Room Rental Agreement in Florida

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Florida law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No statute specific to lodgers in an owner's home. Transient occupancy in a roominghouse or similar public lodging is excluded from the landlord-tenant act, but a non-transient room rental under a rental agreement is generally covered like any other tenancy. A short-term, non-lease occupant may qualify as a "transient occupant." Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 83.42(3), 83.43; 82.035
Tenancy at will	An unwritten lease is a tenancy at will, measured by how often rent is paid (week to week, month to month, etc.); a written lease with no end date and periodic rent is also a tenancy at will. A tenant who holds over after a written fixed-term lease expires is a tenant at sufferance. Chapter 83 Part I sets 15 days' notice to end a month-to-month tenancy at will, but for residential dwellings Part II requires at least 30 days' written notice before the end of any monthly period (7 days for week to week). Part II of chapter 83 governs residential tenancies; Part I applies mainly to nonresidential tenancies. Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 83.01-83.04, 83.57

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No statute specific to lodgers in an owner's home. Transient occupancy in a roominghouse or similar public lodging is excluded from the landlord-tenant act, but a non-transient room rental under a rental agreement is generally covered like any other tenancy. A short-term, non-lease occupant may qualify as a "transient occupant."

Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 83.42(3), 83.43; 82.035

Tenancy at will

An unwritten lease is a tenancy at will, measured by how often rent is paid (week to week, month to month, etc.); a written lease with no end date and periodic rent is also a tenancy at will. A tenant who holds over after a written fixed-term lease expires is a tenant at sufferance. Chapter 83 Part I sets 15 days' notice to end a month-to-month tenancy at will, but for residential dwellings Part II requires at least 30 days' written notice before the end of any monthly period (7 days for week to week).

Part II of chapter 83 governs residential tenancies; Part I applies mainly to nonresidential tenancies.

Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 83.01-83.04, 83.57

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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