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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 196
EXEMPTION
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F.S. 196.202
196.202 Property of widows, widowers, blind persons, and persons totally and permanently disabled.
(1) Property to the value of $5,000 of every widow, widower, blind person, or totally and permanently disabled person who is a bona fide resident of this state is exempt from taxation. As used in this section, the term “totally and permanently disabled person” means a person who is currently certified by a physician licensed in this state, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or by the Social Security Administration to be totally and permanently disabled.
(2) An applicant for the exemption under this section may apply for the exemption before receiving the necessary documentation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or the Social Security Administration. Upon receipt of the documentation, the exemption shall be granted as of the date of the original application, and the excess taxes paid shall be refunded. Any refund of excess taxes paid shall be limited to those paid during the 4-year period of limitation set forth in s. 197.182(1)(e).
History.s. 12, ch. 71-133; s. 1, ch. 88-293; s. 1, ch. 2001-204; s. 1, ch. 2001-245; s. 27, ch. 2012-193; s. 12, ch. 2022-97.

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John F. Mosley v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2022-09-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: (5th ed. 2009); Wood v. Quarterman, 491 F.3d 196, 202 (5th Cir. - 24

Republic of Ecuador v. Dassum

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-12-26T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Friendly, J.). Villoldo v. Castro Ruz, 821 F.3d 196, 202 (1st Cir. 2016). 8 It is undisputed that Article

Rodgers v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-05-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 113 So. 3d 761, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 305, 2013 WL 1908640, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 952

Snippet: lying.” Likewise, in Bennett v. State, 971 So.2d 196, 202 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007), the First District Court

Hagopian v. Justice Administrative Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-08-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 18 So. 3d 625, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 11226, 2009 WL 2450520

Snippet: representation for the client. See Maas v. Olive, 992 So.2d 196, 202-03 (Fla. 2008); Olive v. Maas, 811 So.2d 644,

Willis v. GAMI GOLDEN GLADES, LLC.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-10-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 967 So. 2d 846

Snippet: "); Larsen v. Banner Health Sys., 81 P.3d 196, 202 (Wyo.2003) (stating that "most jurisdictions

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2007-01-25T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: .031, s. 196.081, s.196.091, s. 196.101, or s. 196.202 must include a space for the applicant to list

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2006-04-19T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: more than one $500 tax exemption under section 196.202, Florida Statutes, if the individual qualified …additional exemption as a blind person under s. 196.202, Fla. Stat. And see Op. 54-2, Biennial Report of

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1999-09-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 196.031, s. 196.081, s. 196.091, s. 196.101, or s. 196.202 must include a space for the applicant to list

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-12-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: year. Chapter 88-293, Laws of Florida, amends s. 196.202, F.S., to extend the property tax exemption provided…fide residents of this state.1 The amendment to s.196.202, F.S., "shall take effect upon the effective… 1, Ch. 88-293, Laws of Florida. As amended, s.196.202, F.S., provides: Property to the value of $500 …exempt from taxation. Prior to its amendment, s. 196.202, F.S., provided a tax exemption only for widows

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1980-07-08T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: qualifications for both exemptions established in ss. 196.202 and 196.031(3)(d), F. S. (as created by s. 3, ch…totally and permanently disabled persons), and s. 196.202, F. S., which may be applied, but is not limited…Aside from the available homestead exemptions, s. 196.202, F. S., provides a tax exemption for property to…S., the $500 tax exemption provides through s. 196.202 is a separate and distinct amount which is not …In no event shall the combined exemptions of s. 196.202 and this section exceed $10,000. Thus, in applying

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1977-03-01T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: providing for a maximum combined exemption under ss. 196.202 and 196.031, Florida Statutes; creating s. 196.032…including those prescribed in ss.196.031(1) and 196.202, F. S. If no fund had been established, no right

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1976-11-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: provision as is s. 196.202, F. S., referred to in your letter. However, s. 196.202 extends to "property

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1976-06-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: disability exemption stated in s.196.202. Both ss. 196.24 and 196.202 are derivatives of s. 3(b), Art.…attention to AGO 072-151 wherein I stated that s. 196.202, F. S., implements s. 3(b), Art. VII, State Const…exemption provided by the constitution and by s. 196.202 . . . . In AGO 074-325, I stated: Section 196.24… the same constitutional provisions as does s. 196.202, which restates the minimum five hundred dollar…requirement of total and permanent disability under s. 196.202. (Cf. constitutional issues considered in AGO 069

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-07-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: for the property tax exemption of $500 under s. 196.202, F.S., as a blind person? 2. Are blind persons …for the property tax exemption of $500 under s. 196.202, F.S. If a blind person is certified as totally…criteria are met, for the exemption provided in ss. 196.202 and 196.031(3)(b), F.S., notwithstanding the fact… hundred dollars. (Emphasis supplied.) Section 196.202, F.S., implements Art. VII, s. 3(b), supra, and…term "blind person" as used in said s. 196.202. However, Rule 12B-1.201(3)(C), F.A.C., entitled

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-03-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: more and who qualifies for the exemption of s. 196.202, F.S., by meeting the requirements of s. 196.24…the $500 personal exemption provided for by s. 196.202, F.S., is not thereby entitled to the additional…AGO 074-325 it is pointed out that ss.196.24 and 196.202 implement the same constitutional provision &…total and permanent disability contained in s. 196.202, F.S., and in s. 14[s. 196.012(10), F.S.], Ch. …permanently disabled, blind, and widows under s. 196.202, F.S., or the 10 percent service disability qualification

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-12-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: qualifies for the exemption granted pursuant to s. 196.202, F.S., as a totally and permanently disabled person….196.031(3)(c), the combined exemptions of ss. 196.202 and 196.031 shall not exceed ten thousand dollars…dollars. See AGO's 074-325 and 074-353. Section 196.202, F.S., reads in pertinent part that: "Property… permanent disability within the meaning of s. 196.202, supra. Section 196.012(10), F.S., provides that

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-12-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: may be eligible for a tax exemption under ss. 196.202 and196.031(3)(b), F.S. Section 196.012(10), F.S…person may be eligible for an exemption under s. 196.202, F. S., and s. 196.031(3)(b), F.S., as amended

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-11-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: for one or more of the exemptions granted in s. 196.202, F.S., claim combined exemptions aggregating more…homestead exemptions and the exemptions granted in s. 196.202, F. S., would exceed ten thousand dollars if granted… more of the exemptions granted pursuant to s. 196.202, F.S., may not claim combined exemptions under …or is totally and permanently disabled. Section 196.202, F.S., implements Article VII, s. 3(b), supra, …qualifies for the exemption granted pursuant to s. 196.202, supra, as a totally and permanently disabled person

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-10-22T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the totally disabled, blind, and widows under s. 196.202, F.S., or the 10 percent war disability exemption…In no event shall the combined exemptions of s.196.202 and this section [s. 196.031] exceed ten thousand…conclude that its reference to exemptions under s.196.202 necessarily includes the disability exemption defined… AGO 074-82. The two statutory provisions are: 196.202 Property of widows, blind persons, and persons … the same constitutional provisions as does s. 196.202, which restates the minimum five hundred dollar

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-08-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: permanently disabled," under the provisions of s. 196.202, F.S.? SUMMARY: A person may be considered totally…permanently disabled under the provisions of s. 196.202, F.S., when as a result of any impairment of mind…throughout the life of the disabled person. Section 196.202, F. S., reads as follows: Property of widows, blind