Florida's homestead exemption lowers the taxable value of your primary home — typically saving several hundred dollars every year — and limits how fast your assessment can rise. You have to apply for it once; it isn't automatic.
Our county-wide analysis found 617,235 properties across Florida that appear owner-occupied and carry no homestead exemption on the current roll — $284.6M of first-year exemption value at each county's own millage. A record with no exemption is not proof anyone qualifies — rentals, second homes and company-owned houses look the same on a roll. Our screen reaches all 67 Florida counties, and so does our address checker. Comparable-sales analysis runs in 36 of them today, and expands county by county. How this was measured → Many owners simply never filed — especially recent buyers, inherited homes, and long-paid-off houses.
The exemption is filed directly with the county Property Appraiser at no cost — that has always been true and always will be. If you bought recently, you may even still be able to claim this year's exemption under Florida's late-filing provisions; otherwise a filing today takes effect January 1 of next year.
There is no charge for this and nothing to buy. We do not file for you, we do not prepare your application, and we do not want your attestation — that is yours to make to the county.
We can tell you what the public record shows. Whether your parcel carries a homestead exemption on the current roll, and whether it looks owner-occupied. That is a fact about a database, and it is the part we are good at.
We can't tell you whether you qualify, because the roll does not carry the facts that decide it. Eligibility depends on things only you can attest to — chiefly that the home is your permanent residence and that you owned it as of January 1. The county makes the determination. Anyone who promises you an outcome the county controls is telling you something they can't know.
Timing: an application filed now generally takes effect for the following tax year (Florida's deadline is March 1). If you bought recently, you may still be able to claim the current year under the late-filing provisions — we'll tell you which applies to your property.
Enter your address — we'll check this property's record.
JUSTVALUE is a private company operated by Canopy Press LLC, not affiliated with any Property Appraiser. Savings estimates are based on typical Duval millage and exemption values; individual results vary. Filing directly with the county is always free.
JustValue is an independent, third-party review of Florida property-tax records — not affiliated with any county property appraiser, and never paid a percentage of your savings.