Florida Statutes Title VI Chapter 82 - Forcible Entry And Unlawful Detainer

• 82.01 - “unlawful Entry And Forcible Entry” Defined.
  No person shall enter into any lands or tenements except when entry is given by law, nor shall any person, when entry is given by...
• 82.02 - “unlawful Entry And Unlawful Detention” Defined.
  (1) No person who enters without consent in a peaceable, easy and open manner into any lands or tenements shall hold them afterwards against the consent...
• 82.03 - Remedy For Unlawful Entry And Forcible Entry.
  If any person enters or has entered into lands or tenements when entry is not given by law, or if any person enters or has...
• 82.04 - Remedy For Unlawful Detention.
  (1) If any person enters or has entered in a peaceable manner into any lands or tenements when the entry is lawful and after the expiration...
• 82.045 - Remedy For Unlawful Detention By A Transient Occupant Of Residential Property.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “transient occupant” means a person whose residency in a dwelling intended for residential use has occurred for a...
• 82.05 - Questions Involved In This Proceeding.
  No question of title, but only right of possession and damages, is involved in the action.History.—s. 20, ch. 1630, 1868; RS 1691; GS 2156; RGS...
• 82.061 - Process.
  If no person can be found at the usual place of residence of defendant, summons may be served by posting a copy in a conspicuous...
• 82.071 - Trial; Evidence As To Damages.
  At trial evidence shall be admitted about the monthly rental value of the premises and if plaintiff recovers, the jury shall fix the plaintiff’s damages...
• 82.081 - Trial; Form Of Verdict.
  (1) IN CASES OF FORCIBLE OR UNLAWFUL ENTRY.—In forcible or unlawful entry the form of verdict shall be substantially as follows:We, the jury, find that defendant...
• 82.091 - Judgment And Execution.
  If the verdict is in favor of plaintiff, the court shall enter judgment that plaintiff recover possession of the property described in the complaint with...
• 82.101 - Effect Of Judgment.
  No judgment rendered either for plaintiff or defendant bars any action of trespass for injury to the property or ejectment between the same parties respecting...

Last modified: September 23, 2016