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I have been renting a room for 3 months and unfortunately haven’t been able to pay the rent for the following month on the rent day. So the landlord said I had until the end of the day to move out, I know in the state of Florida it’s 3 days after an eviction notice had been filed. He didn’t write and eviction notice just expected me to leave by the end of the day. So I talked to him and he gave me 3 days but he gave me a handwritten notice and taped it on the door of the room. My information is on there he has told me not to take it off. Is he allowed to do that? (the note on the door for the other roommates to see) considering one of the other roommates is a felon and the landlord did not do a background check on him. I know that information because that roommate told me.
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The landlord is plainly wrong about the 24 hour "get out" demand and whether you can remove the notice. Its a borderline issue about the 3rd party disclosure as it might be a collections violation. Its easy to "cut your nose off to spite your face" trying to play "legal games" with a landlord when you can't make rent. That said, you will not do yourself a favor trying to jailhouse lawyer your landlord when you simply can't make rent with manufactured complaints or efforts to intimidate them into letting you stay. This is commonly an issue where tenants try to find ways to sue the LL whether for, healthcode violations, "racism", consumer protection, or claiming they were hurt on the property, usually all this does is enrage the LL into making sure that you are sued for eviction and no courtesy or quarter is given. Here------- it is difficult to believe that if you are renting a room in a house with a convicted felon, that any of the information in a 3 day statutory notice, whcih seems to be what was posted, could be determined by the felon otherwise as you live in the same house. If you can't make rent, your BEST bet is to vacate the property BEFORE the LL files an eviction lawsuit, even if you can manfacture a way to stay a little longer, as its usually the existence of the lawsuit that impedes your future rental - not the removal from the property by the Sheriff.
Answered on Apr 15th, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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