Florida Statute 83.52 - 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. 83.52

83.52 Tenant’s obligation to maintain dwelling unit.—The tenant at all times during the tenancy shall:

(1) Comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building, housing, and health codes.

(2) Keep that part of the premises which he or she occupies and uses clean and sanitary.

(3) Remove from the tenant’s dwelling unit all garbage in a clean and sanitary manner.

(4) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant clean and sanitary and in repair.

(5) Use and operate in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators.

(6) Not destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the premises or property therein belonging to the landlord nor permit any person to do so.

(7) Conduct himself or herself, and require other persons on the premises with his or her consent to conduct themselves, in a manner that does not unreasonably disturb the tenant’s neighbors or constitute a breach of the peace.

History.—s. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 445, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.52

Total Results: 6

Atlantis Estate Acquisitions, Inc. v. DePierro

125 So. 3d 889, 2013 WL 1748642, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 6544

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 24, 2013 | Docket: 60236108

Cited 3 times | Published

the premises in violation of the lease and section 83.52(6), Florida Statutes. The tenants moved out

Lane v. Brith

313 So. 2d 91

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 9, 1975 | Docket: 1508443

Cited 3 times | Published

tenants' alleged breach of subsections (6) and (7) of § 83.52, F.S. 1973 (along with a holding over after expiration

John Porath and Sandra Porath v. Gina Nugent

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 9, 2025 | Docket: 69864090

Published

remaining two counts alleging a violation of section 83.52, Florida Statutes (2019), and defamation per

GINA NUGENT v. ANNE- LAURE MICHELIS

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 10, 2021 | Docket: 59719244

Published

attorney’s fees and court costs under Florida Statutes § 83.52 and § 83.55 with § 83.43 as controlling authority

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

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 15, 2010 | Docket: 60297315

Published

obligations to maintain the dwelling unit under Florida Statute 83.52 or material provisions of the rental agreement

Florida Bar re Approval of Forms Pursuant to Rule 10-1.1(b)

591 So. 2d 594, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 765, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 2134, 1991 WL 258213

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 5, 1991 | Docket: 64664291

Published

the lease under these circumstances, see Florida Statute 83.52(2)(a). The delivery of this written notice