Home
Menu
Call attorney Graham Syfert at 904-383-7448
Personal Injury Lawyer
Florida Statute 83.06 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
F.S. 83.06 Case Law from Google Scholar
Statute is currently reporting as:
Link to State of Florida Official Statute Google Search for Amendments to 83.06

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT
View Entire Chapter
F.S. 83.06
83.06 Right to demand double rent upon refusal to deliver possession.
(1) When any tenant refuses to give up possession of the premises at the end of the tenant’s lease, the landlord, the landlord’s agent, attorney, or legal representatives, may demand of such tenant double the monthly rent, and may recover the same at the expiration of every month, or in the same proportion for a longer or shorter time by distress, in the manner pointed out hereinafter.
(2) All contracts for rent, verbal or in writing, shall bear interest from the time the rent becomes due, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
History.ss. 4, 6, Nov. 21, 1828; RS 1759; GS 2235; RGS 3554; CGL 5418; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 427, ch. 95-147.

F.S. 83.06 on Google Scholar

F.S. 83.06 on Casetext

Amendments to 83.06


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 83.06
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 83.06.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

IN RE MARQUETTE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, LLC, 292 F. Supp. 3d 719 (E.D. La. 2018)

. . . . § 83.06 (19) Captain Trout violated Rule 6 in that he failed to proceed at a safe speed as he rounded . . .

PALM BEACH FLORIDA HOTEL a TRS II, LLC, a LLC, a LP, a v. NANTUCKET ENTERPRISES, INC. a, 211 So. 3d 42 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Section 83.06(2), Florida Statutes (2006), provides that: (2) The landlord shall recover possession of . . .

IN RE BUCCINA,, 657 F. App'x 350 (6th Cir. 2016)

. . . . §§ 83.06, 83.08, occurs when a vessel strikes a wake or wave, but not another vessel, so as to invoke . . .

STERLING EQUIPMENT, INC. v. M T GREAT EASTERN FB IV, 52 F. Supp. 3d 76 (D. Mass. 2014)

. . . . § 83.06. . . .

PLAINS PIPELINE, L. P. LLC v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE DOCK COMPANY, LLC LLC, In In, 54 F. Supp. 3d 586 (E.D. La. 2014)

. . . . §§ 83.02, 83.06. . . .

YOUNGBERG, v. McKEOUGH, L., 534 F. App'x 471 (6th Cir. 2013)

. . . . § 83.06; not liable for failing to determine if there was a risk of collision under INR 7, 33 U.S.C . . .

GOOD TO GO FOOD STORE, INC. v. LRM REALTY, LLP,, 93 So. 3d 362 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . See §§ 83.06, .21, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . . LRM sought double rents, pursuant to section 83.06. . . .

COVELLI FAMILY, L. P. a d b a v. L. L. C. a L. L. C. a, 977 So. 2d 749 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . the litigation, ABG5’s attorneys promulgated the misconception that the bond was issued under section 83.06 . . . Bread deposit with the Registry of the Court double rent for the premises in accord with [section] 83.06 . . . Section 83.06, Florida Statutes (2005), does not apply where, as here, the landlord attempted to terminate . . . where the “tenant refuses to give up possession of the premises at the end of the tenant’s lease.” § 83.06 . . .

A. GRIMM E. v. HUCKABEE, R. Jr. G., 891 So. 2d 608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . occupancy agreement,” but ordering payment of past due rent and double holdover rent pursuant to section 83.06 . . . of the court pursuant to section 83.60(2), to require them to pay double holdover rent under section 83.06 . . . Section 83.06(1), Florida Statutes' (2003), provides: (1) When any tenant refuses to give up possession . . .

KEETON CORRECTIONS, INC. d b a v. RJ RK, INC. a G., 858 So. 2d 349 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . We agree with the trial court that the double rent provision in section 83.06, Florida Statutes (2000 . . . by the date of the termination, the landlord would seek double rent under the provisions of section 83.06 . . . Section 83.06, Florida Statutes, provides that a tenant holding over beyond the expiration of a lease . . . Rice, 97 So.2d 267 (Fla.1957), the double rent provision in section 83.06 applies only if the lease has . . . The lease was not in writing, but we find nothing in the language of section 83.06 to suggest that the . . . As stated by the majority, section 83.06, Florida Statutes, entitles a landlord to collect a penal sum . . . tenant (who) refuses to give up possession of the premises at the end of the tenant’s lease.... ” § 83.06 . . .

v., 26 Ct. Int'l Trade 624 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2002)

. . . Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System: Explanatory Notes (2d ed. 1996) (“Explanatory Notes”) 83.06 . . . Section XV, Note 3 (stating that “base metal” includes “iron”); Explanatory Note 70.13; Explanatory Note 83.06 . . .

THE POMEROY COLLECTION, INC. v. UNITED STATES,, 246 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2002)

. . . Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System: Explanatory Notes (2d ed. 1996) (“Explanatory Notes”) 83.06 . . .

MEDINA v. G. WYCHE,, 796 So. 2d 622 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . We affirm the judgment for rent, and double rent, pursuant to section 83.06, Florida Statutes, against . . .

v., 20 Ct. Int'l Trade 123 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1996)

. . . Explanatory Notes, 83.06(B). . . . See Explanatory Notes, 83.06(B) (“It should be noted that the group does not include articles of more . . .

REWJB GAS INVESTMENTS, a F. S. REWJB REWJB v. C STORE REALTY, LTD. a By C STORE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,, 647 So. 2d 998 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . See §§ 83.06; 83.232, Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .

KOBROWSKI, v. KLEEN WASH, INC., 572 So. 2d 975 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . The trial court was correct in denying the defendant-purchasers’ claim, under Section 83.06 Florida Statutes . . .

KRUPA, J. v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY,, 732 F. Supp. 497 (D. Del. 1990)

. . . arrived at by subtracting the percentage of County residents listed under the race category of "white” (83.06% . . .

A- ONE COIN LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT CO. v. WATERSIDE TOWERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., 561 So. 2d 590 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . awarding double rent for the period of time subsequent to cancellation of the lease, pursuant to section 83.06 . . .

A. CLARK, v. CREED, d b a C G, 541 So. 2d 1338 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . We find that the trial court erred in awarding double rent to the appellee pursuant to section 83.06, . . .

A. CASAVAN, v. LAND O LAKES REALTY, INC. OF LEESBURG,, 542 So. 2d 371 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . be justified on the theory that the Carharts are entitled to claim double rent pursuant to section 83.06 . . . Section 83.06 applies only to “nonresidential tenancies,” and requires a demand for double rent. . . . Section 83.06, Florida Statutes provides: 83.06 Right to demand double rent upon refusal to deliver possession . . . Casa-vans' seven and one-half month's retention of possession of the premises, pursuant to section 83.06 . . . However, section 83.06 applies only to “nonresidential tenancies,” and the property here was a single-family . . . Also, section 83.06 requires proof of a demand for double rent. It clearly is not applicable. . . .

RUSSO v. MANFREDO, 35 Fla. Supp. 2d 23 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . . § 83.06 (1987). . . . Stat. § 83.06 (1987). Suit was filed on March 10, 1988. . . .

In THRIFTY DUTCHMAN, INC. THRIFTY DUTCHMAN, INC. a v. FLORIDA SUPERMARKETS, INC. a, 97 B.R. 101 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1988)

. . . . § 83.06(1), or the landlord can treat the former tenant as a trespasser and sue him for damages for . . .

CONWAY PLAZA PARTNERS, LTD. v. SALDANA, 17 Fla. Supp. 2d 97 (Orange Cty. Ct. 1985)

. . . Stat. 83.06(1). This court notes Fla. . . . Stat. 83.06(1) permitting double rent is discretionary, not mandatory. . . .

HOLIDAY PLAZA CORPORATION, a v. CINEMAS OF MIAMI, INC., 469 So. 2d 183 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Further, because section 83.06(2), Florida Statutes (1979), specifically provides for the payment of . . . DCA 1979) [question whether lessor entitled to interest on unpaid rent clearly answered by section 83.06 . . .

H. B. T. Jr. R. T. H. H. v., 80 T.C. 34 (T.C. 1983)

. . . in the aggregate amount of $188.06, including amortization of organizational costs in the amount of $83.06 . . .

GOLDBLOOM, d b a MG v. J. I. KISLAK MORTGAGE CORPORATION,, 408 So. 2d 748 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . declaratory judgment as to the terms of their lease and for the recovery of double rent under Sec. 83.06 . . .

B. ROBINSON, v. PETERSON,, 375 So. 2d 294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . question whether a lessor is entitled to interest on unpaid rent seems to be clearly answered by Section 83.06 . . . We have not been told why Section 83.06(2) does not apply here. . . . discussion that the lessor’s entitlement to prejudgment interest in this case is not established by Section 83.06 . . .

ELI EINBINDER, INC. a v. MIAMI CRYSTAL ICE CO. a, 317 So. 2d 126 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . . § 83.06. . . . See §§ 83.01, 83.03, 83.06 and Sill v. Smith, Fla.App.1965, 177 So.2d 265. . . .

PALM BEACH MOBILE HOMES, INC. a a v. STRONG,, 300 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 1974)

. . . when it expired on April 22, 1972, and praying for a judgment of eviction in accordance with Section 83.06 . . .

J. NELSON, v. GROWERS FORD TRACTOR CO. a a, 282 So. 2d 664 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

. . . Selk, 151 So.2d 334 (Fla.App.1963); Section 83.06, Florida Statutes 1971, F.S.A. . . .

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, a v. FLEETWOOD HOTEL, INC., 261 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1972)

. . . trial court that this rent control ordinance does conflict with Florida Statutes Sections 83.03, 83.04, 83.06 . . . F.S. 83.06, F.S.A. provides that a landlord may demand and receive double rent from a tenant who refuses . . .

FLEETWOOD HOTEL, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, 33 Fla. Supp. 192 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1970)

. . . to the third issue, portions of the ordinance conflict with state law, particularly §§83.03, 83.04, 83.06 . . .

DAVID PROPERTIES, INC. a v. G. SELK,, 151 So. 2d 334 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . the defendant could possibly have claimed was the “double the monthly rent” that Florida Statutes § 83.06 . . .

J. WAGNER C. v. L. RICE,, 97 So. 2d 267 (Fla. 1957)

. . . the appellants, who were the lessors, were entitled to recover a double rent penalty under Section 83.06 . . . Court seeking recovery of double the $2,500 guarantee due February 1, 1954, as damages, under Section 83.06 . . . right to possession was adjudicated in the county court proceeding; and finally that under Section 83.06 . . . They base their position on Section 83.06, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which reads in part as follows: . . .

CENTRAL FLORIDA OIL COMPANY, a v. BLUE FLAME, a, 87 So. 2d 812 (Fla. 1956)

. . . This award was made under Sec. 83.06, F.S.1955, F.S.A., which provides that “When any tenant shall refuse . . .

BAHIA MAR CATERERS, a v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a, 85 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1956)

. . . in his brief the propriety of that part of the decree in which the chancellor refused to apply Sec. 83.06 . . .

L. PAINTER D. v. TOWN OF GROVELAND,, 79 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 1955)

. . . The section of our statutes under which this award was made, Section. 83.06, Fla.Stat. 1953, F.S.A., . . .

PLOURDE v. MASSACHUSETTS CITIES REALTY CO., 47 F. Supp. 668 (D. Mass. 1942)

. . . 27, 1940, plaintiff’s intestate would have received the sum of eighty-three dollars and six cents ($83.06 . . .