# Florida — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Fla. Stat. 83.64 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## 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.

## Source

- http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.64.html

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).