Florida Eviction Notice

Florida notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Florida statute says

Unpaid rent: 3 business days

• Rent unpaid when due and the default continues for 3 days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, after delivery of a written demand for payment of the rent or possession (§ 83.56(3)).
• Notice must be in substantially the statutory form ('You are hereby notified that you are indebted to me in the sum of ___ dollars for the rent and use of the premises ...') (§ 83.56(3)).
• Delivered per § 83.56(4): mailing, delivering a true copy, e-mailing under § 83.505, or if the tenant is absent, leaving a copy at the residence.

Exceptions

• Partial rent accepted after the notice: landlord must give a receipt and serve a new 3-day notice for the new balance (§ 83.56(5)).

Lease violation: 7 calendar days

• Curable noncompliance with § 83.52 or material lease provisions: written notice specifying the noncompliance and demanding remedy within 7 days of receipt, else the lease is deemed terminated; statutory form in § 83.56(2)(b).

Exceptions

• If the same conduct or conduct of a similar nature recurs within 12 months after the notice, the landlord may terminate without a further cure opportunity (§ 83.56(2)(a)-(b)).

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: 7 calendar days

• Noncompliance the tenant should not be given an opportunity to cure: destruction, damage or misuse of the landlord's or other tenants' property by intentional act; an act of fraudulent entry violating s. 817.537(2) (regardless of criminal proceedings); a subsequent or continued unreasonable disturbance; or a subsequent or continued noncompliance within 12 months of a written warning (§ 83.56(2)(a)).
• Statutory form: 'You are advised that your lease is terminated effective immediately. You shall have 7 days from the delivery of this letter to vacate the premises.'

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• Written notice, given in the manner provided in § 83.56(4), not less than 30 days prior to the end of any monthly period (§ 83.57(3)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: Lease controls

• Holdover after expiration without permission: landlord may recover possession under § 83.59 and double rent for the holdover period (§ 83.58); no notice period is stated.
• A fixed-term lease may require 30-60 days' notice of intent to vacate from the tenant only if it requires the landlord to give the same notice of nonrenewal (§ 83.575(1)); liquidated damages for missing notice require the landlord's written reminder within 15 days before the notification period starts (§ 83.575(2)).

Delivery, form and other Florida rules

How the notice may be delivered

§ 83.56(4): delivery of the written notices required by subsections (1)-(3) shall be by mailing, delivering a true copy, e-mailing in accordance with § 83.505 (only where both parties signed the statutory addendum consenting to electronic delivery and designated e-mail addresses; an e-mailed notice is deemed delivered when sent unless returned undeliverable; either party may revoke consent in writing), or, if the tenant is absent from the premises, by leaving a copy at the residence.

Fla. Stat. § 83.56(4); § 83.505 (s. 1, ch. 2025-16) · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

Statutory notice forms: § 83.56(3) 3-day demand ('You are hereby notified that you are indebted to me in the sum of ___ dollars for the rent and use of the premises ...'), § 83.56(2)(b) 7-day cure notice and § 83.56(2)(a) 7-day termination notice, each to be 'in substantially the following form'. Official text: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.56.html

Fla. Stat. § 83.56(2)(a), (2)(b), (3) · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No just-cause requirement; tenancies without a specific duration end on § 83.57 notice, and local governments are preempted from regulating residential tenancies (§ 83.425).

Fla. Stat. § 83.57; § 83.425 (s. 1, ch. 2023-314) · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

No local overlays: since ch. 2023-314 (eff. 2023-07-01) § 83.425 preempts the regulation of residential tenancies to the state, so county/city tenant-notice ordinances (e.g., the pre-2023 Miami-Dade 'Tenant Bill of Rights' notice periods) no longer apply.

Fla. Stat. § 83.425 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a Florida checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the Florida period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Florida eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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