to the rental of dwelling units, see Section 83.41, Florida Statutes and not to nonresidential tenancies, governed by part I of Chapter 83....

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Multach v. Adams, 418 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

..., but not for any subsequent or continuing noncompliance. And indeed Multach did accept rent following, for instance, the installation of the garage door. However, this statute is applicable only to the rental of a dwelling unit and mobile home lot. Section 83.41, Florida Statutes (1981)....

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Mesnikoff v. Fq Backyard Trading, LLC, 239 So. 3d 765 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

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

Act “applies to the rental of a dwelling unit.” § 83.41, Fla. Stat. (2016). Although we agree that Backyard

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Bensoussan v. Banon5, 252 So. 3d 298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

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

separate claim grounded on a violation of 4 § 83.41, Fla. Stat. (2015).

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Patricia Kay Sublett v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

(2022), applies to “the rental of a dwelling unit.” § 83.41, Fla. Stat. (2022). In pertinent part, section

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