Landlord-only eviction attorneys serving Fort Lauderdale and east Broward County. Flat fee. Filed blocks from the courthouse.
FLA Evictions represents landlords, property owners, and property managers in residential and commercial evictions throughout Fort Lauderdale. We are a landlord-only firm with a flat fee. We do not represent tenants, ever.
Fort Lauderdale evictions are filed in Broward County Court at the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, headquartered at the Broward County Central Courthouse on SE 6th Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale. We file electronically the same day your notice period expires and we know how Broward judges run their eviction calendars, registry deposit practice, and default procedures.
Fort Lauderdale's rental market runs from Victoria Park and Flagler Village apartments to Las Olas condos, beach-area seasonal units, and single-family rentals across Riverside Park, Tarpon River, and Melrose Park. Each produces its own eviction problems: nonpaying annual tenants, holdover seasonal renters who will not leave when the term ends, unauthorized occupants in investor-owned condos, and commercial tenants in default along the Federal Highway and Andrews Avenue corridors. We handle all of them.
Nonpayment of rent.The 3-Day Notice under Florida Statute 83.56 must state the exact rent owed and give three business days to pay or vacate. A defective notice is the number one reason Broward eviction cases get dismissed. We prepare it correctly, serve it properly, and file the complaint the day the notice expires.
Holdover tenants.Seasonal and annual tenants who stay past the lease require a termination notice with the correct period under Florida Statute 83.57 before any eviction can be filed. We serve the right notice for the tenancy type.
Condo and HOA rentals.Investor-owned units in Fort Lauderdale condominiums add association layers to an eviction: approval requirements, association liens, and occupancy rules. We coordinate the eviction with the association issues rather than letting them collide.
Commercial eviction.Retail, office, and warehouse tenants along the downtown, Federal Highway, and industrial corridors. Commercial cases run on the lease and Florida contract law, so lease review comes before any notice goes out.
Unlawful detainer.Squatters and occupants with no lease, handled under Florida Statute 82 throughout Broward County.
An uncontested residential eviction in Broward County typically takes three to five weeks from filing to the Writ of Possession. The sequence: notice service, complaint filed at the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, sheriff or process server serves the tenant, five business days for the tenant to respond, default or hearing, judgment, writ. The Broward Sheriff posts the writ and the tenant has 24 hours to vacate before physical removal.
Contested cases take longer, and Broward has an active tenant defense bar. Under Florida Statute 83.60, a tenant who raises defenses must deposit the disputed rent into the court registry or the defenses get struck. We enforce that deposit requirement aggressively because it ends most contested cases early.
Three to five weeks for an uncontested case, from complaint filing to the Writ of Possession. The biggest controllable factor is the 3-Day Notice: done right, the case moves; done wrong, it starts over.
In Broward County Court, part of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, at the Central Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. We file electronically through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
No. Florida law requires corporations, LLCs, and other entities to appear through a licensed attorney. Only individual owners may self-represent, and even then procedural errors routinely cost more than the legal fee.
One flat fee covering the notice, the filing, the default or uncontested hearing, and the writ. Court filing fees and sheriff service fees are separate. Call (954) 625-9124 for current pricing.
Yes: downtown, Las Olas, Victoria Park, Flagler Village, Riverside Park, Tarpon River, Coral Ridge, Imperial Point, Melrose Park, and every neighborhood in between, plus the surrounding cities of Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and Lauderhill.
Submit the intake form at flaevictions.com/eviction-information-form or call (954) 625-9124. Landlords only. Flat fee. Se habla espanol.