Sending Tenant to Collections Without Application?

[Chris G.]

Wanted to know if it's possible to send a tenant to collections after a move out/ evictions for additional charges the security deposit didn't cover. We've ran into an issue where if we take a tenant over from a previous management company or a tenant the owner had put in place we don't have any "applications". The only documents we have would be a signed lease, and tenant ledger. The collections agency we use currently says that without an application they can't do anything. Is this true for all agencies?

For example we took over a property from another management company and they only provided us with the lease and ledger and refuse to give us the application (this has happened many times). A month later the tenant moved out and owed rent and damages around $3,000. The collections company said sorry we can't do anything since you don't have an application for that tenant. This would be based in Florida and if there's any companies you can recommend who would accept it without an application.