The federal moratorium regarding evictions ended on July 24. However, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued his latest Executive Order #20-180 on July 29 titled “Limited Extension of Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Relief.” The current order extended the governor’s previous executive order (#20-94) to Sept. 1. Now, exactly how does this current order impact pending and new eviction actions throughout the state of Florida, at least until we reach Sept. 1? The answer to this question is, it depends.

The current order amended the previous order by providing that eviction relief is limited to “residential tenants adversely affected by the COVID-19 emergency.” Thus, commercial evictions are not addressed in the current order and as a result are not limited by same. In other words, if a tenant in a commercial property is being evicted, the current order will not preclude or toll that commercial eviction action.

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