You need to complete form DR-501.  You will then need submit it to our office by dropping it off at our green mailbox located outside our building, dropping it into our drop box on the second floor of the main office building, mail the application to our office, or e-file your Homestead Exemption.

• After you own and occupy the property and when you have established the property as your permanent residence
• Florida Driver’s License/ID card and previous addresses have all been
• Utility bill in your name showing usage for the Homestead Address

• Legal/equitable title as of January 1
• Permanent residence on the property as of January 1
• The owner (or others legally or naturally dependent on such person) must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent U.S. resident and Florida resident as of January 1

• The primary character use of the property has changed
• The original exemptee is deceased
• Marriage
• Ownership
• Postal Service changes
• Residential Factors changed

• The primary character use of the property has changed
• The original exemptee is deceased
• Marriage
• Ownership
• Postal Service changes
• Residential Factors changed

• Homeowner(s) aged 65 or older as of January 1
• The household-adjusted gross income must not exceed the level identified by the state. (The income limit for 2024 was $36,614).
• Homeowner(s) have an approved Homestead Exemption

• Apply for the homestead exemption if not already granted (DR-501)
• Apply for Senior Exemption on the Sworn Statement of Household income (DR-501SC)

• Once initial submission and application have been approved, if income does not increase above the state threshold, the Senior Exemption will auto-renew.
• The Property Appraiser’s office mails a letter to seniors with this exemption each year with the exemption income limitations for that year. If you no longer are within the income limits, you must notify our office.

• Have an approved Homestead Exemption
• Have the Senior Citizen Exemption
• Has made it his or her permanent residence for at least 25 years
• Property has a market value less than $250,000
• Does not have a household income that exceeds the income limitation* (see Form DR-501 and Form DR-501SC) (see s.196.075 (2), F.S.

• All applications must be submitted by March 1
• You can apply after March 1 as a late file with a Extenuating Circumstances Affidavit For Late-filed Exemption Application

• You need to complete form DR-501. (If you do not have a Homestead Exemption)
• DR-501DV (required whether you have a Homestead Exemption or not)
• DD214 (Discharge Papers and Separation Documents)
• VA rating letter
• Must provide our office with a Veteran Affairs Combat Rating letter or package

Yes, this exemption auto-renews every year.

If the percentage of combat-related disability changes, then the applicant will have to submit a DR-501DV and an updated VA letter & combat ratings letter (increase in disability does not auto-renew).

• You need to complete form DR-501. (If you do not have a Homestead Exemption)
• Must provide our office with a Veteran Affairs Combat Rating letter or package

Yes, this exemption auto-renews every year.

Yes, however, the widow must contact the Property Appraiser’s Office for the renewal process.

• You need to complete form DR-501. (If you do not have a Homestead Exemption)
• Must provide our office with a Veteran Affairs Disability Rating letter

Yes, this exemption auto-renews every year.

Yes, however, the widow must contact the Property Appraiser’s Office for the renewal process.

The exemption is available to servicemembers who were deployed during the preceding calendar year on active duty outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii in support of any of the following military operations or in support of a subordinate operation to a main operation:

1. Operation Joint Task Force Bravo, which began in 1995.
2. Operation Joint Guardian, which began on June 12, 1999.
3. Operation Noble Eagle, which began on September 15, 2001.
4. Operations in the Balkans, which began in 2004.
5. Operation Nomad Shadow, which began in 2007.
6. Operation U.S. Airstrikes Al Qaeda in Somalia, which began in January 2007.
7. Operation Copper Dune, which began in 2009.
8. Operation Georgia Deployment Program, which began in August 2009.
9. Operation Spartan Shield, which began in June 2011.
10. Operation Observant Compass, which began in October 2011.
11. Operation Inherent Resolve, which began on August 8, 2014.
12. Operation Atlantic Resolve, which began in April 2014.
13. Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, which began on January 1, 2015.
14. Operation Resolute Support, which began in January 2015.
15. Operation Juniper Shield, which began in February 2007.
16. Operation Pacific Eagle, which began in September 2017.
17. Operation Martillo, which began in January 2012.

The Department of Revenue shall notify all property appraisers and tax collectors in this state of the designated military operations.

• You need to complete form DR-501. (If you do not have a Homestead Exemption)
• You need to complete Form DR501m.

The form requires the servicemember to include or attach proof of a qualifying deployment, the dates of that deployment, and other information necessary to verify eligibility for and the amount of the exemption.

An eligible servicemember who seeks to claim the additional tax exemption must file an application for exemption with the property appraiser on or before March 1 of the year following the year of the qualifying deployment.

An application may be filed on behalf of an eligible servicemember by his or her spouse if the homestead property to which the exemption applies is held by the entireties or jointly with the right of survivorship, by a person who has been designated by the servicemember to take actions on his or her behalf pursuant to chapter 709, or by the personal representative of the servicemember’s estate.