Art. X, § 4, Fla. Const. · Article X. MISCELLANEOUS
Homestead; exemptions.
Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
(a) There shall be exempt from forced sale under process of any court, and no judgment, decree or execution shall be a lien thereon, except for the payment of taxes and assessments thereon, obligations contracted for the purchase, improvement or repair thereof, or obligations contracted for house, field or other labor performed on the realty, the following property owned by a natural person:
(1) a homestead, if located outside a municipality, to the extent of one hundred sixty acres of contiguous land and improvements thereon, which shall not be reduced without the owner’s consent by reason of subsequent inclusion in a municipality; or if located within a municipality, to the extent of one-half acre of contiguous land, upon which the exemption shall be limited to the residence of the owner or the owner’s family;
(2) personal property to the value of one thousand dollars.
(b) These exemptions shall inure to the surviving spouse or heirs of the owner.
(c) The homestead shall not be subject to devise if the owner is survived by spouse or minor child, except the homestead may be devised to the owner’s spouse if there be no minor child. The owner of homestead real estate, joined by the spouse if married, may alienate the homestead by mortgage, sale or gift and, if married, may by deed transfer the title to an estate by the entirety with the spouse. If the owner or spouse is incompetent, the method of alienation or encumbrance shall be as provided by law.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. H.J.R. 4324, 1972; adopted 1972; Am. H.J.R. 40, 1983; adopted 1984; Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.
Source of truth
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Cited by 23 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Art. X, § 4, Fla. Const.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 17.0415, Fla. Stat.Transfer and assignment of claims.Printed as s. 4, Art. X of the State Constitution
- § 162.09, Fla. Stat.Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens.Printed as s. 4(a), Art. X of the State Constitution; s. 4, Art. X of the State Constitution
- § 197.3632, Fla. Stat.Uniform method for the levy, collection, and enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments.Printed as s. 4, Art. X of the State Constitution
- § 222.01, Fla. Stat.Designation of homestead by owner before levy.Printed as Section 4, Article X of the State Constitution; s. 4, Art. X of the State Constitution
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