Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida

Re: 3 Days to Vacate

Either pay the rent or get out.

Re: 3 Days to Vacate

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No. Florida law requires the landlord to provide a Three Day Notice prior to filing a suit for eviction. After the three days has expired, the landlord would first have to file the lawsuit which gives you five more days (not including Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays) to respond. If you do not respond, the landlord can then go to the court and ask for a default final judgment and a writ of possession which the sheriff in your county would have to serve. This whole process would take at least another two to four weeks before the landlord could take any physical action under the law.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.