19 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 715.02 Prohibiting recovery from seller of forfeited deposit or down payment made by check, draft, or obligation refused through no fault of seller
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In any action by any person against the seller of real property for any share of a forfeited deposit or down payment by a prospective purchaser, no check, draft, or other obligation of such prospective purchaser shall be construed to be a deposit and the action shall not be maint…
Fla. Stat. § 715.03 Laundries and drycleaners; disposition of unclaimed articles
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If any person shall fail to claim any garment, clothing, household article, or other articles delivered for laundering, cleaning, or pressing to any laundry or drycleaning establishment for a period of 6 months after the delivery of such article for laundering, cleaning, or proce…
Fla. Stat. § 715.06 Real estate; exploration for minerals
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Where title to the surface of real property and title to the subsurface and minerals on or under such real property is divided into different ownerships, then the surface owner and her or his heirs, successors, and assigns shall be entitled to explore, drill, and prospect such re…
Fla. Stat. § 715.065 Jewelry stores; television or radio repair stores; disposition of unclaimed articles
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If any person fails to claim any article of jewelry or other article delivered to a jewelry store or television or radio repair store for repair, cleaning, or adjustment, for a period of 6 months after such delivery for a television or radio repair store and 1 year after such del…
Fla. Stat. § 715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Vehicle” means any mobile item which normally uses wheels, whether motorized or not.(b) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, barge, and airboat used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, other than a …
Fla. Stat. § 715.075 Vehicles parked on private property; rules and rates authorized
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(1)(a) The owner or operator of a private property used for motor vehicle parking may establish rules and rates that govern private persons parking motor vehicles on such private property. Such rules and rates may include parking charges for violating the property owner’s or oper…
Fla. Stat. § 715.10 Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act; short title
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Sections 715.10-715.111 may be cited as the “Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 715.101 Application of ss. 715.10-715.111
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(1) Sections 715.10-715.111 apply to all tenancies to which part I or part II of chapter 83 are applicable, and to tenancies after a writ of possession has been issued pursuant to s. 723.062.(2) Sections 715.10-715.111 provide an optional procedure for the disposition of personal…
Fla. Stat. § 715.102 Definitions of terms used in ss. 715.10-715.111
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As used in ss. 715.10-715.111, unless some other meaning is clearly indicated, the term:(1) “Landlord” means any operator, keeper, lessor, or sublessor of furnished or unfurnished premises for rent, or her or his agent or successor-in-interest.(2) “Owner” means any person other t…
Fla. Stat. § 715.103 Lost property
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Personal property which the landlord reasonably believes to have been lost shall be disposed of as otherwise provided by law. However, if the appropriate law enforcement agency or other government agency refuses to accept custody of property pursuant to chapter 705, the landlord …
Fla. Stat. § 715.104 Notification of former tenant of personal property remaining on premises after tenancy has terminated
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(1) When personal property remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated or expired and the premises have been vacated by the tenant, through eviction or otherwise, the landlord shall give written notice to such tenant and to any other person the landlord reasonably beli…
Fla. Stat. § 715.105 Form of notice concerning abandoned property to former tenant
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(1) A notice to the former tenant which is in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of s. 715.104:Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned PropertyTo: (Name of former tenant) (Address of former tenant) When you vacated the premises at (address of premises, inclu…
Fla. Stat. § 715.106 Form of notice concerning abandoned property to owner other than former tenant
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(1) A notice which is in substantially the following form given to a person who is not the former tenant and whom the landlord reasonably believes to be the owner of any of the abandoned personal property satisfies the requirements of s. 715.104:Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandon…
Fla. Stat. § 715.107 Storage of abandoned property
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The personal property described in the notice either shall be left on the vacated premises or be stored by the landlord in a place of safekeeping until the landlord either releases the property pursuant to s. 715.108 or disposes of the property pursuant to s. 715.109. The landlor…
Fla. Stat. § 715.108 Release of personal property
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(1) The personal property described in the notice shall be released by the landlord to the former tenant or, at the landlord’s option, to any person reasonably believed by the landlord to be its owner, if such tenant or other person pays the reasonable costs of storage and advert…
Fla. Stat. § 715.109 Sale or disposition of abandoned property
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(1) If the personal property described in the notice is not released pursuant to s. 715.108, it shall be sold at public sale by competitive bidding. However, if the landlord reasonably believes that the total resale value of the property not released is less than $500, she or he …
Fla. Stat. § 715.11 Nonliability of landlord after disposition of property
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 715.101, after the landlord releases to the former tenant property which remains on the premises after a tenancy is terminated, the landlord is not liable with respect to that property to any person.(2) After the landlord releases property…
Fla. Stat. § 715.111 Assessing costs of storage
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(1) Costs of storage for which payment may be required under ss. 715.10-715.111 shall be assessed in the following manner:(a) When a former tenant claims property pursuant to s. 715.108, she or he may be required to pay the reasonable costs of storage for all the personal propert…
Fla. Stat. § 715.12 Construction Contract Prompt Payment Law
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(1) This section may be cited as the “Construction Contract Prompt Payment Law.”(2) This section applies only to written contracts to improve real property entered into after December 31, 1992, and for which a construction lien is authorized under part I of chapter 713.(3) The te…