3 rules for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control does not exist in St. Johns County. Florida Statute §125.0103(2) flatly bars any county or municipality from imposing controls on rents. St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach, and unincorporated Nocatee all set rent at market.
Fla. Stat. §125.0103(2)
A municipality, county, or other entity of local government may not adopt or maintain in effect any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure that would have the effect of imposing controls on rents.
St. Johns County has no just-cause eviction rule. Under Florida Statute §83.56(3), a landlord may end a tenancy for nonpayment with a 3-day written notice, excluding weekends and holidays, then file to evict. No local reason requirement applies.
Fla. Stat. §83.56(3)
If the tenant fails to pay rent when due and the default continues for 3 days, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays, after delivery of written demand by the landlord for payment of the rent or possession of the premises, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement.
St. Johns County requires no rental registration or landlord license for a long-term residential rental. Florida has no statewide registry, and the 2023 preemption in Fla. Stat. §83.425 blocks the county and its cities from creating one.
Fla. Stat. §83.425
The regulation of residential tenancies, the landlord-tenant relationship, and all other matters covered under this part are preempted to the state.
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