Landlord Access Question - Did I cross a legal boundary?

[Reid Hanley]

As a new landlord of a mobile home park in Florida, I have already experienced my share of tenants moving out in the middle of the night or with extremely short, as in 5 minutes from now and I still haven’t paid rent this month, move out notice. As such, I have become very leary of more move outs when tenants go silent when they are behind on rent. Today I decided to open the door of a rental unit that is 1.5 months behind on rent to ensure they hadn’t left in the night. After getting no response to multiple very loud knock attempts and calling out the tenant’s name I opened the door with my key and (SHOCKER!) she was home and not answering the door. She became very irate immediately telling me how dare I open her door. I did not enter the property at all as my feet remained outside the trailer at all times.

Have I crossed a legal boundary as a landlord?

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Your answer is here. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.53.html