Florida Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Florida
Florida law flatly bars cities and counties from adopting or keeping any measure that controls rents — the former pathway allowing one-year, referendum-approved rent control during a declared housing emergency was repealed in 2023 — though local governments may still use land-use tools like inclusionary housing ordinances to expand affordable housing.
Cited to Fla. Stat. § 166.043 (municipalities) , Fla. Stat. § 125.0103 (counties) · Verified August 12, 2026 · Full Florida rent-increase rules →
Florida Security deposits
Florida sets no cap on residential security deposits, and a landlord must either return the deposit within 15 days of move-out or send a certified-mail (or statutory e-mail) notice of intent to claim within 30 days — miss that window and the right to keep any of the deposit is forfeited.
Florida Rent increase notice
Florida has no statute setting a dedicated notice period for rent increases; the effective floor for a month-to-month tenancy is the termination-notice rule in F.S. 83.57(3) — not less than 30 days before the end of any monthly period — because a tenant who rejects the new rent is on notice the tenancy can end on that same timeline.
Florida Late fees
Florida sets no statutory cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — rent is due at the start of each rental period without demand (F.S. 83.46(1)), and a late fee is collectable only if it is written into the lease, since it is purely a creature of contract.
Florida Entry notice
Florida landlords must give at least 24 hours' notice before entering a rental unit to make repairs, and repair entries must happen between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. — the 24-hour figure replaced the old 12-hour rule in 2022, so older leases and templates citing 12 hours are out of date.
Florida Eviction process
Florida's eviction — an 'action for possession' in county court under summary procedure — starts with a 3-day pay-or-quit notice for nonpayment, counted in business days (Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded), so the notice typically spans about a week of calendar time.
Florida Application fees
Florida does not cap or otherwise regulate what a landlord charges a person to apply for a home, and it sets no refund, receipt, or disclosure duty around that money; the one application-stage rule of general application is a seven-day decision-and-written-reason duty owed to applicants who are servicemembers.
Florida mobile home park laws
The Florida Mobile Home Act, chapter 723 of the Florida Statutes, covers a resident who owns a mobile home and rents a lot in a park offering ten or more lots: lot rent may rise only on 90 days' written notice, a tenancy may be ended only on one of five statutory grounds, closing a park takes six months' notice plus relocation money paid through a state fund, and a homeowners' association may buy the park by matching the price and terms within 45 days.
Lot-rent, closure, park-sale and home-sale rules with statute citations →
Florida Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Florida metro area and county.
How this record was verified: Direct read of 2025 Florida Statutes text on the official legislature site (leg.state.fl.us / Online Sunshine): F.S. 83.49 (full text), 83.53 (full text), 83.57 (full text), 166.043 (full text). Web verification of surrounding context (83.46, 83.505, 125.0103, 2023 ch. 2023-17 and ch. 2023-314 amendments) against official-source cross-references and multiple concurring secondary sources.