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FL Stat § 723.0381 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.0381 - Civil Actions; Arbitration.

723.0381 Civil actions; arbitration.—(1) After mediation of a dispute pursuant to s. 723.038 has failed to provide a resolution of the dispute, either party may file an action in the circuit court.(2) The court may refer the action to nonbinding arbitration pursuant to s. 44.103 and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The court shall order the hearing to be held informally with presentation of testimony kept to a minimum and matters presented to the arbitrators primarily through the statements and arguments of counsel. The court shall assess the parties equally to pay the compensation awarded to the arbitrators if neither party requests a trial de novo. If a party has filed for a trial de novo, the party shall be assessed the arbitration costs, court costs, and other reasonable costs of the opposing party, including attorney’s fees, investigation expenses, and expenses for expert or other testimony or evidence incurred after the arbitration hearing if the judgment upon the trial de novo is not more favorable than the arbitration decision. If subsequent to arbitration a party files for a trial de novo, the arbitration decision may be made known to the judge only after he or she has entered his or her order on the merits.History.—s. 12, ch. 90-198; s. 10, ch. 92-148; s. 61, ch. 95-211; s. 919, ch. 97-102; s. 3, ch. 97-291.
FL Stat § 723.042 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.042 - Provision of Improvements.

723.042 Provision of improvements.—A person may not be required by a mobile home park owner or developer, as a condition of residence in the mobile home park, to provide any improvement unless the requirement is disclosed pursuant to s. 723.012(7) prior to occupancy in the mobile home park.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 59, ch. 85-62; s. 27, ch. 2020-27.
FL Stat § 723.043 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.043 - Purchase of Equipment.

723.043 Purchase of equipment.—No mobile home park owner or developer shall require a mobile home owner of the mobile home park to purchase from such mobile home park owner underskirting, equipment for tying down a mobile home, or any other equipment required by law, local ordinance, or regulation of the mobile home park. However, the park developer or park owner may determine by rule or regulation the style or quality of such equipment to be purchased by the mobile home owner from the vendor of the mobile home owner’s choosing, provided the style or quality has been disclosed in the prospectus given by the park developer or park owner to the mobile home owner.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80.
FL Stat § 723.044 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.044 - Interference With Installation of Appliances or Interior Improvements.

723.044 Interference with installation of appliances or interior improvements.—A mobile home park owner or developer shall not charge any resident who chooses to install an electric or gas appliance in her or his mobile home an additional fee solely on the basis of such installation or restrict the installation, service, or maintenance of any such appliance or the making of any interior improvement in such mobile home, so long as the installation or improvement is in compliance with applicable building codes and other provisions of law.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 921, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 723.045 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.045 - Sale of Utilities by Park Owner or Developer.

723.045 Sale of utilities by park owner or developer.—No mobile home park owner or developer who purchases electricity or gas (natural, manufactured, or similar gaseous substance) from any public utility or municipally owned utility or who purchases water from a water system for the purpose of supplying or reselling the electricity, gas, or water to any other person to whom she or he leases, lets, rents, subleases, sublets, or subrents the premises upon which the electricity, gas, or water is to be used shall charge, demand, or receive, directly or indirectly, any amount for the resale of such electricity, gas, or water greater than that amount charged by the public utility or municipally owned utility from which the electricity or gas was purchased or by the public water system from which the water was purchased. However, as concerns the distribution of water, the park owner may charge for maintenance actually incurred and administrative costs. This section does not apply to a park owner who is regulated pursuant to chapter 367 or by a county water ordinance.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 922, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 723.046 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.046 - Capital Costs of Utility Improvements.

723.046 Capital costs of utility improvements.—In the event that the costs for capital improvements for a water or sewer system are to be charged to or to be passed through to the mobile home owners or if such expenses shall be required of mobile home owners in a mobile home park owned all or in part by the residents, any such charge exceeding $200 per mobile home owner may, at the option of the mobile home owner, be paid in full within 60 days from the notification of the assessment, or amortized with interest over the same duration and at the same rate as allowed for a single-family home under the local government ordinance. If no amortization is provided for a single house, then the period of amortization by the municipality, county, or special district shall be not less than 8 years. The amortization requirement established herein shall be binding upon any municipality, county, or special district serving the mobile home park.History.—s. 11, ch. 92-148.
FL Stat § 723.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.051 - Invitees; Rights and Obligations.

723.051 Invitees; rights and obligations.—(1) An invitee of a mobile home owner shall have ingress and egress to and from the home owner’s site without the home owner or invitee being required to pay additional rent, a fee, or any charge whatsoever. Any mobile home park rule or regulation providing for fees or charges contrary to the terms of this section is null and void.(2) All guests, family members, or invitees are required to abide by properly promulgated rules and regulations.(3) For the purposes of this section, an “invitee” is defined as a person whose stay at the request of a mobile home owner does not exceed 15 consecutive days or 30 total days per year, unless such person has the permission of the park owner or unless permitted by a properly promulgated rule or regulation. The spouse of a mobile home owner shall not be considered an invitee.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80.
FL Stat § 723.054 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.054 - Right of Mobile Home Owners to Peaceably Assemble; Right to Communicate.

723.054 Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble; right to communicate.—(1) No provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park shall infringe upon the right of the mobile home owners to peaceably assemble in an open public meeting for any lawful purpose, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, in the common areas or recreational areas of the mobile home park.(2) No provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park shall infringe upon the right of the mobile home owners or tenants to communicate or assemble among themselves, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, for the purpose of discussing any problems relative to the mobile home park. Such discussions may be held in the common areas or recreational areas of the park, including halls or centers, or in any resident’s mobile home. In addition, the park owner or developer may not unreasonably restrict the use of any facility, including the use of utilities, when requested.(3) No provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park shall prohibit any mobile home owner from canvassing mobile home owners for the purposes described in this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “canvassing” includes an oral or written request; the distribution, circulation, posting, or publication of a notice; or a general announcement requesting the payment of membership dues or other matters relevant to the membership of the park association, federation, or organization. Such canvassing shall be done at a reasonable time or times and in a reasonable manner. It is the intent of the Legislature, through the enactment of this subsection, to prohibit any owner, developer, or manager of a mobile home park from prohibiting free communication among mobile home owners or tenants in the guise of regulations or rules restricting or limiting canvassing for association, federation, or organization dues or other association, federation, or organization matters.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80.
FL Stat § 723.055 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.055 - Right of Mobile Home Owner to Invite Public Officers, Candidates for Public Office, or Representatives of a Tenant Organization.

723.055 Right of mobile home owner to invite public officers, candidates for public office, or representatives of a tenant organization.—No provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park shall infringe upon the right of a mobile home owner to invite public officers, candidates who have qualified for public office, or officers or representatives of a tenant organization to appear and speak upon matters of public interest in the common areas or recreational areas of the mobile home park at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner in an open public meeting. The mobile home park owner, however, may enforce rules and regulations relating to the time, place, and scheduling of such speakers, which rules and regulations will protect the interests of the majority of the home owners.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80.
FL Stat § 723.056 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.056 - Enforcement of Right of Assembly and Right to Hear Outside Speakers.

723.056 Enforcement of right of assembly and right to hear outside speakers.—Any mobile home owner who is prevented from exercising rights guaranteed by s. 723.054 or s. 723.055 may bring an action in the appropriate court having jurisdiction in the county in which the alleged infringement occurred, and, upon favorable adjudication, the court shall enjoin the enforcement of any provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park which operates to deprive the home owner of such rights.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80.
FL Stat § 723.058 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.058 - Restrictions on Sale of Mobile Homes.

723.058 Restrictions on sale of mobile homes.—(1) No mobile home park owner or subdivision developer shall make or enforce any rule, regulation, or rental agreement provision which denies or abridges the right of any mobile home owner or owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision to sell his or her mobile home within the park or mobile home subdivision; which prohibits the mobile home owner or the owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision from placing a “for sale” sign on or in his or her mobile home (except that the size, placement, and character of all signs are subject to properly promulgated and reasonable rules and regulations of the mobile home park or mobile home subdivision); or which requires the mobile home owner or the owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision to remove the mobile home from the park or mobile home subdivision solely on the basis of the sale thereof.(2) The park owner or subdivision developer shall not exact a commission or fee with respect to the price realized by the seller unless the park owner or subdivision developer has acted as agent for the mobile home owner or the owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision in the sale pursuant to a written contract.(3) No mobile home owner, owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision, or purchaser of an existing mobile home located within a park or mobile home subdivision, as a condition of tenancy, or to qualify for tenancy, or to obtain approval for tenancy in a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision, shall be required to enter into, extend, or renew a resale agreement.(4) No resale agreement shall be construed to be of perpetual or indefinite duration. Any duration shall be construed to expire 6 months following written notice from the homeowner to the park owner or subdivision developer informing the park owner or subdivision developer that the homeowner is placing his or her mobile home for sale, and requesting the park owner or subdivision developer to utilize his or her best efforts to sell the mobile home on the homeowner’s behalf. Any extension or renewal of a resale agreement shall be in writing and shall be of specified duration.(5) No mobile home park owner or subdivision developer shall impose a discriminatory increase in lot rental amount upon a mobile home owner, owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision, or purchaser of an existing mobile home within the park or mobile home subdivision based upon the failure or refusal of such mobile home owner, owner of a lot in a mobile home subdivision, or purchaser to enter into, extend, or renew a resale agreement prohibited by subsection (3).History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 14, ch. 90-198; s. 2, ch. 91-202; s. 923, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 723.059 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.059 - Purchaser of a Mobile Home Within a Mobile Home Park.

723.059 Purchaser of a mobile home within a mobile home park.—(1) The purchaser of a mobile home within a mobile home park may become a tenant of the park if such purchaser would otherwise qualify with the requirements of entry into the park under the park rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the park owner, but such approval may not be unreasonably withheld. The purchaser of the mobile home may cancel or rescind the contract for purchase of the mobile home if the purchaser’s tenancy has not been approved by the park owner 5 days before the closing of the purchase.(2) Properly promulgated rules may provide for the screening of any prospective purchaser to determine whether or not such purchaser is qualified to become a tenant of the park.(3) The purchaser of a mobile home who intends to become a resident of the mobile home park in accordance with this section has the right to assume the remainder of the term of any rental agreement then in effect between the mobile home park owner and the seller and may assume the seller’s prospectus. However, nothing herein shall prohibit a mobile home park owner from offering the purchaser of a mobile home any approved prospectus.(4) However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a mobile home park owner from increasing the rental amount to be paid by the purchaser upon the expiration of the assumed rental agreement in an amount deemed appropriate by the mobile home park owner, so long as such increase is disclosed to the purchaser prior to his or her occupancy and is imposed in a manner consistent with the purchaser’s prospectus and this act.(5) Lifetime leases and the renewal provisions in automatically renewable leases, both those existing and those entered into after July 1, 1986, are not assumable unless otherwise provided in the mobile home lot rental agreement or unless the transferee is the home owner’s spouse. The right to an assumption of the lease by a spouse may be exercised only one time during the term of that lease.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 10, ch. 86-162; s. 924, ch. 97-102; s. 7, ch. 2015-90; s. 3, ch. 2016-169; s. 28, ch. 2020-27.
FL Stat § 723.06116 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.06116 - Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.

723.06116 Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.—(1) If a mobile home owner is required to move due to a change in use of the land comprising a mobile home park as set forth in s. 723.061(1)(d), the mobile home park owner shall, upon such change in use, pay to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation for deposit in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund $2,750 for each single-section mobile home and $3,750 for each multisection mobile home for which a mobile home owner has made application for payment of moving expenses. The mobile home park owner shall make the payments required by this section and by s. 723.0612(7) to the corporation within 30 days after receipt from the corporation of the invoice for payment. Failure to make such payment within the required time period shall result in a late fee being imposed.(a) If payment is not submitted within 30 days after receipt of the invoice, a 10-percent late fee shall be assessed.(b) If payment is not submitted within 60 days after receipt of the invoice, a 15-percent late fee shall be assessed.(c) If payment is not submitted within 90 days after receipt of the invoice, a 20-percent late fee shall be assessed.(d) Any payment received 120 days or more after receipt of the invoice shall include a 25-percent late fee.(2) A mobile home park owner is not required to make the payment prescribed in subsection (1), nor is the mobile home owner entitled to compensation under s. 723.0612(1), when:(a) The mobile home park owner moves a mobile home owner to another space in the mobile home park or to another mobile home park at the park owner’s expense;(b) A mobile home owner is vacating the premises and has informed the mobile home park owner or manager before the change in use notice has been given; or(c) A mobile home owner abandons the mobile home as set forth in s. 723.0612(7).(d) The mobile home owner has a pending eviction action for nonpayment of lot rental amount pursuant to s. 723.061(1)(a) which was filed against him or her prior to the mailing date of the notice of change in use of the mobile home park given pursuant to s. 723.061(1)(d).(3) This section and s. 723.0612(7) are enforceable by the corporation by action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.(4) In any action brought by the corporation to collect payments assessed under this chapter, the corporation may file and maintain such action in Leon County. If the corporation is a party in any other action, venue for such action shall be in Leon County.History.—s. 3, ch. 2001-231; s. 105, ch. 2002-1; s. 2, ch. 2002-27; s. 10, ch. 2003-263; s. 2, ch. 2007-47.
FL Stat § 723.0615 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.0615 - Retaliatory Conduct.

723.0615 Retaliatory conduct.—(1) It is unlawful for a mobile home park owner to discriminatorily increase a home owner’s rent or discriminatorily decrease services to a home owner, or to bring or threaten to bring an action for possession or other civil action, primarily because the park owner is retaliating against the home owner. In order for the home owner to raise the defense of retaliatory conduct, the home owner must have acted in good faith and not for any improper purposes, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or for frivolous purpose or needless increase in the cost of litigation. Examples of conduct for which the park owner may not retaliate include, but are not limited to, situations where:(a) The home owner has in good faith complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing, or health code of a suspected violation applicable to the mobile home park;(b) The home owner has organized, encouraged, or participated in a homeowners’ organization; or(c) The home owner has complained to the park owner for failure to comply with s. 723.022.(2) Evidence of retaliatory conduct may be raised by the home owner as a defense in any action brought against him or her for possession.(3) In any event, this section does not apply if the park owner proves that the eviction is for good cause. Examples of such good cause include, but are not limited to, good faith actions for nonpayment of the lot rental amount, violation of the rental agreement or of park rules, or violation of the terms of this chapter.History.—s. 12, ch. 86-162; s. 926, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 723.062 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies|723.062 - Removal of Mobile Home Owner; Process.

723.062 Removal of mobile home owner; process.—(1) In an action for possession, after entry of judgment in favor of the mobile home park owner, the clerk shall issue a writ of possession to the sheriff, describing the lot or premises and commanding the sheriff to put the mobile home park owner in possession. The writ of possession shall not issue earlier than 10 days from the date judgment is granted.(2) At the time the sheriff executes the writ of possession, the landlord or the landlord’s agent may remove any personal property, including the mobile home, found on the premises to or near the property line or, in the case of the mobile home, into storage. If requested by the landlord, the sheriff shall stand by to keep the peace while the landlord removes personal property. When such a request is made, the sheriff may charge a reasonable hourly rate, and the person requesting the sheriff to stand by to keep the peace shall be responsible for paying the reasonable hourly rate set by the sheriff. Neither the sheriff nor the landlord nor his or her agent shall be responsible to the tenant or any other party for loss, destruction, or damage to the property after it has been removed.History.—s. 1, ch. 84-80; s. 9, ch. 94-170; s. 927, ch. 97-102.