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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I thought homestead was also based on residency? In other words you need to actually 'live' here more than X months. Not just be on the deed or have a drivers license. Unless you want to lie about it how can 1 person live more than X months up north and 1 person live more than X months down here?
Just curious - don't know anything for sure.
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This seems to make sense in principle based on the following from the Sumter County website:
http://www.netside.net/~c3i/tax.htm
Unfortunately, the site does now allow for "Copy and Paste" or "Right Clicking", however if you scroll about a third of the way down you will see the topic: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. Pay particular attention to three references to Florida Statue 196.015 a bit below on the page. The first lists requirements. The second addresses "Permanent residency", and the describes the property appraiser's role in making this determination.