General refund period after termination of the rental agreement.
General deadline for the landlord’s written notice of intent to impose a claim.
§83.67 covers direct or indirect termination/interruption of listed utility services furnished to the tenant.
§180.135 limits refusal/discontinuance based on covered charges incurred by a former occupant.
Florida charge guides
These pages are indexable because their legal layer has been checked against current Florida statutory sources.
Security Deposit
Florida security deposit deadlines, claim notices, objections, deposit handling and move-out notice rules under § 83.49.
Open guide →15-Day / 30-Day Timeline
Calculate Florida security-deposit dates for a no-claim refund, a landlord claim notice and a tenant objection.
Open guide →Notice of Claim
Understand Florida’s 30-day notice-of-claim rule, delivery methods, objection period and consequences of missing the deadline.
Open guide →Move-Out Charges
Review Florida move-out charges through the security-deposit claim process, notice deadlines and supporting evidence.
Open guide →Fee Instead of Deposit
Florida rules for optional fees paid instead of a security deposit, including disclosures and post-tenancy claims.
Open guide →Email Notices
When Florida landlord-tenant notices may be delivered by e-mail under § 83.505 and what the required addendum must do.
Open guide →Move-Out Notice
Florida’s 7-day written notice rule for certain tenants who vacate or abandon and how it can affect the landlord’s deposit-claim notice duty.
Open guide →Utility Shutoff & Prior Debt
Florida renter rules for landlord-caused utility interruption and municipal utility, water or sewer charges left by a former occupant.
Open guide →Florida utility service & prior-occupant debt
If service was interrupted, document who caused it and why. If a municipality says you owe an older balance, separate your service period from the former occupant’s. If the problem is simply a high resident bill, switch to the utility billing method/evidence workflow.
A Florida deposit detail worth knowing
A “fee in lieu of security deposit” is legally different from a security deposit. Florida §83.491 requires its own written agreement and disclosures, and the tenant can still be liable for rent, fees and qualifying damages after move-out.
Core official sources
Primary Florida statute for security-deposit handling, 15-day refunds, 30-day claim notices, tenant objections and move-out notice requirements.
Florida SenateFlorida Statutes § 83.505 — Electronic Delivery of Notices ↗Primary rule allowing statutory landlord-tenant notices by e-mail when both parties sign the required voluntary rental-agreement addendum.
Florida LegislatureFlorida Statutes § 83.491 — Fee in Lieu of Security Deposit ↗Primary law governing an optional fee in lieu of a security deposit, disclosures and post-tenancy claims.
Florida SenateFlorida Statutes § 83.67 — Prohibited practices ↗Official 2026 statute prohibiting a residential landlord from directly or indirectly terminating or interrupting utility service furnished to the tenant, including water, heat, electricity, gas, garbage collection and other listed services.
Florida SenateFlorida Statutes § 180.135 — Former occupant municipal utility charges ↗Official 2026 statute limiting a municipality’s ability to refuse/discontinue utility, water or sewer service because of unpaid charges incurred by a former occupant, subject to the statute’s conditions and exceptions.