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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Cary Sabol<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 29, 2015 2:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] Late Fee Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I recently had a Judge say to me that there is case law which states something to the effect of when a lease provides for a late fee
to be incurred on a certain date, that is a de facto extension for the rent due date and therefore, rent is not actually "late" until after that late fee period has passed. And as such, a 3 day notice cannot be served until after the late fee period has passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">By way of example. Lease says rent is due on the 1st. Lease says a Late Fee of $50.00 will be incurred if not paid by the 5th. Landlord
serves 3 day notice on the 3rd since rent was not received by the 1st and proceeds with eviction for nonpayment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Question is: Is there case law in Florida that would indicate the 3 day notice is defective because the rent isn't technically "late"
until after the Late Fee period has passed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I have done the research but have not found anything stating this. Seems counter-intuitive to me because rent is due on the 1st per
the Lease and the Late Fee period is just an additional penalty. And what if you take that argument to the logical extension and say, well the Lease does not provide for any late fee date at all, so rent is therefore, never late.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Anybody have any case law or comments on this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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