HB 837 · F.S. 768.0706
HB 837 Compliance For Florida Multifamily Properties
Assessment · Gap report · Install · Documentation
Florida law now offers multifamily owners a presumption against negligent-security liability — if the property substantially complies with F.S. 768.0706 before an incident occurs. We install and document everything the statute requires.
The presumption only protects incidents that happen after compliance. Every month unassessed is exposure.
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We walk the property against the statute and deliver a gap report you can hand to counsel.
The statute, plainly
Where does your property stand?
F.S. 768.0706 requires all of the following for the presumption. Miss one, and the shield may not hold.
Security cameras at entries & exits
With footage retained at least 30 days — working, recording, and retrievable.
Lighting in parking lots, walkways & common areas
Illuminated from dusk to dawn per the statute’s standard.
1-inch deadbolts on unit doors
Every dwelling unit door, not most of them.
Peepholes or door viewers
On unit doors without a window or sidelight view.
Locking devices on windows & sliding doors
Operable locks on every window and exterior sliding door.
Gated pool fencing with locks
Pool fence gates that lock, maintained that way.
CPTED assessment every 3 years
By a trained practitioner — with the paper to prove it.
Employee crime-prevention training
Current employees trained, and the training documented.
Who this is for
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Owners
The presumption is a balance-sheet item: it converts an open-ended negligent-security exposure into a defensible, documented standard. Compliance costs are knowable; verdicts are not.
Property managers
You run the checklist daily whether you formalize it or not. A gap report turns "we think the cameras work" into a documented program you can hand to ownership and insurers.
Defense counsel & insurers
We produce the documentation package the defense actually needs — install records, retention configs, maintenance logs, and assessment dates — before anyone is asking for it in discovery.
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Common questions
Before You Call
What does HB 837 actually give a compliant property?
A statutory presumption against liability in negligent-security actions, under F.S. 768.0706 — the burden posture shifts in your favor if the property substantially complied before the incident. It is the strongest liability lever Florida has offered multifamily owners, and it only works in advance.
What does the assessment involve?
A walk of the property against every element of the statute — cameras, retention, lighting, locking hardware, pool fencing, plus the CPTED and training requirements — producing a written gap report with costs to close each item. Yours to act on with us or anyone else.
We have most of this already. Is that enough?
The statute rewards substantial compliance with all elements, not a strong showing on some. The common gaps we find are retention periods short of 30 days, one building’s lighting, and undocumented training — cheap to fix, expensive to discover in litigation.
Who performs the CPTED assessment?
A practitioner with the training the statute contemplates. We coordinate the assessment as part of the compliance package and calendar the three-year renewal so it does not silently lapse.
How fast can a property become compliant?
Hardware gaps typically close in weeks — cameras, lighting, and locking hardware are ordinary installs. The pacing item is usually scheduling the CPTED assessment and training, which we run in parallel. Months, not quarters, for most properties.