What must a Florida tenant do within five days for the eviction rent registry?

Read the actual possession complaint, summons and process-service evidence.

Establish the asserted defenses, accrued amount, any court determination and the tenant’s actual subsidy share.

Preserve completed registry payments, any supported rent-determination motion and ongoing rent when due.

1. Read the actual possession complaint, summons and process-service evidence.
2. Section 83.60(2) expressly excludes Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays from the initial five days after process service. The ongoing rent obligation uses rent when due. Establish the applicable court calendar and actual payment or supported-motion history. This guide gives no isolated deadline.
3. Establish the actual holiday calendar and any applicable court directions.
4. Complete the required act with the proper court or recipient.

Apply the observed New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day holidays. Section 110.117 observes Saturday holidays on the preceding Friday and Sunday holidays on the following Monday. Rule 2.514 also includes clerk-observed holidays and days designated by the chief justice or chief judge. An ineligible final day moves in the counting direction. The bundled Florida calendar covers 2026 through 2028. Verify additional closures and chief-justice extensions separately.

The initial five-day component does not establish the applicable defense, accrued amount, supported rent-determination motion or ongoing payments when due. One process-service input cannot complete this registry procedure. No computed or paid result is released.

The residential part has express exclusions

Section 83.42 excludes its stated incidental institutional residence, qualifying purchase contracts, transient occupancy and other listed categories. Establish the actual tenancy and applicable part. This page does not apply every residential notice to commercial premises or an excluded occupancy.

A defective three-day notice is expressly included

Section 83.60(2) includes a defective three-day notice among defenses other than payment that trigger its registry requirements. Paragraph (1)(a) separately gives the landlord an opportunity to cure deficient notice or pleadings before dismissal. Raising that defect alone does not establish exemption from registry payment.

A rent-determination motion requires supporting documentation

The motion branch requires documentation supporting the allegation that the complaint’s rent amount is incorrect. A bare disagreement or unsupported filing does not establish that prescribed branch. Preserve the actual filed motion, documentation and resulting court instructions.

Subsidized tenants deposit their own required portion

Public-housing tenants and tenants receiving subsidies deposit only the portion for which they are responsible under the applicable program. Establish the actual tenant share and program records. This guide does not determine an amount from the full contract rent.

Failure has the statute’s stated waiver and default consequences

Failure to complete the applicable initial payment or motion produces the stated absolute waiver of defenses other than payment. The statute provides immediate default removal judgment and a writ without further notice or hearing. A calculator cannot decide whether those facts are established.

• This page does not establish valid notice, valid process, claim or defense sufficiency, rent amounts, automatic possession or a stay.
• Check the governing historical edition, actual motions, orders, clerk holidays and filing receipts.

• Read the actual possession complaint, summons and process-service evidence.
• Establish the asserted defenses, accrued amount, any court determination and the tenant’s actual subsidy share.
• Preserve completed registry payments, any supported rent-determination motion and ongoing rent when due.
• Section 83.42 excludes its stated incidental institutional residence, qualifying purchase contracts, transient occupancy and other listed categories. Establish the actual tenancy and applicable part. This page does not apply every residential notice to commercial premises or an excluded occupancy.
• Section 83.60(2) includes a defective three-day notice among defenses other than payment that trigger its registry requirements. Paragraph (1)(a) separately gives the landlord an opportunity to cure deficient notice or pleadings before dismissal. Raising that defect alone does not establish exemption from registry payment.
• The motion branch requires documentation supporting the allegation that the complaint’s rent amount is incorrect. A bare disagreement or unsupported filing does not establish that prescribed branch. Preserve the actual filed motion, documentation and resulting court instructions.
• Public-housing tenants and tenants receiving subsidies deposit only the portion for which they are responsible under the applicable program. Establish the actual tenant share and program records. This guide does not determine an amount from the full contract rent.
• Failure to complete the applicable initial payment or motion produces the stated absolute waiver of defenses other than payment. The statute provides immediate default removal judgment and a writ without further notice or hearing. A calculator cannot decide whether those facts are established.
• Pay the applicable accrued rent into the court registry or complete the supported motion-to-determine-rent branch under section 83.60(2). Preserve actual court instructions, deposits and documentation. Continue the applicable rent payments when due. Filing an answer alone does not establish any completed registry act.