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    State of Florida: Office of The Governor Executive Order Number 20-180

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    STATE OF FLORIDA

    OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR


    EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-180
    (Limited Extension of Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Rel ief)

    WHEREAS, Executive Order 20-94, as extended by Executive Orders 20-121. 20-1 37 and

    20-159. expires on August I, 2020, unless extended; and

    WHEREAS. Executive Order 20-94, as extended, requires amendment to ensure that

    mortgage foreclosure and eviction reli ef is limited to single-family mortgagors and residential

    tenants adversely affected by the COVID-19 emergency.

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida. by virtue of the

    authority vested in me by Article IV, Section (l)(a) of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 252.

    Florida Statutes. and all other applicable laws, promulgate the following Executive Order to take

    immediate effect:

    Section 1. Section 1 of Executive Order 20-94 is amended to read, as follows:

    A. I hereby suspend and toll any statute providing for final action at the conclusion of a

    mortgage foreclosure proceeding under Florida law solely when the proceeding arises from non-

    payment of mortgage by a single-family mortgagor adversely affected by the COVID-19

    emergency.

    B. For purposes of this section, adversely affected by the COVID-1 9 emergency means

    loss of employment, diminished wages or business income, or other monetary loss realized during

    the Florida State of Emergency directly impacting the ability of a single-family mortgagor to make

    mortgage payments.
    C . Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed to suspend or otherwi se affect

    foreclosure proceedings unrelated to non-payment of mortgage.

    Section 2. Section 2 of Executive Order 20-94 is amended to read, as follows:

    A . I hereby suspend and toll any statute providing for final action at the conclusion of an

    eviction proceeding under Florida law sole ly when the proceeding arises from non-payment of rent

    by a residential tenant adversely affected by the COVID-19 emergency.

    B. For purposes of this section, adverse ly affected by the COVlD- 19 emergency means

    loss of employment, diminished wages or business income, o r other monetary loss realized during

    the Florida State of Emergency directly impacting the ability of a residential tenant to make rent

    payments.

    C. Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed to suspend o r otherwise affect

    eviction proceedings unrelated to non-payment of rent.

    Section 3. Sectio n 3 of Executive Order 20-94 is amended to read. as follows: Nothing in

    this Executi ve Order shall be construed as relieving an individual from his or her obligation to

    make mortgage payments or rent payments. All payments. including tolled payments, are due

    when an indi vidual is no longer adversely affected by the COVID- 19 emergency.

    Section 4. I hereby extend Executive Order 20-94, as extended by Executive Orders 20-

    121 , 20-13 7 and 20-159, and as amended herein, until 12:0 l a.m. on September I. 2020.

    IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto


    set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
    State of F lorida to be affixed, at Tallahassee. this
    29th day of July, 2020.
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