The Florida Senate is poised to consider a bill which removes the back rent that most tenants are required to pay before starting their court process once evicted.

Senate Bill 582 removes back rent pay, which waives a tenant’s defenses.

In the revised version of the bill, the removed section states that tenants would have to pay the registry of the court before moving on with their court processes.

According to the Office of the State Courts Administrator, over 47,000 Floridians filed for eviction in the pandemic year 2020.

Eviction has also been an ongoing issue in Florida this past year after the Centers for Disease Control pandemic eviction moratorium expired.

According to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the eviction process not only includes paying back rent but also includes a timely response to the landlord’s eviction complaint.

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