Your Lee County Clerk offers easy to use interactive forms through TurboCourt. TurboCourt makes the task of filling out forms easier to understand and helps you get it right the first time. There is a $10.00 fee to use TurboCourt to complete your filing, or by viewing the Residential Tenant Eviction Checklist.
Before filing the complaint, a notice must be served to the tenant(s) by posting, by hand delivery or by mail.
When filing a tenant eviction case, you will need the following:
- Complaint for Tenant Eviction
- Copy of Notice
- Two copies of each of the above for every defendant/tenant being served
- A stamped addressed envelope for every defendant/tenant being served
- If pro se, an Affidavit of Ownership/Lessor
- County Civil fees
Florida Statute Chapter 83 Landlord and Tenant
