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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 196
EXEMPTION
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F.S. 196.131
196.131 Homestead exemptions; claims.
(1) At the time each taxpayer files claim for homestead exemption, the property appraiser shall deliver to the taxpayer a receipt over his or her signature, or that of a duly authorized deputy, which shall appropriately identify the property covered in the application, shall bear date as of the day such application is received by the property appraiser, and shall include any serial number or other identifying data desired by said property appraiser. The possession of such receipt shall constitute conclusive proof of the timely filing of such application.
(2) Any person who knowingly and willfully gives false information for the purpose of claiming homestead exemption as provided for in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or both.
History.s. 5, ch. 17060, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 897(6); s. 1, ch. 21876, 1943; s. 1, ch. 28105, 1953; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 94, ch. 71-136; s. 15, ch. 74-234; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 9, ch. 81-219; s. 3, ch. 85-315; s. 9, ch. 86-300; s. 3, ch. 88-65; s. 38, ch. 94-353; s. 1476, ch. 95-147.
Note.Former s. 192.16.

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Amendments to 196.131


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 196.131
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. PARRISH, 567 So. 2d 461 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . were filed against the Parrishes, no one in Leon County had been charged with a violation of section 196.131 . . . any year shall not affect the homestead exemption for tax purposes for that particular year; ... .§ 196.131 . . .

CAUSEWAY LUMBER COMPANY, INC. v. LEWIS,, 410 So. 2d 511 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . . § 196.131); Jasper v. St. Petersberg Episcopal Community, Inc., 222 So.2d 479 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). . . .

JOHNS, v. Jo MAY,, 402 So. 2d 1166 (Fla. 1981)

. . . absolute right or whether it was subject to statutory conditions, specifically those contained in section 196.131 . . . We stated that the manner prescribed by law was contained in section 196.131 and that failure to comply . . .

J. HORNE, Jr. v. MARKHAM,, 288 So. 2d 196 (Fla. 1973)

. . . .; and, 2) passed upon the validity of Section 196.131, Florida Statutes, 1971, F. . . . application until April, 6, 1972, five (5) days after the April 1 deadline for such filing found in Section 196.131 . . . Homestead Exemption for 1972 by failing to file his application by April 1, 1972, as required by Section 196.131 . . . The April 1 filing deadline in Section 196.131, Florida Statutes, is not unconstitutional under the Due . . . that the trial court erred in holding that neither the action of appellee in this case, nor Sections 196.131 . . .