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Fla. Stat. § 83.44 (2025)
Obligation of good faith.
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83.44 Obligation of good faith.—Every rental agreement or duty within this part imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1976–1987 · leading case: Paterson v. Deeb, 472 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).
Paterson v. Deeb, 472 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). “" [3] The act is applicable to dwelling units such as the one involved in this case. § 83.41, Fla. Stat.”
Fernandez v. Vazquez, 397 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). “01-02 (1980); Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, § 83.44, Fla. Stat. (1979), Butler v. Maney, 146 Fla.”
Lifschitz v. City of Miami Beach, 339 So. 2d 232 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976). “In particular, Section 83.44 imposes an obligation of good faith in the performance or enforcement of every rental agreement or duty imposed by Chapter 83.”
Fredricks v. Hofmann, 45 Fla. Supp. 44 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1976). “Final declaratory judgment: This cause came on to be heard by the court upon the issues framed by plaintiffs’ complaint that — the rent increáses assessed by the defendants against the plaintiffs are unconscionable under F.S. 83.44 and 83.45 and defendants should be enjoined…”
Harbor House Partners, Ltd. v. Mitchel, 512 So. 2d 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). “By not responding to the tenant’s hardship request letter of August 27,1984, the defendant quite reasonably believed that the plaintiff had no objection to terminating the said lease on December 31, 1984, and consequently took no steps to sublet the apartment.”
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