Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 83.10 (2025)

Landlord’s lien for advances.

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83.10 Landlord’s lien for advances.Landlords shall have a lien on the crop grown on rented land for advances made in money or other things of value, whether made directly by them or at their instance and requested by another person, or for which they have assumed a legal responsibility, at or before the time at which such advances were made, for the sustenance or well-being of the tenant or the tenant’s family, or for preparing the ground for cultivation, or for cultivating, gathering, saving, handling, or preparing the crop for market. They shall have a lien also upon each and every article advanced, and upon all property purchased with money advanced, or obtained, by barter or exchange for any articles advanced, for the aggregate value or price of all the property or articles so advanced. The liens upon the crop shall be of equal dignity with liens for rent, and upon the articles advanced shall be paramount to all other liens.
History.s. 2, ch. 3247, 1879; RS 1763; GS 2239; RGS 3558; CGL 5422; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 430, ch. 95-147.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1960–1960 · leading case: State ex rel. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Johnson, 118 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 1960).
State ex rel. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Johnson, 118 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 1960). “Volume 2, Larson, Workmen’s Compensation Law, Section 83.10 et seq. However, even the Florida Statute makes no provision for the recovery of attorneys’ fees in independent, collateral proceedings such as the one before us despite the fact that it might relate to a Workmen’s…”
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