[cpow]

We have purchased a home in Florida. How can we qualify for Homesteading? We plan to live there at least 6 months out of the year (including over the 1st of the year each year). We will have a Florida driver's license, we will register to vote in Florida, & our car will be registered in Florida. Will that qualify us? All the verbage on this subject is very confusing!
Thanks!
CPow

[Lilybeans]

Originally Posted by cpow

We have purchased a home in Florida. How can we qualify for Homesteading? We plan to live there at least 6 months out of the year (including over the 1st of the year each year). We will have a Florida driver's license, we will register to vote in Florida, & our car will be registered in Florida. Will that qualify us? All the verbage on this subject is very confusing!
Thanks!
CPow

Are you employed anywhere?

[Lilybeans]

If you really plan to make Floirda your permanent home, then you go to the Tax Collectors office and fill out the app. That's all you need to do.

Here are the requirements:
Every person who has legal or equitable title to real property in the State of Florida and who resides on the property on January 1 and in good faith makes it his or her permanent home is eligible for a homestead exemption. If title is held by the husband alone, a wife may file for him, with his consent, and vice-versa. If property is held by the entireties, one spouse may file as agent for the other.
If filing for the first time, be prepared to answer these questions:

1. In whose name or names was the title to the dwelling recorded as of January 1?
2. What is the street address of the property?
3. How long have you been a legal resident of the State of Florida? (A Declaration of Domicile or Voter's Registration will be proof of date before January 1.)
4. Do you have a Florida license plate on your car and a Florida driver's license?
5. Were you living in the dwelling on January 1?

[cpow]

Originally Posted by Lilybeans

Are you employed anywhere?

We are retired & received retirement income from Oregon. But we do hold title on a home in Florida

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by cpow

We have purchased a home in Florida. How can we qualify for Homesteading? We plan to live there at least 6 months out of the year (including over the 1st of the year each year). We will have a Florida driver's license, we will register to vote in Florida, & our car will be registered in Florida. Will that qualify us? All the verbage on this subject is very confusing!
Thanks!
CPow

See link to site: FL Dept Rev - Property Tax Exemptions

[Lilybeans]

Originally Posted by cpow

We are retired & received retirement income from Oregon. But we do hold title on a home in Florida

That's okay. Come on down, sign up for homestead, and you are good to go. As long as you, in good faith, say Florida is your permanent residence, you will be fine.