Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII Regulation Of Trade, Commerce, Investments, And Solicitations

Chapter 513 Mobile Home And Recreational Vehicle Parks

  • 513.01   Definitions.
    As used in this chapter, the term: (1)  "Department" means the Department of Health and includes its representative county health departments. (2)  "Lodging park" means a place...
  • 513.012   Public health laws; enforcement.
    It is the intent of the Legislature that mobile home parks, lodging parks, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps be regulated under this chapter. As...
  • 513.014   Applicability of recreational vehicle park provisions to mobile home parks.
    A mobile home park that has five or more sites set aside for recreational vehicles shall, for those sites set aside for recreational vehicles, comply...
  • 513.02   Permit.
    (1)  A person may not establish or maintain a mobile home park, lodging park, recreational vehicle park, or recreational camp in this state without first obtaining...
  • 513.03   Application for and issuance of permit.
    (1)  An application for a permit must be made in writing to the department, on a form prescribed by the department. The application must state the...
  • 513.045   Permit fees.
    (1)(a)  Each person seeking a permit to establish, operate, or maintain a mobile home park, lodging park, recreational vehicle park, or recreational camp must pay to...
  • 513.05   Rules.
    The department may adopt rules pertaining to the location, construction, modification, equipment, and operation of mobile home parks, lodging parks, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational...
  • 513.051   Preemption.
    The department is the exclusive regulatory and permitting authority for sanitary standards for all mobile home parks, lodging parks, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps...
  • 513.052   Inspection of premises.
    The department or its agent shall inspect, at least annually, each park or camp that the department determines qualifies as a mobile home, lodging, or...
  • 513.053   Prosecution for violation; duty of state attorney.
    The department or an agent of the department, upon ascertaining by inspection that a mobile home, lodging, or recreational vehicle park or a recreational camp...
  • 513.054   Penalties for specified offenses by operator.
    Any operator of a mobile home park, lodging park, or recreational vehicle park or a recreational camp who obstructs or hinders any agent of the...
  • 513.055   Revocation or suspension of permit; fines; procedure.
    (1)(a)  The department may suspend or revoke a permit issued to any person for a mobile home park, lodging park, recreational vehicle park, or recreational camp...
  • 513.065   Enforcement; citations.
    (1)  If the department reasonably believes that a permittee has committed a violation of this chapter which affects the public health, safety, or sanitation, then the...
  • 513.08   Disposal of sewage.
    (1)  It is unlawful to empty any receptacle or fixture containing human excreta, human urine, or any other liquid waste from a mobile home or recreational...
  • 513.10   Operating without permit; enforcement of chapter; penalties.
    (1)  Any person who maintains or operates a mobile home park, lodging park, recreational vehicle park, or recreational camp without first obtaining a permit as required...
  • 513.111   Site rates; posting; advertising; penalties.
    (1)  In each recreational vehicle park renting by the day or week, the rates at which each site is rented must be posted in a plainly...
  • 513.112   Maintenance of guest register and copy of laws.
    (1)  It is the duty of each operator of a recreational vehicle park that rents to transient guests to maintain at all times a register, signed...
  • 513.114   Liability for property of guests.
    (1)  The operator of a recreational vehicle park is not under any obligation to accept for safekeeping any moneys, securities, jewelry, or precious stones of any...
  • 513.115   Unclaimed property.
    Any property having an identifiable owner which is left in a recreational vehicle park by a guest, other than property belonging to a guest who...
  • 513.117   Park rules and regulations.
    Any operator of a recreational vehicle park may establish reasonable rules and regulations for the management of the park and its guests and employees; and...
  • 513.118   Conduct on premises; refusal of service.
    The operator of a recreational vehicle park may refuse accommodations or service to any person whose conduct on the premises of the park displays intoxication,...
  • 513.121   Obtaining accommodations in a recreational vehicle park with intent to defraud; penalty; rules of evidence.
    (1)  Any person who obtains accommodations in a recreational vehicle park which have a value of less than $300 on a transient basis, with intent to...
  • 513.122   Theft of personal property; detention and arrest of violator; theft by employee.
    (1)  Any law enforcement officer or operator of a recreational vehicle park who has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that theft of personal property...
  • 513.13   Recreational vehicle parks; eviction; grounds; proceedings.
    (1)  The operator of any recreational vehicle park may remove or cause to be removed from such park, in the manner provided in this section, any...
  • 513.151   Recreational vehicle parks; guests in transient occupancy; operator's rights and remedies; writ of distress.
    This section applies only to guests in transient occupancy in a recreational vehicle park. (1)  OPERATOR'S RIGHT TO DISCONNECT UTILITIES.-- (a)  If an operator of a recreational...