“The tenants have not paid in two months, why does the landlord now need to give the tenants a THREE DAY NOTICE?”

First, the court system wants to give tenants every chance that it can.  It does not matter it the tenant is a year behind in the payment of the rent.   If a residential landlord wants to terminate a tenancy for non-payment, the court will still require the landlord to provide a pre-suit notice, known as a THREE DAY NOTICE.

Second, the law requires it.  Florida Statute 83.56 says that before filing a suit for possession based on non-payment of rent, the landlord must first deliver a THREE DAY NOTICE to the tenant, also known as a pre-suit notice.  The law says that the landlord must always give the tenant the opportunity fix the problem that tenant has created, before the landlord files a suit for possession under Florida’s Landlord-Tenant Act.