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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks Jorden,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>You are correct. For some reason my brain blanked out on that. On top of that, the caselaw shows how an arbitration clause in a residential lease could be a contract of adhesion since the cost involved is prohibitive to the tenant in many situations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The whole security deposit dispute bit really needs some sort of legislative fix in my opinion. 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ALL OTHER USE, COPYING, OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL Real Estate Leasing Committee<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 08, 2020 7:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL Leasing Committee] Arbitration clause for Sec Dep Disputes<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do not believe the issue can be decided by arbitration, and that if it was in the lease, the provision would be unenforceable. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 83.47(1)(a) provides that a "provision in a rental agreement is void and unenforceable to the extent that it . . . [p]urports to waive or preclude the rights, remedies, or requirements set forth" in the Act. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>83.47(1)(b) renders a provision unenforceable if it “[p]urports to limit or preclude any liability of the landlord to the tenant or of the tenant to the landlord, arising under law.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 83.54 states that "[a]ny right or duty declared" in the Act "is enforceable by civil action."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jordan Marcus Brill, Esq.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glachman & Brill, P.A. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>6421 Congress Ave., Suite 120</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Boca Raton, FL 33487</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(561)859-0679</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jordan@glachmanbrill.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>jordan@glachmanbrill.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.glachmanbrill.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.glachmanbrill.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>The information contained in this email message is intended for review and use of the senders intended recipient and no other. Any recipient or reader of this email that is not an intended recipient or reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited; any wrongful dissemination or receipt shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege held by the sender or any intended recipient or client of the sender. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us via email directed to </span><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:jordan@glachmanbrill.com">jordan@glachmanbrill.com</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> and by telephone to 561-859-0679, and destroy the original message and all copies thereof and related communications thereto. Thank you.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL Real Estate Leasing Committee<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL Leasing Committee] Arbitration clause for Sec Dep Disputes<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'>There’s no prohibition on the issue being decided by arbitration, but the prevailing party will probably not get their attorney’s fees in an arbitration proceeding. 83.49(3)(c) reads:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=number><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:navy;background:white'>(c) </span></span><span class=text><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:navy;background:white'>If either party institutes an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to adjudicate the party’s right to the security deposit, the prevailing party is entitled to receive his or her court costs plus a reasonable fee for his or her attorney. 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Cabral, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL Real Estate Leasing Committee<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 7, 2020 5:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee' <<a href="mailto:landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL Leasing Committee] Arbitration clause for Sec Dep Disputes<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>A property manager is asking me why an arbitration clause can’t be put in a residential lease for Security Deposit disputes and I basically don’t know the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Is this because the law does not provide for it in 83.49? 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