Florida Statute 83.06 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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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.

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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 Citing Statute 83.06

Total Results: 20

Smith v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-12-21

Citation: 211 So. 3d 176, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18676

Snippet: jurisdiction. See, e.g., Ex Parte Hayes, 25 Fla. 279, 282-83, 6 So. 64 (Fla. 1889) (stating “[t]he question, then

Palm Beach Florida Hotel v. Nantucket Enterprises, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-12-07

Citation: 211 So. 3d 42, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18069

Snippet: authorized Landlord to engage in self-help. Section 83.06(2), Florida Statutes (2006), provides that: (2)

State of Florida v. Javares Jones

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-12-02

Citation: 180 So. 3d 1085, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 18023

Snippet: authorized for a second-degree misdemeanor. Section 775.083(6) directs that $500 of the $5,000 civil penalty be

Good To Go Food Store, Inc. v. LRM Realty, LLP

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-06-13

Citation: 93 So. 3d 362, 2012 WL 2125943, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9555

Snippet: removal and recovery of past due rents. See §§ 83.06, .21, Fla. Stat. (2010). Good To Go moved to dismiss

CW v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-12-28

Citation: 76 So. 3d 1093, 2011 WL 6783486

Snippet: punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. [6] Q. Okay. It may be obvious, but one question

In re Revisions to Simplified Forms Pursuant to Rule 10-2.1(a) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-04-15

Citation: 50 So. 3d 503, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 216, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 568, 2010 WL 1488111

Snippet: withholding rent, see the note to Form 3. SOURCE: Section-83£6, Sections 83.56 and 83.60, Florida Statutes (49852007)

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2009-04-23

Snippet: (Fla. 1978). 2 Id. And see Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla. 83-06 (1983) and 72-198(1972) for the proposition that

Covelli Family, LP v. ABG5, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-26

Citation: 977 So. 2d 749, 2008 WL 782806

Snippet: misconception that the bond was issued under section 83.06, Florida Statutes, rather than under Rule 1.610(b)

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2006-10-17

Snippet: of the municipality). 6 See Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 83-06 (1983) (city authorized to contribute directly to

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2006-03-21

Snippet: Fla. Const. 2 See, e.g., Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 83-06 (1983) and 72-198(1972). See also, s. 10, Art. VII

Grimm v. Huckabee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-01-24

Citation: 891 So. 2d 608, 2005 WL 124237

Snippet: rent and double holdover rent pursuant to section 83.06(1), Florida Statutes (2003).[2] Pursuant to the

Myers v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-01-29

Citation: 866 So. 2d 103, 2004 WL 221274

Snippet: State of Florida, intervened pursuant to section 68.083(6)(a), filing a complaint seeking damages and civil

Keeton Corrections, Inc. v. Rj & Rk, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-10-30

Citation: 858 So. 2d 349, 2003 WL 22453887

Snippet: court that the double rent provision in section 83.06, Florida Statutes (2000), applies to a tenancy at

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-07-17

Snippet: purpose). 10 See, Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla. 90-37 (1990), 83-6 (1983), and 77-27 (1977), stating that the legislative

Winkler v. Moore

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-04-25

Citation: 831 So. 2d 63, 2002 WL 717819

Snippet: Petitioner Cross Pre-6/15/83 6/15/83-6/30/85 7/1/85-6/1/86

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-02-22

Snippet: example, this office in Attorney General Opinion 83-6 concluded that a municipality could contribute directly

Medina v. Wyche

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-09-26

Citation: 796 So. 2d 622, 2001 WL 1130868

Snippet: for rent, and double rent, pursuant to section 83.06, Florida Statutes, against Medina and Allied. There

State v. Lancaster

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-12-24

Citation: 731 So. 2d 1227, 1998 WL 892627

Snippet: 276 § 944.277 § 947.146 6/16/83-6/1/86: 98% 2/5/87-6/30/88: 7/1/88-8/31/90:

Gomez v. Singletary

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-12-24

Citation: 733 So. 2d 499, 1998 WL 892663

Snippet: (TC) 6/16/83- 6/2/86- 2/5/87- 7/1/88- 9/1/90-

State v. Scanlon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-11-13

Citation: 721 So. 2d 392, 1998 WL 798716

Snippet: The sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 83.6 months’ incarceration with a minimum of 62.7 months