Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida
We own our home, and have been paying rent on the land for nearly 11 years. Original owner has died, land was deeded to several children, one who has since went back on his word on continuing this rental agreement. Orally gave us a deadline of March, 2010.. Do we have any rights?
3 Answers from Attorneys
Do you have a written lease agreement? If so, read it and know it. The new land owner must give you written notice to vacate.
Get a lease from any one of the owners..
Since it appears you had no written lease, under Florida law you had a verbal month to month tenancy. Technically, they have to give you 15 days' written notice to evict you from the land. They didn't give you written notice, but at least they were nice enough to give you more than 15 days notice. You could argue about the notice being oral instead of written and that may buy you a few extra days, but without a lease, you'll have to leave if you can't work something out with them.
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