1998 Florida Code
TITLE VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 82 Forcible Entry And Unlawful Detainer
82.04 Remedy declared for unlawful detention.
82.04 Remedy declared for unlawful detention.--
(1) If any person enters or has entered in a peaceable manner into any lands or tenements when the entry is lawful and after the expiration of the person's right continues to hold them against the consent of the party entitled to possession, the party so entitled to possession is entitled to the summary procedure under s. 51.011, at any time within 3 years after the possession has been withheld from the party against his or her consent.
(2) This section shall not apply with regard to residential tenancies.
History.--s. 4, ch. 1630, 1868; RS 1690; GS 2155; RGS 3459; CGL 5312; s. 33, ch. 67-254; s. 13, ch. 73-330; s. 19, ch. 77-104; s. 424, ch. 95-147.
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