As a landlord or property manager, you know that tenants don’t always live up to the terms of their lease agreements. Some fail to pay rent on time while others ignore pet or noise policies and hope they won’t get caught. Since you want to maintain tenants that are reliable and trustworthy, you have the power and ability to evict tenants who have broken their lease agreements and have not resolved the problem after a warning period.
Florida’s Three Day Rule
Laws vary by state, but Florida’s law is clear: landlords can utilize a three day notice method that provides tenants with three days to resolve the problem or move out. This is a legal and valid action that most landlords utilize to approach nonpayment of rent. If a tenant has not made a payment for past due rent, a landlord can have a three day notice delivered using the following wording:
“You are hereby notified that you are indebted to me in the sum of ___ dollars for the rent and use of the premises (address of leased premises, including county), Florida, now occupied by you and that I demand payment of the rent or possession of the premises within 3 days (excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays) from the date of delivery of this notice, to wit: on or before the __ day of ___ , (year).”
Completing this process makes it possible to allow tenants to find alternative housing options or gather the money needed to pay rent. Since three day notices are legally recognized and supported actions, property managers don’t risk becoming involved in any lawsuits over the eviction. In addition, since three day notices are served before final eviction notices, ample time is provided to make payment or other arrangements. Best of all, they are simple to process, so landlords don’t need to waste valuable time or resources in order to effectively address irresponsible tenants.
It is important to utilize a reliable and efficient process server to deliver three day notices, and the team at Accurate Serve of Sarasota specializes in this form of service of process. Call (941) 893- 9991 to learn more and obtain service that you can count on.
