Florida
For Florida, what the presumption does is Evidence of retaliatory conduct may be raised by the tenant as a defense in any action brought against him or her for possession; example of a protected activity is The tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing, or health code of a suspected violation applicable to the premises; statute is Fla. Stat. 83.64, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Florida our reading
- What the presumption does
- Evidence of retaliatory conduct may be raised by the tenant as a defense in any action brought against him or her for possession. verified
- Example of a protected activity
- The tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing, or health code of a suspected violation applicable to the premises verified
- Statute
- Fla. Stat. 83.64 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(2) Evidence of retaliatory conduct may be raised by the tenant as a defense in any action brought against him or her for possession.
— leg.state.fl.us, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Example of a protected activity
(a) The tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing, or health code of a suspected violation applicable to the premises;
Statute
83.64 Retaliatory conduct.
— all from leg.state.fl.us, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- leg.state.fl.ushttp://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.64.html