Start with the changes that affect core Exam Cram topics, then review newer requirements connected to the FREC syllabus. This guide covers selected Florida laws that took effect in 2025 and explains what to emphasize when studying for the Sales Associate exam (Course I).
Sources checked: November 4, 2026. The year in the title is the law’s effective year, not the date this article was published. This is a focused study update, not a complete list of laws enacted that year.
Browse legal updates: All effective years · 2027 upcoming · 2026 · 2024 · 2023.
How to use the study priorities
- Study first — core workbook topic: a change to a topic emphasized in TSRE’s Exam Cram workbook. Give these updates the most attention.
- Syllabus-related addition: a newer requirement connected to an existing FREC topic. Learn the main rule after the core updates.
- Related context: useful background; detailed procedures are a lower priority in this study guide.
These priorities are TSRE’s study recommendations, not a statement about particular state-exam questions. A topic can be explicitly listed in the syllabus even when a later legal change is not named there. The DBPR education page currently lists the Course I syllabus effective January 1, 2023.
| Update | Effective date | Study priority |
|---|---|---|
| Condo/co-op resale cancellation | July 1, 2025 | Study first |
| Email delivery of rental notices | July 1, 2025 | Study first: deposits and notices |
| Expanded seller flood disclosure | October 1, 2025 | Syllabus-related addition |
| Rental flood disclosure | October 1, 2025 | Syllabus-related addition |
| Tenant belongings after casualty damage | June 26, 2025 | Related context |
| Condominium reserve-funding options | July 1, 2025 | Related context |
Study first: core workbook topics
Condo and cooperative resales: the cancellation period is 7 days
Effective July 1, 2025. HB 913 increased the applicable nondeveloper resale cancellation period from 3 to 7 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
Learn the conditions with the number: identify a resale by a unit owner, the buyer’s execution of the contract, and receipt of the required documents under the applicable statutory clause. Cancellation requires written notice, and the right ends at closing. Do not assume delivery of one document completes the required disclosures.
Keep the transactions separate: developer sales have their own 15-day statutory provisions. A recently built unit sold by an individual owner does not automatically become a developer sale. This change does not create a 7-day cancellation right for every Florida property purchase.
Why TSRE emphasizes it: condominium/cooperative cancellation is a core workbook topic. Direct syllabus connection: Course I Section 8, VII.A.5 and VII.B.6 covers cooperative cancellation and condominium disclosures. See the official Course I syllabus.
Sources: HB 913: enactment and effective date; §718.503, condominium disclosures; §719.503, cooperative disclosures.
Rental notices: email is an option when the statutory election is in place
Effective July 1, 2025. Landlords and tenants may elect email delivery through a signed rental-agreement addendum that substantially follows the statutory form and provides designated email addresses. The election is voluntary and revocable. An ordinary email conversation alone does not establish this election. The sender must retain the notice and transmission evidence; an email returned as undeliverable does not count as delivered under this method.
Apply it to security deposits: a landlord’s notice of intent to claim a deposit may be sent by certified mail to the tenant’s last known mailing address or by email that complies with §83.505. The delivery option does not shorten the deadlines:
- 15 days: return the deposit after termination when the premises have been vacated and no claim is intended, with interest if required.
- 30 days: send the required claim notice after termination.
- 15 days after receipt: the tenant’s time to object to the claim.
If the tenant does not object on time, the landlord may deduct the claimed amount and must remit the remaining balance within 30 days after the date of the claim notice. The tenant still retains the right to pursue a separate action.
Why TSRE emphasizes it: deposits and rental notices are core workbook topics. Direct syllabus connection: Section 7, II.B and II.G–H covers deposits and rental termination. The email method is a later addition to those named topics, not a separately named item in the 2023 syllabus.
Sources: HB 615: enactment and effective date; §83.505, email election and delivery; §83.49(3), security-deposit notices and timing.
For examples and the full timeline comparison, read Florida Rental Security Deposits: Notices, Claims, and Refunds.
Next: additions connected to syllabus topics
Seller flood disclosure: additional information is required
Expansion effective October 1, 2025. The residential seller flood-disclosure requirement began October 1, 2024. The 2025 expansion added disclosure of the seller’s knowledge of flooding that damaged the property during ownership and broadened the assistance wording beyond federal assistance.
The current statutory form covers known flooding, flood-insurance claims, assistance received, and information about flood insurance. The seller must provide it at or before execution of the sales contract.
Syllabus connection: Section 11, VI.B.5(e) and VI.B.6 covers flood-insurance disclosure and material defects. The later statutory flood form adds to those lessons. Treat it as a current-law addition, distinct from the general duty to disclose material defects.
Sources: SB 948: enactment and October 1 effective date; §689.302, current seller flood disclosure.
Residential leases of 1 year or longer: a separate flood disclosure
Effective October 1, 2025. For a residential rental agreement with a term of 1 year or longer, the landlord must provide the statutory flood disclosure in a separate document, at or before signing.
Syllabus connection: this fits Section 7’s broader residential landlord-tenant objective and II.A overview. The rental flood form is not individually named in the 2023 syllabus. Focus on the rental term, who provides the disclosure, and when it must be delivered.
Sources: SB 948; §83.512, rental flood disclosure.
Related context: understand the purpose
Access to belongings after casualty damage
Effective June 26, 2025. When qualifying casualty damage substantially impairs the tenant’s enjoyment of the premises, the tenant must have an opportunity to collect belongings when safe, or receive notice of a collection date within a reasonable time.
This supports the landlord-tenant lesson, but the specific retrieval provision is not individually named in the syllabus. Source: §83.63; Chapter 2025-190, sections 1 and 30.
More ways to fund required condominium reserves
Effective July 1, 2025. HB 913 added reserve-funding flexibility, including qualifying loans and lines of credit with the required owner approval. Conditions still apply; this is not blanket permission to stop funding reserves.
For study purposes, distinguish a building inspection from a reserve study and from the money used to fund repairs. Detailed funding, reporting, and voting procedures are related association-management context here. They are a lower priority than the resale cancellation and disclosure rules above.
Sources: HB 913; §718.112(2)(f)–(g), reserves and structural integrity reserve studies.
Use these updates with your study plan
Practice identifying the transaction or tenancy, the triggering event, the deadline, and any excluded days. Use the FREC Course I syllabus study guide for the full topic map. This article supplements your course and Exam Cram materials; it does not replace them.
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