Saxon v. Bay Ranch Mobile Village, LLP, Bay Ranch Mobile Home Park
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 6, 2026
Docket2D2026-1143
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
ANDREW CALHOUN SAXON,
Appellant,
v.
BAY RANCH MOBILE VILLAGE, LLP d/b/a
BAY RANCH MOBILE HOME PARK,
Appellee.
No. 2D2026-1143
November 6, 2026
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the County Court for
Pinellas County; Susan Bedinghaus, Judge.
Andrew Calhoun Saxon, pro se.
Patrick M. Singer of Landlord Law, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.
MORRIS, Judge.
In this mobile home lot eviction action, Andrew Calhoun Saxon
appeals from a Judicial Default and Default Final Judgment for
Possession. We remand for the correction of a scrivener's error in the
judgment. We affirm the judgment in all other respects.
In the Judicial Default and Default Final Judgment for Possession,
the county court found that Mr. Saxon's failure to deposit rent as
ordered by the court was an absolute waiver of his defenses under
section 723.063(2), Florida Statutes (2026), and that the mobile home
park owner, Bay Ranch Mobile Village, was thus entitled to a default
judgment in its favor. We find no error there. See ยง 723.063(2) ("The
failure of the mobile home owner to pay the rent, or portion thereof, into
the registry of the court as required herein constitutes an absolute
waiver of the mobile home owner's defenses other than payment, and the
park owner is entitled to an immediate default."). However, although the
judgment correctly states in paragraph three that "[a] Judicial Default is
entered against Defendant, ANDREW CALHOUN SAXON," as required by
section 723.063(2), the judgment then erroneously cites section 83.60(2),
Florida Statutes (2026). Bay Ranch Mobile Village concedes in its
answer brief that citing section 83.60(2) was error.
Because the judgment correctly entered a judicial default against
Mr. Saxon as required by section 723.063(2) but cited the wrong statute,
we affirm the judgment but remand for the trial court to correct this
scrivener's error with an amended judgment that cites the operative
statute. See T.M. v. Dep't of Child. & Fams., 298 So. 3d 146, 147 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2020) (affirming the judgment but remanding for correction of
scrivener's errors when "the written judgment cite[d] the incorrect
[statutory] subsections for three of the grounds"); Tunstall v. Gonzalez-
Tunstall, 278 So. 3d 254, 254 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (affirming an order in
all respects but remanding to correct a scrivener's error when the error
"had no substantive effect" (citing Mitchell v. Mitchell, 841 So. 2d 564,
568 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003))).
Affirmed and remanded to correct scrivener's error.
KHOUZAM and GUARD, JJ., Concur.
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Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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