JUAN PABLO ALVARADO
v.
34 PLAZA LLC, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-07-30
No. 2025-2128
Scales, C.J., Lobree, J., Gooden, J., Barket, J.
2026 FL 9734 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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Holding

A tenant in a residential eviction action who interposes any defense other than payment must pay into the court registry the accrued rent alleged in the complaint and rent accruing during the proceeding when due.


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[1] In a residential eviction action, when a tenant interposes any defense other than payment, the tenant must pay into the court registry both the accrued rent as alleged in…

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Juan Pablo Alvarado was a tenant in a dwelling unit owned by 34 Plaza LLC. The landlord brought an eviction action for possession of the dwelling unit…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed July 30, 2026.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D25-2128

Lower Tribunal No. 25-143266-CC-05

Juan Pablo Alvarado,

Appellant,

vs.

Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Michael G. Barket, Judge.

Juan Pablo Alvarado, in proper person.

No Appearance, for appellee.

Before SCALES, C.J., and LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 83.60(2), Fla. Stat. (2025) (“In an action by the landlord for possession of a dwelling unit, if the tenant interposes any defense other than payment, . . . the tenant shall pay into the registry of the court the accrued rent as alleged in the complaint or as determined by the court and the rent that accrues during the pendency of the proceeding, when due."); Cf. 5051 NW 37 Ave. Corp. v. IES Sales & Serv., LLC, 389 So. 3d 734, 736 n.1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (concluding, in a commercial eviction action, the landlord's inclusion of unpaid property taxes in the rent amount that was allegedly due was permissible because the lease agreement defined the unpaid property taxes as “Additional Rent” that was “to be treated in the same manner as Rent”); Boudreau v. M & H Food Corp., 895 So. 2d 501, 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (concluding, in a commercial eviction action, the landlord's inclusion of an unpaid insurance premium in the rent amount that was allegedly due was permissible because “the lease agreement specifically provided that if the Tenant failed to pay the required insurance premium, the Landlord would pay the premium and the Tenant would be required to repay the premium as an additional rent payment”).

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