PADOVANO, J.
This is an appeal from a final order awarding double rent as a penalty for occupying real property beyond the term of a commercial lease. We agree with the trial court that the double rent provision in section 83.06, Florida Statutes (2000), applies to a tenancy at will and that it is not limited to a written lease with a fixed expiration date as the tenant contends. Therefore, we affirm.
The tenant, Keeton Corrections Inc., operated a halfway...
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