Eviction Summons/residential - Florida County Court printable pdf download

IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FOR ________________COUNTY, FLORIDA

_________________________

Case Number________________

_________________________

Plaintiff/Landlord

vs.

____________________________

Defendant(s)/Tenant(s)

EVICTION SUMMONS/RESIDENTIAL

_____________________________________________

______________________________________________

___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Name and address where Tenant can be served)

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

You are being sued by the above named landlord to require you to move out of the place where

you are living for the reasons given in the attached complaint.

You are entitled to a trial to decide whether you can be required to move, but you MUST do ALL

of the things listed below. You must do them within 5 days (not including Saturday, Sunday or any legal

holiday observed by the Clerk of the Court) after the date these papers were given to you or to a person

who lives with you or were posted at your home.

THE THINGS YOU MUST DO ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Write down the reason(s) w hy you think you should not be forced to move. The written

reason(s) must be given to the clerk of the court at __________________________________ County,

located at _______________________________________________________________, FL. __________

2. Mail or give a copy of your written reason(s) to Landlord/Landlord’s attorney whose name and

address is:______________________________________________________________________________

3. Pay to the clerk of the court the amount of rent that the attached complaint claims to be due and

any rent that becomes due until the lawsuit is over. If you believe that the amount claimed in the complaint

is incorrect, you should file with the clerk of the court a motion to have the court determine the amount to

be paid. If you file a motion, you must attach to the motion any documents supporting your position and

mail or give a copy of the motion to the landlord/landlords attorney.

4. If you file a motion to have the court determine the amount of rent to be paid to the clerk of the

court, you must immediately contact the office of the judge to whom the case is assigned to schedule a

hearing to decide what amount should be paid to the clerk of the court while the lawsuit is pending.

CAUTION: Any payment to the court clerk must be tendered in cash, cashier’s check or money

order and must be accompanied by payment of the clerk’s service charge of 2% of the first $500 and

1% of the balance over $500. Payment should be made payable to Clerk of Court.

Eviction Summons/residential - Florida County Court