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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon everyone. Shawn Brown has presented the following scenario on behalf of a subcommittee of the Real Property Litigation Committee and would like the Landlord Tenant committee’s feedback:
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<p class="MsoNormal">The issue deals with the 3-day notice and opportunity to cure defective notice.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question is how the court should handle this if money is in the registry and the 3-day notice is defective.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does the money get refunded until a new 3-day is done? If a new 3-day is done, what becomes of the money in the registry? Does it get applied to the new 3-day notice. Is a 3-day notice a condition precedent to a suit or an affirmative
defense to be raised by a tenant? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It appears that there is a split among judges on this issue. If an attorney is involved for the tenant and a notice is defective, does that entitle an award of fees? The comments that I got back was that the prior version of the statute
worked and that this amendment to a curable 3-day notice defect was not completely thought out in terms of how courts would implement the law.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-variant:small-caps">Brenda B. Ezell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-variant:small-caps">3560 Cardinal Point Dr., Ste. 101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-variant:small-caps">Jacksonville, FL 32257<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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