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Lease problems, security deposits, property damage, and rental disputes can quickly become frustrating. DocDraft helps Florida landlords and tenants understand their options, prepare personalized legal documents, and take the next step toward a resolution.
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Resolve rental issues with greater confidence.
Whether you own a rental property or live in one, you deserve a straightforward way to address legal issues without starting from scratch.
Understand your rights and responsibilities
Get help navigating the issues affecting your rental property or lease.
Prepare the documents you need
Draft personalized notices, agreements, and letters based on your situation.
Take action on your own terms
Work toward a resolution independently, with professional legal support available when needed.
What can we help you with?
Lease Agreements
Prepare residential lease documents and clarify the terms of a rental arrangement.
Lease Termination
Understand and document steps involved in ending a lease or rental relationship.
Security Deposit Disputes
Address withheld deposits, disputed deductions, and requests for repayment.
Repairs & Maintenance
Document repair requests, maintenance concerns, and related communications.
Property Damage
Address disagreements about damage, responsibility, and potential reimbursement.
Rent & Lease Violations
Prepare relevant notices and correspondence involving unpaid rent or alleged violations.
How it works
Describe your rental issue
Tell DocDraft whether you’re a landlord or tenant and explain what’s happening.
Prepare your legal documents
Get help drafting a letter, notice, agreement, or other relevant document based on your answers.
Work toward a resolution
Review your documents, communicate your position, and understand when additional legal help may be useful.
- Tell me what happened.
- The heater in my Florida rental has been broken for three weeks.
- Which Florida county is this in?
- Miami-Dade County
- What would you like this document to do?
- A written repair request that lists my earlier messages.
- Repair request letterFirst draft ready to review
I am writing to request repair of the heater, which has not worked for three weeks despite my earlier messages.
Understanding landlord-tenant law in Florida
The Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets rights and responsibilities for both residential landlords and tenants. Florida law reserves the regulation of residential tenancies to the state, so cities and counties generally cannot add their own landlord-tenant rules.
Landlords generally must follow specific requirements when handling security deposits, notices, and eviction proceedings. For unpaid rent, a landlord generally must give a written 3-day notice to pay or leave, not counting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, before ending the rental agreement. Other lease violations generally call for a 7-day notice.
In many situations, written communication and good documentation are important first steps.
Under Florida law, a landlord who does not intend to make a claim on the deposit generally must return it within 15 days after the lease ends. A landlord who intends to make a claim generally must send written notice of the claim within 30 days, and the tenant then has 15 days to object. A landlord who misses the 30-day notice generally loses the right to make a claim on the deposit.
The appropriate action depends on the lease, the property, and the facts of the dispute.
Bring your draft. Ask your questions.
Some questions call for more than paperwork. Explore document review and consultation options with a licensed attorney.
12. Security deposit. Landlord will refund the deposit, less deductions for damage beyond normal wear and tear1, within 15 days after the lease ends; if Landlord intends to make a claim on the deposit, Landlord will send Tenant written notice of the claim by certified mail, or by e-mail where the law allows, within 30 days.
Does carpet wear from two years of normal living count as damage?
18. Default. If rent is late, Landlord may demand payment by giving Tenant written notice allowing three days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to pay2; if Tenant does not pay in full within that time, Landlord may end the lease and file an eviction action.
If I pay part of the rent during the three days, does the notice still count?
Your questions, answered
Get your rental issue moving toward a resolution.
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