Any lease of lands and tenements, or either, made shall be deemed and held to be a tenancy at will unless it shall be in writing signed by the lessor. Such tenancy shall be from year to year, or quarter to quarter, or month to month, or week to week, to be determined by the periods at which the rent is payable. If the rent is payable weekly, then the tenancy shall be from week to week; if payable monthly, then from month to month; if payable quarterly, then from quarter to quarter; if payable yearly, then from year to year.
Fla. Stat. § 83.01
Unwritten lease tenancy at will; duration
Known as the Self-storage Facility Act
The act spans §§ 83–83 (74 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 350 F. Supp. 183 - Barber v. Rader (1972)
Most recently applied in Beck v. Robb (In re KMM Corp.) (August 1981)
History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 5441, 1905; RGS 3567, 3568; CGL 5431, 5432; s. 34, ch. 67-254.
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Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.