Landlords and Eviction Papers: What you need to know

With all of the up in arms over the pandemic, the challenges faced by both tenants and landlords, and the local, state, and federal moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures, it’s no wonder that Floridians are confused about the state of being served eviction papers. Here’s what you need to know.

You can still serve 3-day and 7-day notices.

When a tenant fails to pay their rent, you must serve them a 3-day notice before filing for an eviction in Port St. Lucie. Even though evictions are being currently heard in the courts, you can still serve this notice in preparation for eviction when allowed. You can also serve your tenants a 7-day eviction notice for other breaches of the lease agreement.

You can still evict for lease violations, other than nonpayment of rent.

Your tenants might think that they are protected by the federal eviction moratorium, but the truth is that you can still make them vacate the property if they are violating other terms of their lease. For example, if they fail to take care of the yard as detailed in their lease agreement, you can give them notice that they must correct or face eviction. After that 7 days notice, you can file eviction if the problem is not corrected.

The federal eviction moratorium ends December 31.

The current federal eviction ban ends on December 31st. When that happens, evictions will resume immediately in the courts. Unless another ban is put in place, people will be able to be evicted. And, if you already served the 3 day notice as required, and filed the papers with the courts, your cases will be among the first to be addressed in the backlog of eviction cases.

If you are needing assistance with eviction proceedings in Florida, contact us today for assistance.