What is a Florida Homestead Defined As?
The answer to this can vary slightly, but we have already touched on the definition above, but a general legal definition is that a ‘homestead’ can be any structure, condominium, manufactured or mobile home, a motor home, vehicle, boat or vessel, tent, or any other livable structure usually on owned or leased land as long as the resident owns the ‘home’, or has an equity interest in it, and actually resides there as a primary residence. A homestead is actually the house or mobile home that a person lives in including the land on which it sits. The property must be the person’s ‘primary residence’, or main home for it to be eligible for a homestead declaration. The term homestead also includes any improvements legally defined as “appurtenances” to the land, such as a fence, addition or a gazebo. In fact, you may not have to be a resident of Florida as long as the property you live in can be legally claimed as a homestead. The homestead exemption may be able to be claimed by a nonresiden
