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Florida Civil Practice And Procedure Code Section 83.06 - Landlord And Tenant - Right to demand double rent upon refusal to deliver possession.

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Title VI   CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 83   LANDLORD AND TENANT

83.06  Right to demand double rent upon refusal to deliver possession.--

(1)  When any tenant refuses to give up possession of the premises at the end of the tenant's lease, the landlord, the landlord's agent, attorney, or legal representatives, may demand of such tenant double the monthly rent, and may recover the same at the expiration of every month, or in the same proportion for a longer or shorter time by distress, in the manner pointed out hereinafter.

(2)  All contracts for rent, verbal or in writing, shall bear interest from the time the rent becomes due, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

History.--ss. 4, 6, Nov. 21, 1828; RS 1759; GS 2235; RGS 3554; CGL 5418; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 427, ch. 95-147.

Last modified: November 21, 2006