Just cause eviction rules in Bay County, FL — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
Florida has no just-cause eviction law, and 2023's Fla. Stat. 83.425 preempts cities and counties from creating one. Bay County landlords may end a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' notice; no reason is required, but self-help and retaliation stay illegal.
Neither Bay County nor Panama City or Panama City Beach can require landlords to show just cause to end a tenancy: Fla. Stat. 83.425 (2023 Live Local Act) preempts all local regulation of residential tenancies to the state. Evictions follow the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Fla. Stat. 83.40-83.683). A month-to-month tenancy ends on 30 days' written notice under Fla. Stat. 83.57, while nonpayment requires a 3-day notice under Fla. Stat. 83.56. Fixed-term leases end on their date. Retaliatory eviction (Fla. Stat. 83.64) and self-help lockouts or utility shutoffs (Fla. Stat. 83.67) remain illegal, and only a court can order removal.
A self-help eviction (lockout, utility shutoff, removing belongings) exposes a landlord to tenant damages of at least three months' rent under Fla. Stat. 83.67. Retaliation is a defense the tenant may raise.
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