Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 713.67 (2025)

Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc.

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713.67 Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc.—In favor of keepers of hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, and boardinghouses for the board, lodging and occupancy of and for moneys advanced to transient guests or tenants, upon the goods and chattels belonging to such guests or tenants in such hotel, apartment house, roominghouse or boardinghouse, including garage and storeroom. Upon the nonpayment of such sums in accordance with the rules of such hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses or boardinghouses, the keeper thereof may instantly eject such transient guests or tenants therefrom.

History.—s. 6, ch. 1999, 1874; RS 1740; GS 2206; RGS 3513; CGL 5374; s. 44, ch. 16042, 1933; s. 36, ch. 67-254; s. 6, ch. 73-330.

Note.—Former s. 85.18.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1972–1977 · leading case: Barber v. Rader, 350 F. Supp. 183 (S.D. Fla. 1972).

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Barber v. Rader, 350 F. Supp. 183 (S.D. Fla. 1972). · cites it 14× “Section 713.67, Florida Statutes, F.S. A.”

Johnson v. Riverside Hotel, Inc., 399 F. Supp. 1138 (S.D. Fla. 1975). · cites it 5× “011 do not cure the constitutional defects of Fla.Stat. §§ 713.67-.69. Both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.”

MacQueen v. Lambert, 348 F. Supp. 1334 (M.D. Fla. 1972). · cites it 3× “Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Florida Statutes §§ 713.67, .68, and .69, F.S.A. (hereinafter Landlord Lien Law), which provide for self-executing possessory liens and prejudgment seizures of tenants’ personal property by landlords upon the non-payment of rent by…”

Phillips v. Guin & Hunt, Inc., 344 So. 2d 568 (Fla. 1977). “§§ 713.67-.69, Fla. Stat. A federal court in Pennsylvania recently found that state's distress for rent statute unconstitutional because it failed to satisfy notions of due process.”

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