Florida Statute 83.11 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT

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F.S. 83.11

83.11 Distress for rent; complaint.—Any person to whom any rent or money for advances is due or the person’s agent or attorney may file an action in the court in the county where the land lies having jurisdiction of the amount claimed, and the court shall have jurisdiction to order the relief provided in this part. The complaint shall be verified and shall allege the name and relationship of the defendant to the plaintiff, how the obligation for rent arose, the amount or quality and value of the rent due for such land, or the advances, and whether payable in money, an agricultural product, or any other thing of value.

History.—s. 2, ch. 3131, 1879; RS 1764; GS 2240; RGS 3559; CGL 5423; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 80-282; s. 431, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.11

Total Results: 11

Phillips v. Guin & Hunt, Inc.

344 So. 2d 568

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1977 | Docket: 474668

Cited 6 times | Published

Appellants/landlords filed a distress for rent claim under Section 83.11, Florida Statutes (1975), along with an affidavit

Stroemer v. Shevin

399 F. Supp. 993, 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15163

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1973 | Docket: 1625308

Cited 3 times | Published

proper court of the county where his land lies. (F.S.83.11). The Clerk is then required to issue a distress

Ford Concepts, Inc. v. Jones (In Re Ford Concepts, Inc.)

85 B.R. 893, 1988 Bankr. LEXIS 685

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Apr 15, 1988 | Docket: 1508209

Cited 2 times | Published

enforceable in a distress action under Fla. Stat. § 83.11 ff. Had the Joneses known that their plausible

Gary Conns Collision Center, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 6, 2020 | Docket: 16939066

Published

particular body shop for repairs. See Miss. Code Ann. § 83-11-501. The district court dismissed the first

Barb's Sprinklers, Inc. v. Water Boy Lawn Sprinkler's, Inc.

686 So. 2d 646, 31 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 608, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 12498, 1996 WL 685830

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 27, 1996 | Docket: 64770405

Published

statutory distress action was filed pursuant to section 83.11, Florida Statutes (1989). We have considered

Goodman v. Brasseria La Capannina, Inc.

602 So. 2d 1245, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 353, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1028, 1992 WL 125114

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 11, 1992 | Docket: 64669141

Published

process requirements as set forth in Phillips,2 Section 83.11 was amended to require that the complaint be

Lavender v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

828 F.2d 1517

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 5, 1987 | Docket: 66228778

Published

an uninsured motor vehicle. ... Miss.Code Ann. § 83-11-101 (Supp.1982) (Emphasis added). The court in

Midair, Inc. v. Sebring Airport Authority, Inc.

315 So. 2d 214, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 13568

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 1975 | Docket: 64547811

Published

to May 1, 1974 and seeking distress pursuant to § 83.11 et seq., F.S.1973. A distress warrant duly issued

Dobbs v. Petko

207 So. 2d 11, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5858

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 14, 1968 | Docket: 64504005

Published

subject for distress proceedings under F.S. Section 83.11, F.S.A.1965, which in pertinent part states:

McKesson & Robbins, Inc. v. Taft Street Shopping Center

184 So. 2d 210, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5649

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 1966 | Docket: 64496044

Published

bond and therefore did not comply with F.S.A. § 83.11. McKesson & Robbins, Inc. last contention is that

Concrete Block & Wall Co. v. Knap

102 So. 2d 742, 1958 Fla. App. LEXIS 2854

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 6, 1958 | Docket: 60190136

Published

a tenant's property brought upon the land. Section 83.11-19, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., provides the landlord