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Week 1 · Checked Nov 3, 2026
Florida 3-Day Notice for Unpaid Rent: How the Days Are Counted
If rent is unpaid, the tenant has 3 days after delivery of the written demand, not counting Saturdays, Sundays or court-observed legal holidays, before the landlord may terminate (Fla. Stat. § 83.56(3)). Email delivery works only with the signed § 83.505 addendum, and taking partial rent after the notice triggers three options in § 83.56(5)(a).
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