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What are the legal reasons a mobile home park can evict you in Florida?

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Only five legal reasons

A mobile-home park in Florida cannot evict a homeowner for just any reason. Under Fla. Stat. 723.061, there are only five legal grounds. Each one requires its own written notice with its own notice period.

• Nonpayment of rent — the park must give a 5-day notice.
• Conviction of a law violation committed on the premises.
• A rule violation — the homeowner must first get a 7-day notice to cure it; eviction is allowed only if there is a second violation of the same kind within 12 months.
• A change in land use for the park — the park must give at least 6 months' notice, and the homeowner may be owed relocation compensation.
• Failure to qualify as a tenant under the park's rules.

If a notice you received does not name one of these five grounds, or gives the wrong number of days for the ground it claims, say so in writing and contact legal aid right away.

The park cannot remove your home itself

Even with a valid ground and a valid notice, the park cannot physically remove your home or lock you out. A mobile-home eviction has to go through county court. If someone at the park tells you otherwise, that does not match what the statute says.

"Sign or vacate" is not automatic grounds

If a park asks you to sign a new rental agreement and threatens eviction if you don't, that alone is not one of the five grounds. As long as you keep paying the lawful rent and follow the existing rules, your current prospectus and rental agreement continue to govern. Respond to any such notice in writing — do not ignore it — and confirm your situation with legal aid.

If the eviction notice is really about a rent increase or rule change

Sometimes what looks like an eviction threat is actually a dispute over a lot-rent increase or a new rule. Those are governed separately, under Fla. Stat. 723.037: the park must give at least 90 days' written notice before raising lot rent, cutting services, or changing rules. You or your homeowners' committee can request a meeting within 30 days, and either side can ask for free mediation through DBPR (Fla. Stat. 723.038) if it isn't resolved. Keep paying your current lawful rent while this is worked out.

If the park is closing or being sold

A homeowners' association formed under Fla. Stat. 723.075 has a right to notice of a sale and a right of first refusal to buy the park. If the park closes for a change in land use, the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation may pay relocation or abandonment compensation. The state's DBPR Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes takes complaints and regulates parks.

What to do next

Paste the notice you received into the free tool. It reads your own document and dates — nothing you paste is stored — and tells you which ground the park is claiming, the correct notice period for that ground, and whether the notice appears to meet it. It will also flag whether this is really an eviction notice or a rent/rule notice under a different section.

This is not legal advice. Keep paying your lawful lot rent on time. Confirm deadlines and your specific situation with Florida legal aid or the DBPR before you rely on anything here.

Mobile Home Owner Rights FL explains the Florida Mobile Home Act in plain language; it can be wrong, and it is not legal advice. Your prospectus and rental agreement matter — confirm with Florida legal aid, the DBPR, or an attorney. Nothing you paste is stored.