Florida Statute 196.141 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 196
EXEMPTION

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196.141 Homestead exemptions; duty of property appraiser.—The property appraiser shall examine each claim for exemption filed with or referred to him or her and shall allow the same, if found to be in accordance with law, by marking the same approved and by making the proper deductions on the tax books.

History.—s. 6, ch. 17060, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 897(7); ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 6, ch. 79-332; s. 995, ch. 95-147; s. 38, ch. 98-129; s. 49, ch. 2005-278.

Note.—Former s. 192.17.

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In re Millsaps, 133 B.R. 557 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1991).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1991 Bankr. LEXIS 1583, 1991 WL 229809

...To receive the homestead tax exemption, an owner must apply to the county property appraiser, describing the property and certifying its ownership and use. Fla.Stat. Ann. § 196.011(1) (1991). The appraiser examines each application and allows the exemption if the statutory requisites are met. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 196.141 (1991)....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1992).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

rent in order to occupy his mobile home. 1 Section 196.141, F.S. See, this office's Statement Concerning

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1982).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...d property, which latter action may be executed by virtue of a power of attorney pursuant to express statutory authority. Section 689.111 , F.S. Based on the foregoing authorities, Question One is answered in the affirmative. QUESTIONS TWO AND THREE Section 196.141 , F.S., requires the Property Appraiser to examine each claim for an exemption to determine if the claim is in accordance with law....

...by the taxpayer himself. Consequently, the nature and extent of any investigation of the validity of a power of attorney are matters that must be administratively determined by the Property Appraiser pursuant to his express statutory duties under ss 196.141 and 196.151 to examine and investigate each homestead exemption application to determine if it complies with Florida law....

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