Property Tax Exemption Eligibility Criteria
When to file: Applications for all exemptions may be made anytime up to March 1 of the tax year. The Homestead Exemption will be automatically renewed annually until the property is sold or until the property is no longer the primary residence. If you purchase a residence after January 1st, you typically inherit the previous owner's homestead exemption if they were entitled to it. You will be required to file a new application for homestead exemption in the subsequent year. Your homestead exemption does not transfer from your previous property to your new property. Failure to apply by March 1 of the tax year constitutes a waiver of the exemption privilege for that year. The Property Appraiser has the option of accepting applications after March 1, but they will be held for use the following year.
Where to file: You may apply for your Exemption(s) by mail, for information and where to file in person: Click here
Property Owner's Responsibility: Florida Law prescribes that it is the duty of the owner of any property to notify the Property Appraiser promptly, whenever the use of the property or the status or condition of the owner changes, so as to change the exempt status of the property. Click here to download the form.
If any owner fails to so notify the Property Appraiser and the Property Appraiser determines that for any year within the prior ten years the owner was not entitled to receive such exemption, the property shall be subject to the taxes exempted as a result of such failure, plus 15 percent interest per annum, and a penalty of 50 percent of the taxes exempted. Reference Sec.196.131 and 196.161, F.S.
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