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Florida Statute 715.109 dictates the terms of handling abandoned property after the deadline to claim the property has passed. If the property goes unclaimed and has a value under $500 total then the landlord has the right to retain it for their own personal use or to dispose of it in any manner they choose.

Florida Statutes Chapter 715 establishes procedural requirements that must be followed, with two exceptions, to legally dispose of abandoned personal property after a tenancy. The statute applies to all residential, commercial, and mobile home tenancies after issuance of a writ of possession.

Florida does not have a set law on the books describing abandonment or explaining how it may affect divorce cases. It does have a law describing desertion, however. ing to Florida state law, desertion is the act of a man leaving his wife and/or children and withholding lawful financial support from them.

A parent who drops off his or her child at a relative's home and then vanishes can be found to have abandoned the child if a sufficient period of time has passed. In addition, a parent who cannot be located for 60 or more days can have his or her parental rights terminated by the court.

A:Money, property, or other assets that may belong to you could be sitting in the State of Florida unclaimed property office, waiting for you to claim it. State escheator offices hold billions of dollars belonging to millions of people. If the property remains unclaimed, it may become state property, known as Escheat.

Send Written Notice If delivered by hand, Florida law requires that your tenant collect their property within 10 days. If you send it via mail, your tenant must collect it within 15 days. Keep in mind, however, that this is merely the minimum number of days allowed by the law.

Any personal property left behind should be left on the premises or stored safely by the landlord. Moreover, the landlord must exercise reasonable care in storing the abandoned personal property.

Abandonment Defined Florida Statute § 83.595 states that in the absence of actual knowledge of abandonment the landlord can presume that the tenant has abandoned the dwelling unit if the tenant is absent from the premises for at least 15 consecutive days .

(3) ?Abandoned property? means all tangible personal property that does not have an identifiable owner and that has been disposed on public property in a wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled condition or has no apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner. The term includes derelict vessels as defined in s.