Florida Statute 83.42 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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83.42 Exclusions from application of part.—This part does not apply to:

(1) Residency or detention in a facility, whether public or private, when residence or detention is incidental to the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar services. For residents of a facility licensed under part II of chapter 400, the provisions of s. 400.0255 are the exclusive procedures for all transfers and discharges.

(2) Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part in which the buyer has paid at least 12 months’ rent or in which the buyer has paid at least 1 month’s rent and a deposit of at least 5 percent of the purchase price of the property.

(3) Transient occupancy in a hotel, condominium, motel, roominghouse, or similar public lodging, or transient occupancy in a mobile home park.

(4) Occupancy by a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative apartment.

(5) Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit.

History.—s. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 40, ch. 2012-160; s. 1, ch. 2013-136.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.42

Total Results: 3

Grimm v. Huckabee

891 So. 2d 608, 2005 WL 124237

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 24, 2005 | Docket: 1704423

Cited 2 times | Published

the dwelling under a contract for sale, under section 83.42(2), Florida Statutes (2003), Part II of Chapter

Frey v. Livecchi

852 So. 2d 896, 2003 WL 21800500

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 6, 2003 | Docket: 2545635

Cited 2 times | Published

dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part. § 83.42(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). The Freys claim that this

Solomon v. Gentry

388 So. 2d 52

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 1980 | Docket: 420011

Cited 1 times | Published

Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Section 83.42(3) and 83.43(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979)

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