Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Att'y Gen. Fla. 74-115 (1974) ("[B]oth military personnel and civilians must satisfy the permanent residence requirement of the Constitution and statutes before a homestead exemption may properly be granted. An exception is provided by ss. 196.061 and 196.071 , F.S., so that military personnel who have qualified for Florida's homestead tax exemption but later transfer their residence temporarily to another location because of their military duties will not lose their Florida homestead tax exemption.") 9 687 So.2d 1325 ((Fla. 4th DCA 1997). 10 See , 50 App. USCA s. 574(1), of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. 11 Section 196.071 , Fla....

...In AGO 072-154, the question was whether a federal income tax return is valid proof for application for the homestead tax exemption. My reply then, relevant to your questions, was: "Qualification for the homestead exemption of s. 196.031 , F.S. 1969, is determined in the first instance by the tax assessor. Section 196.071 , F.S....

...Your third question has been answered in the affirmative; both military personnel and civilians must satisfy the permanent residence requirement of the Constitution and statutes before a homestead exemption may properly be granted. An exception is provided by ss. 196.061 and 196.071 , F.S., so that military personnel who have qualified for Florida's homestead tax exemption but later transfer their residence temporarily to another location because of their military duties will not lose their Florida homestead tax exemption....