CopyCited 11 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2254764
...We find that the circuit court failed to apply the correct law in affirming the county court's judgment, as the county court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter the judgment of eviction. The Act affords a landlord a summary procedure in county court when seeking to remove a tenant from its premises. Specifically, section 83.59(2), Florida Statutes (2004), provides in part: A landlord ....
CopyCited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8078, 2000 WL 827322
...icient to obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendants for the purpose of entering a money judgment, which may be enforced against other assets. We agree with Judge Evans' reasoning and adopt it as our own. We reject the landlord's argument that section 83.59(4), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides that the prevailing party in an action for possession is entitled to costs, compels a different result....
CopyCited 5 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1986 WL 1167018
to sustain the instant action. Florida Statutes §
83.59(3)(a) provides that a landlord may only recover
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 1230816
...e states in the determination of the particular issue. As stated above, Quebecs regulatory scheme expressly recognizes the right of its citizens to seek redress in the United States courts for injuries received as a result of an automobile accident. Section 83.59 of the Quebec Automobile Insurance Act provides: Accident outside Quebec....
...ding coverage in the United States, equal to the minimum amount of insurance prescribed by legislation respecting insurance in force in the state where the accident occurs. Finally, consistent with Quebecs recognition of the right to sue in Florida, Section 83.59 of the Act provides for its right of subrogation with regard to no-fault benefits paid....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...Graddy, Florida Rural Legal Services, Delray Beach, for appellants. No appearance for appellee. OWEN, Chief Judge. Appellants, tenants of a dwelling unit, were dispossessed by the landlord. Apparently the action was brought under the provisions of § 83.59, F.S....
...the Supreme Court by Article V, § 2(a), Florida Constitution. [1] We must reject this argument. The matter of acquiring jurisdiction over the person in a judicial proceeding is a proper subject for legislative action. Pursuant to the provisions of § 83.59(2), F.S....
...1973, the plaintiff landlord utilized the summary procedure provided in §
51.011, F.S. 1971, by virtue of which default and final judgment were entered more than five days (but less than twenty days) after service of process. Appellants argue that §
83.59(2), F.S....
...We think this argument overlooks Rule 1.010, R.C.P., which provides that "the form, content, procedure and time for pleading in all special statutory proceedings shall be as prescribed by the statutes providing for such proceedings unless these rules specifically provide to the contrary". § 83.59, F.S....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida
complaint a second count for possession under section
83.59(1) of the Act, which it did not, we would nonetheless
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 141
...In contrast, residential tenancies are governed by Part II of the chapter, which states that only the landlord may file a complaint for eviction. Because Part II does not reference the provision in Part I for filing eviction or distress of rent actions and only addresses actions filed by the landlord, § 83.59(2), Florida Statutes, may be construed as excluding non-attorney agents from filing on behalf of a residential landlord....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18680
administrative remedies. See Ch. 51, Fla. Stat., and §
83.59(2), Fla. Stat. (2016). There is neither logic nor
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for possession of residential property under section
83.59. See AGM Invs., LLC, 219 So. 3d at 925. "Conduct
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22759
seeking eviction of a tenant may, pursuant to section
83.59(2), Florida Statutes (1981), use the summary
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3D17-1072 (Fla. 3d DCA May 9, 2017). 2 Pursuant to section
83.59, a landlord “is entitled to the summary procedure
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if the tenant fails to vacate the premises, section
83.59, Florida Statutes (2024) provides that “the
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brought a suit for possession, pursuant to section
83.59, Florida Statutes (2022). Section
83.60 provides
CopyPublished | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal
pleaded by Camacho in the eviction action, section
83.59, Florida Statutes (2022), authorizes the county
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courts' jurisdiction in cases involving ejectment); §
83.59(2), Fla. Stat. (providing for county courts'
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provide written notice of an intended absence. Id. §
83.59(3)(c). Despite abandoning the premises, the tenant
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complaint against the Gills, seeking eviction. See §
83.59(2), Fla. Stat. (2020) (“A landlord, the landlord’s
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011, Fla. Stat. (2022) (Summary Procedure) and §
83.59(2), Fla. Stat. (2022) (Right of Action for Possession);
