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Fla. Stat. § 83.09 (2025)
Exemptions from liens for rent.
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83.09 Exemptions from liens for rent.—No property of any tenant or lessee shall be exempt from distress and sale for rent, except beds, bedclothes and wearing apparel.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1964–2022 · leading case: Seymour v. Adams, 638 So. 2d 1044 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).
Seymour v. Adams, 638 So. 2d 1044 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “Under section 83.09, "[n]o property of any tenant or lessee shall be exempt from distress and sale for rent, except beds, bedclothes and wearing apparel.”
Van Hoose v. Robbins, 165 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964). “It is also notable that the answer failed to allege existence of an exception to Fla. Stat. § 83.09 , F.S.A. which reads: "No property or any tenant or lessee shall be exempt from distress and sale for rent, except beds, bed clothes and wearing apparel.”
Stroemer v. Shevin, 399 F. Supp. 993 (S.D. Fla. 1973). “08, Florida Statute provides for a landlord’s lien for rent upon the property found upon or off the premises leased or rented with certain property of the tenant being exempt from distress (F.S.83.09). The statute requires the landlord or his attorney to file a complaint in the…”
Zacharias v. Kitzman (M.D. Fla. 2022). “08 (duty to avoid collision); § 83.09 (duty to keep to the outer limit of a narrow channel).”
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