Residential Lease
(Apartment) (FL)

Summary

This apartment lease template may be used in Florida to set forth the terms of a residential apartment lease. It includes practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. In Florida, the landlord's attorney typically prepares a form lease, which may also include a rider. This template includes the form lease and rider provisions within one document. This template should only be used for a single, unfurnished residential apartment and should not be used for the lease of a single-family or duplex-style home, mobile home, or for the rental of any apartment as an incident of employment. In addition, the lease assumes the premises is a market rate apartment, as Florida currently has limited rent control laws. However, best practice is to monitor this developing area of law, particularly at the municipal level. For a full listing of key content covering residential leasing agreements, see Residential Leasing Resource Kit. For guidance on residential leases in Florida, see Residential Lease Agreements (FL). The Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 83.40 et seq., contains mandatory, nonwaivable lease provisions. See also Florida Real Estate Transactions § 50.30 et seq. (lease provisions). For general leasing guidance, see Residential Leasing Resource Kit. For a compilation of Florida eviction resources, see Eviction Resource Kit (FL). See also Florida Real Estate Transactions § 52.01 et seq. (residential landlord-tenant litigation and procedure) and Florida Residential Landlord Tenant Manual § 2.01 et seq. (evictions).