Florida landlord rules: deposits, late fees and notices

Security deposit

Maximum deposit

No statewide cap

Return deadline

15 days after the tenancy ends

Penalty for late return

late claim notice forfeits the right to keep any of the deposit

Interest owed

Not in our data

Note

15 days to return when no claim; 30 days to send an itemized claim notice

Work out the return date for a move-out

Source: Fla. Stat. §83.49

Late fees

Rule

none set by statute

Grace period

Not in our data

No statute cited in our data

Notice periods

Notice to pay or quit

3 business days

Ending a month-to-month tenancy

30 days

Notice before entering a unit

12 hours

Work out the last day of a notice

No statute cited in our data

Screening

Source-of-income protection

Only where a local ordinance adds it.

Note

Miami-Dade ordinance protects source of income; state preemption limits new local rules

No statute cited in our data

Licensing

To manage for others

A real-estate broker license, to manage property for others.

No statute cited in our data

How long an eviction takes

Among the fastest: about 2 to 4 weeks. This is a rough tier from our data, not a court timeline.

Estoppel fee caps

Formula

statutory caps, DBPR-adjusted every 5 years

This year's figure

This year's figure is not loaded in our data. Use the formula and check the publisher.

Published by

FL DBPR

Applies to

condo/co-op/HOA estoppel certificates

Source: Fla. Stat. §§718.116 / 719.108 / 720.30851

A federal rule that can override this

Notice for nonpayment on covered properties

30 days

Note

Applies to 'covered properties' (federally backed mortgage or federal housing program). The 30-day notice requirement has no statutory sunset and courts are split - safest practice is a 30-day nonpayment notice on any covered property, regardless of shorter state timelines.

Source: CARES Act §4024