Florida Statute 83.61 - 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. 83.61

83.61 Disbursement of funds in registry of court; prompt final hearing.—When the tenant has deposited funds into the registry of the court in accordance with the provisions of s. 83.60(2) and the landlord is in actual danger of loss of the premises or other personal hardship resulting from the loss of rental income from the premises, the landlord may apply to the court for disbursement of all or part of the funds or for prompt final hearing. The court shall advance the cause on the calendar. The court, after preliminary hearing, may award all or any portion of the funds on deposit to the landlord or may proceed immediately to a final resolution of the cause.

History.—s. 2, ch. 73-330; s. 2, ch. 74-146.

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Cases Citing Statute 83.61

Total Results: 2

Pomponio v. Claridge of Pompano Condominium

378 So. 2d 774, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4852

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 15, 1979 | Docket: 1794903

Cited 41 times | Published

dissenting). [46] § 83.60(2), Fla. Stat. (1977). [47] § 83.61, Fla. Stat. (1977) (emphasis supplied). [48] As

Cenvill Investors, Inc. v. Condominium Owners Organization of Century Village East, Inc.

556 So. 2d 1197, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 878, 1990 WL 11125

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 14, 1990 | Docket: 64648162

Published

of rental income from the premises,” quoting section 83.61, Florida Statutes (1977), as an example of a