Can a tenant be evicted for not paying lates? in FL

[Jonathan Blanco]

• Context, my lease charges fees for every day rent is late. It does not say anything else on late fees but the amount, and that it is per day.
• - Can I issue a 7 day notice to cure for not paying late fees? 

• - If so, can I evict if repeated violations occurs in a 12 month period (paying rent late again)? FL statue 83.51 (2)(a) and (2)(b).

• - If they do pay the late fees, can I refuse payment and proceed with eviction anyway?

• - Can I deduct late fees from next month’s rent and the difference be considered late rent? In which then a 3-day notice would come into play. Note: My lease agreement does not say anything about late fees becoming part of the rent.

[Matthew Masoud]

Last fees must be paid in order to cure the default.

Yes you can issue notice to cure not paying late fees.

Yes after a certain period of time you can refuse payment and proceed with eviction.

Thankfully, Florida is very landlord friendly.

Find a good eviction attorney and prepare to file, they should also be answering your questions for free.

I've done evictions in Florida where my attorney charged me $650, so it's not as pricey as you may think.