Alex Paul Rosenthal Law Blog

Florida law has suddenly become crystal clear that a tenant cannot get out of depositing rent into the Court Registry merely by arguing that the landlord’s default notice is someone defective.  Commercial and residential tenants alike have attempted to delay their inevitable eviction by claiming that the default notice (which is usually required prior to instituting an eviction case) was defective in form... Read More

In yet another affirmation of the strength of the Florida Landlord Tenant Act, the Fourth District Court of Appeal recently held that a commercial tenant's failure to pay accruing rent into the court registry during the pendency of an eviction proceeding provides an automatic non-discretionary basis to immediately evict the tent.  In Poal Wk Taft, LLC v. Johnson Medical Center Corp, 2010 WL 3782103 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), the court order the trial court to enter a judgment of possession... Read More