Florida Statute 196.071 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 196
EXEMPTION

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F.S. 196.071

196.071 Homestead exemptions; claims by members of armed forces.—Every person who is entitled to homestead exemption in this state and who is serving in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall file a claim for such exemption as required by law, either in person, or, if by reason of such service he or she is unable to file such claim in person he or she may file such claim through his or her next of kin or through any other person he or she may duly authorize in writing to file such claim.

History.—s. 1, ch. 28199, 1953; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 992, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 192.161.

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Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 1, 2002 | Docket: 3257258

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and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. 11 Section 196.071, Fla. Stat. 12 As this office concluded in

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 10, 1974 | Docket: 3257121

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in the first instance by the tax assessor. Section 196.071, F.S. The requirement of "permanent residence"