Florida Former-Tenant Abandoned Personal Property Notice

Florida Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Property

Florida Statutes §§ 715.10-715.111 provide an optional procedure after a tenant vacates through eviction, surrender, abandonment, or otherwise. Give separate notice to any other person reasonably believed to own the property.

Procedure Gate

• Tenancy terminated or expired: ☐ Yes [DATE]
• Premises vacated: ☐ Yes [DATE]
• Notice method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ First-class mail
• Claim deadline: [__/__/____]
• Deadline is at least 10 days after personal delivery or 15 days after mailing: ☐ Confirmed
• Reasonable total resale value: $[__________]
• Route: ☐ Public sale ☐ Less-than-$500 disposition

Notice

To: [FORMER TENANT NAME]

Address: [________________________________]

When you vacated the premises at [FULL ADDRESS, INCLUDING UNIT], the following personal property remained:

[____________________________________________________________]

You may claim the property at:

[ADDRESS / CONTACT / AVAILABLE HOURS]

Unless you pay the reasonable costs of storage and advertising, if any, for all above-described property and take possession of the property you claim no later than [CLAIM DEADLINE], the property may be disposed of under Florida Statutes § 715.109.

Required Disposition Statement

Select the applicable statement and delete the other before delivery.

☐ Public-sale route: “If you fail to reclaim the property, it will be sold at a public sale after notice of the sale has been given by publication. You have the right to bid on the property at this sale. After the property is sold and the costs of storage, advertising, and sale are deducted, the remaining money will be paid over to the county. You may claim the remaining money at any time within 1 year after the county receives the money.”

☐ Less-than-$500 route: “Because this property is believed to be worth less than $500, it may be kept, sold, or destroyed without further notice if you fail to reclaim it within the time indicated above.”

Storage and Release

• Storage location: [________________________________]
• Reasonable storage and advertising costs to date: $[__________]
• Property retained on premises or in safekeeping with reasonable care: ☐ Yes

Timely release may be conditioned on reasonable storage and advertising costs. Under the public-sale route, the former tenant may reclaim before sale by paying costs incurred through withdrawal. A public sale requires competitive bidding and separate publication once weekly for two consecutive weeks; the sale must occur at least 10 days after first publication and the last publication must be at least five days before sale.

Delivery Record

• Personal delivery date: [__/__/____]
• Or first-class mailing date: [__/__/____]
• Sent to last-known address: ☐ Yes
• Also sent to another address where receipt is reasonably expected: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Separate owner notices sent: ☐ Yes ☐ None identified
• Inventory, valuation, photographs, and proof retained: ☐ Yes

Landlord/agent name, telephone, and address: [________________________________]

Signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Fla. Stat. §§ 715.10-715.111 — Online Sunshine — https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0715/0715.html