{"id":"FL-019","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"ch. 252, Fla. Stat.","instrument":"Executive Order 20-94","title":"Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Relief","dateIssued":"2020-04-02","effective":"2020-04-02","end":"45 days; extended by EO 20-121 (to June 2), 20-137 (to July 1), 20-159 (to Aug. 1), 20-180 (amended and narrowed; to Sept. 1) and 20-211 (to Oct. 1, 2020); expired 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-02","endDate":"2020-10-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["mortgagees and landlords (causes of action)","courts and clerks"],"clause":"Section 1. I hereby suspend and toll any statute providing for a mortgage foreclosure cause of action under Florida law for 45 days from the date of this Executive Order, including any extensions. Section 2. I hereby suspend and toll any statute providing for an eviction cause of action under Florida law solely as it relates to non-payment of rent by residential tenants due to the COVID-19 emergency for 45 days from the date of this Executive Order, including any extensions. Section 3. Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed as relieving an individual from their obligation to make mortgage payments or rent payments.","enforcement":"Suspension of causes of action; courts","functions":["SV servicing, foreclosure and collections","PM property management (evictions for nonpayment)","CL closings and title (foreclosure pipeline)","CB tenants and borrowers"],"notes":"Florida\u0027s State-law eviction and foreclosure suspension, Apr. 2-Oct. 1, 2020; the CDC order (85 Fed. Reg. 55292) ran from Sept. 4, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-94.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":525837,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-019","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-94 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. FL-019)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-010","FL-018","FL-017","FL-016","FL-015","FL-020","FL-011","FL-012","FL-013","FL-006","FL-007","FL-008"]}