Free Florida Late Rent Notice Template

Last reviewed July 2026

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Florida Late Rent Notice

This Late Rent Notice is built with Florida as the governing state. These are the Florida landlord-tenant rules that most often bear on it, with the statute for each.

Florida rules at a glance

Florida rules for a Late Rent Notice
Late fees	No statutory cap; must be a reasonable estimate of loss and stated in the lease
Returned-check (NSF) fee	$25–$40 by check amount, or 5%, whichever is greaterFla. Stat. §68.065
Returned-check fee	A bounced-check fee is capped by §68.065 at $25 (checks ≤ $50), $30 (≤ $300), $40 (over $300), or 5% of the check — whichever is greater.
Nonpayment eviction notice	3 days (excluding weekends & holidays)Fla. Stat. §83.56(3)
Nonpayment of rent	A 3-day written notice (excluding weekends and legal holidays) is required before eviction for nonpayment (§83.56(3)).
Lease violations	A curable violation gets a 7-day notice to fix it; a serious non-curable violation gets a 7-day notice to vacate (§83.56(2)).

Rent, late fees & returned checks

Unless the lease says otherwise, rent is due at the start of each rental period and is payable without demand (§83.46). Florida has no statutory grace period — the lease controls.

Late fees — There is no statutory cap, but Florida courts treat late fees as liquidated damages: the fee must be a reasonable estimate of the landlord’s actual loss and must be written into the lease, or it risks being struck as an unenforceable penalty. There is no fixed legal number.
Returned-check fee — A bounced-check fee is capped by §68.065 at $25 (checks ≤ $50), $30 (≤ $300), $40 (over $300), or 5% of the check — whichever is greater.
Rent control — Florida prohibits local rent control statewide (§§166.043, 125.0103); the 2023 Live Local Act removed the last narrow exception, so no city or county can cap rent.

Ending a Florida tenancy

For a tenancy with no fixed end date, either party ends it with written notice tied to the rent period. The month-to-month figure increased from 15 to 30 days effective July 1, 2023.

Notice to end a Florida tenancy with no fixed term (§83.57)
Week-to-week	7 days
Month-to-month	30 days
Quarter-to-quarter	30 days
Year-to-year	60 days

Nonpayment of rent — A 3-day written notice (excluding weekends and legal holidays) is required before eviction for nonpayment (§83.56(3)).
Lease violations — A curable violation gets a 7-day notice to fix it; a serious non-curable violation gets a 7-day notice to vacate (§83.56(2)).
Military — A servicemember with qualifying orders may end the lease with 30 days’ notice and a copy of the orders, with no penalty (§83.682).
Note — Florida does not yet have a statute letting domestic-violence survivors break a lease early — proposed 2026 bills had not passed as of this writing.

Florida Late Rent Notice FAQs

Is there a cap on late fees in Florida?

There’s no statutory dollar or percentage cap. Florida courts treat late fees as liquidated damages that must reasonably approximate the landlord’s actual loss and be written into the lease — an excessive fee can be struck as an unenforceable penalty.

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