Since July 1, 2025, Florida landlords and tenants have been able to agree voluntarily to deliver notices required under Part II of Chapter 83 by email. For property managers, that can reduce transit delay and create a useful transmission record. It is not automatic, however, and ordinary email habits are not a substitute for the statutory process.
The authority comes from Florida Statute §83.505, enacted through HB 615. The rule applies to residential tenancies covered by Part II of Chapter 83. It does not turn text messages, portal messages, direct messages, or informal email exchanges into statutory notice.
Key Takeaway
Email delivery is valid only when the parties have signed the required rental-agreement addendum, supplied valid designated email addresses, and followed §83.505. If the message is returned as undeliverable, do not treat the notice as delivered by email.
What May Be Delivered by Email?
When the statutory requirements are satisfied, §83.505 permits electronic delivery of notices required under Part II of Chapter 83. Depending on the facts, this can include:
- Three-Day Notice for nonpayment of rent
- Seven-Day Notice to Cure
- Seven-Day Notice of Termination
- Notices terminating a tenancy without a specific term
- Lease nonrenewal or end-of-term notices required by the residential-tenancy statutes
- Security-deposit notices where §83.49 permits email in accordance with §83.505
- Other notices required under Part II of Chapter 83
The statute governs the delivery method; it does not fix defective content, an incorrect deadline, an unlawful demand, or use of the wrong notice.
What Cannot Use This Shortcut?
Eviction complaints, summonses, writs of possession, and other court papers still require service under governing court rules and statutes.
Text messages, social-media DMs, ordinary portal messages, and app notifications are not substitutes for the statutory email process.
Email sent without the signed §83.505 addendum does not gain statutory delivery status merely because the tenant reads or replies to it.
An email returned as undeliverable is not deemed delivered under the statute.
How to Implement Email Notices
- Use the statutory addendum. The landlord and tenant must sign an addendum to the rental agreement that substantially follows the statutory form. The agreement is voluntary and must contain the required disclosures about time-sensitive notices, revocation, and email-address changes. Best practice: use a separate, clearly titled addendum rather than burying the agreement in general lease language. Retain the fully signed version with the lease.
- Designate valid email addresses. Record the exact address chosen by each party for statutory notices. Do not rely on an address copied from an application, maintenance request, or marketing system unless it is the address designated through the addendum or a valid later update.
- Prepare the underlying notice correctly. Email changes delivery—not the substantive requirements of the notice. Confirm the correct parties, property address, ground, amount, cure language, termination language, statutory deadline, and any required service method before sending.
- Send from a controlled business account. Use a monitored company account with consistent naming and access controls. Use a specific subject line, attach the final notice as a PDF, and identify the property and notice date in the message body without adding confusing or contradictory instructions.
- Preserve the transmission record. Save the final notice exactly as sent, the complete sent email (including sender, recipient, date, time, subject, and attachment), the signed §83.505 addendum, any address update or revocation, delivery-system records and bounce-back messages, and a PDF or export of the transmission record in the tenant file. Do not depend solely on a screenshot or read receipt. The statute focuses on sending and whether the email is returned as undeliverable.
- Monitor for undeliverable mail. A notice is generally deemed delivered when sent unless the email is returned to the sender as undeliverable. Monitor the sending account and automated quarantine folders. If the message is returned, promptly evaluate another delivery method permitted by the governing statute.
- Process revocations and address updates. Either party may revoke the electronic-delivery agreement in writing. A party may also update its designated email address in writing. Record the effective change immediately in the lease file and property-management system. A valid revocation does not undo notices properly delivered before revocation.
