Florida Statute 83.57 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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83.57 Termination of tenancy without specific term.—A tenancy without a specific duration, as defined in s. 83.46(2) or (3), may be terminated by either party giving written notice in the manner provided in s. 83.56(4), as follows:

(1) When the tenancy is from year to year, by giving not less than 60 days’ notice prior to the end of any annual period;

(2) When the tenancy is from quarter to quarter, by giving not less than 30 days’ notice prior to the end of any quarterly period;

(3) When the tenancy is from month to month, by giving not less than 30 days’ notice prior to the end of any monthly period; and

(4) When 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. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 3, ch. 81-190; s. 15, ch. 83-217; s. 2, ch. 2023-314.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.57

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Morse v. State, 604 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 126576

...), the periods for which rent was payable determined the duration of tenancy. Since appellant paid rent semi-monthly, his tenancy was for two-week periods. Even the shorter week-to-week tenancy requires no fewer than seven days' written notice under section 83.57, Florida Statutes (1989), so it is clear appellant's *501 tenancy was not terminated by Frank's 30-minute verbal warning....

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Gonzalez v. Benoit, 424 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).

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

...Professional Golfers Association of America, supra . At first appearance, ejectment seems to be inadequate for a month-to-month tenant because the landlord could terminate the lease before the tenant's action matures to judgment [fifteen days' notice is required. § 83.57(3), Fla....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

by ordinance extend the notice provisions in section 83.57, Florida Statutes, for the termination of residential

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1560/1568 Drexel Avenue, LLC, Etc. v. Saidell Jacquiline Jimenez (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

III Landlord alleges that: (i) pursuant to section 83.57(3) of the Florida Statutes, 4 on May 26, 2020

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Wolf v. State, 117 So. 3d 1203 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 3335031, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10707

terminate the rental agreement that is required by section 83.57(3), Florida Statutes, and that therefore Wolf

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