Florida Landlord-Tenant Laws
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8:00 p.m. — the 24-hour figure replaced the old 12-hour rule in 2022, so older leases and templates citing 12 hours are out of date.
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.