Registry entry

Miami-Dade County Homestead Exemption Application

Apply for Florida's homestead exemption and related tax exemptions/discounts on a primary residence located in Miami-Dade County, filed with the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser (the county authority the office itself abbreviates 'PA' throughout its own site, e.g. miamidadepa.gov/pa/...). It models the state-prescribed DR-501 'Original Application for Homestead and Related Tax Exemptions' (Florida Department of Revenue, Rule 12D-16.002, F.A.C.), the exact form the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser hosts and requires: property/deed information, applicant and optional co-applicant/spouse identity and ownership fields, the proof-of-permanent-residency indicators the appraiser weighs (driver license, vehicle tag, voter registration, declaration of domicile, employer, IRS return address, dependents' school, bank/utility mail), the checklist of related exemptions/discounts (senior, widowed, blind, total-and-permanent-disability, first-responder, and the veteran/surviving-spouse set) a homeowner may request on the same form, and the statutory false-statement attestation. It is the first county/municipal-level (`jurisdiction.locality`) document published in the registry, piloting GSP-0021's new locality layer with `us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption`. It does NOT model: the Property Appraiser's own gated online e-file portal (apps.miamidadepa.gov, which requires an account and is not readable unauthenticated — see VERIFICATION.md); the separate follow-on applications each footnoted exemption/discount actually requires to be granted (e.g. DR-501SC household-income sworn statement, DR-416/DR-416B physician certification, DR-501DV veteran's-discount return) beyond declaring the checkbox and the supporting document it triggers; the Save Our Homes Portability transfer application (DR-501T), which the source explicitly describes as 'a separate application'; the late-filed-application extenuating-circumstances petition Miami-Dade publishes as its own supplemental form; or the $15 Value Adjustment Board late-petition fee. It does not submit the application; the live miamidadepa.gov and floridarevenue.com sources are always authoritative (see VERIFICATION.md).

Registry entry

us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption

Jurisdiction
United States · Florida (subnational)
Version
1.0.0
Verification
draft

Authoritative source DR-501, R. 01/26, 'Original Application for Homestead and Related Tax Exemptions' (Florida Administrative Code Rule 12D-16.002); Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser homestead-exemption program pages

Machine access

Registry catalog
registry/index.jsonone record per schema id

Field reference

75 fields across 6 steps, read from the published schema.json, with names, types, requiredness, and validation as the document states them. The live government form remains the authoritative source.

Property information

  • taxYear integer required

    Tax year

    range: 2000–2100
  • applicationAction enum required

    I am applying for homestead exemption

    enum: new | change
  • homesteadAddressLine1 string required

    Homestead address

    length: 1–120classification: pii
  • homesteadAddressCity string required

    Homestead address — city

    length: 1–80classification: pii
  • homesteadAddressState string required

    Modeled as a free two-letter state field even though every homestead-eligible property is necessarily in Florida, consistent with the form printing a blank address block rather than a fixed 'FL' literal.

    patternclassification: pii
  • homesteadAddressPostalCode string required

    Homestead address — ZIP code

    patternclassification: pii
  • mailingAddressLine1 string optional

    Mailing address, if different

    length: 0–120classification: pii
  • mailingAddressCity string optional

    Mailing address — city

    length: 0–80classification: pii
  • mailingAddressState string optional

    Mailing address — state

    patternclassification: pii
  • mailingAddressPostalCode string optional

    Mailing address — ZIP code

    patternclassification: pii
  • parcelIdentificationNumberOrLegalDescription string required

    Parcel identification number or legal description

    length: 1–200
  • deedType string optional

    Type of deed

    length: 0–60
  • deedDate date optional

    Date of deed

  • deedRecordedBook string optional

    Recorded — book

    length: 0–20
  • deedRecordedPage string optional

    Recorded — page

    length: 0–20
  • deedRecordedDate date optional

    Recorded — date

  • deedInstrumentNumber string optional

    Alternative to the book/page/date fields; the form offers 'or Instrument number' as the other way to cite the recording.

    length: 0–40
  • isPropertyInTrust boolean required

    Is the property in a trust?

  • trustName string optional

    Name of trust on the property deed

    length: 1–120

Applicant information

  • applicantFullName string required

    Applicant — name

    length: 1–120classification: pii
  • applicantPhoneNumber string required

    Applicant — phone number

    length: 1–20classification: pii
  • applicantSocialSecurityNumber string required

    Disclosure is mandatory by statute, not merely conventional: 'Disclosure of your social security number is mandatory. It is required by section 196.011(1)(b), Florida Statutes.'

    patternclassification: sensitive-pii
  • applicantDateOfBirth date required

    Applicant — date of birth

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • applicantIsUSCitizen boolean required

    Applicant — are you a US citizen?

  • applicantImmigrationOrAlienCardType enum optional

    Applicant — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #, which one

    enum: immigration_number | resident_alien_card
  • applicantImmigrationOrAlienCardNumber string optional

    Applicant — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #

    length: 1–40classification: sensitive-pii
  • applicantOwnershipPercentage number required

    Applicant — % of ownership

    range: 0–100
  • applicantHomesteadEstablishedDate date required

    Applicant — date homestead was established

  • applicantMaritalStatus enum required

    Applicant — marital status

    enum: single | married | divorced | widowed | other
  • applicantMaritalStatusOtherExplanation string optional

    Applicant — marital status, explain 'Other'

    length: 1–80
  • applicantClaimsResidencyOrHomesteadElsewhere boolean required

    Florida homestead exemption requires the property to be the applicant's sole permanent residence; a current residency/homestead claim elsewhere is the source's own printed eligibility probe.

Co-applicant / spouse information

  • coApplicantFullName string optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — name

    length: 0–120classification: pii
  • coApplicantPhoneNumber string optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — phone number

    length: 0–20classification: pii
  • coApplicantSocialSecurityNumber string optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — Social Security number

    patternclassification: sensitive-pii
  • coApplicantDateOfBirth date optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — date of birth

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • coApplicantIsUSCitizen boolean optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — are you a US citizen?

  • coApplicantImmigrationOrAlienCardType enum optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #, which one

    enum: immigration_number | resident_alien_card
  • coApplicantImmigrationOrAlienCardNumber string optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #

    length: 0–40classification: sensitive-pii
  • coApplicantOwnershipPercentage number optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — % of ownership

    range: 0–100
  • coApplicantHomesteadEstablishedDate date optional

    Co-applicant/spouse — date homestead was established

  • coApplicantMaritalStatus enum optional

    Co-applicant — marital status

    enum: single | married | divorced | widowed | other
  • coApplicantMaritalStatusOtherExplanation string optional

    Co-applicant — marital status, explain 'Other'

    length: 1–80
  • coApplicantRelationshipToApplicant string optional

    Co-applicant relationship to applicant

    length: 0–60
  • coApplicantClaimsResidencyOrHomesteadElsewhere boolean optional

    Co-applicant — do you currently claim residency or homestead in another county or state?

Ownership and residency history

  • ownersNotResidingOnPropertyNameAndAddress string optional

    Name and address of any owners not residing on the property

    length: 0–300classification: pii
  • currentOrPreviousHomesteadAddress string optional

    Address of current or previous homestead

    length: 0–200classification: pii
  • currentOrPreviousHomesteadEstablishedDate date optional

    The source marks this 'if applicable' rather than strictly required even when a prior/other homestead claim is disclosed, so it is not gated by requiredWhen (see VERIFICATION.md).

  • currentOrPreviousHomesteadEndedDate date optional

    Date current or previous homestead ended

Proof of residence

  • proofPreviousResidencyOutsideFloridaTerminationDate date optional

    Part of the source's 'Proof of Residence' table, which the form itself frames as non-exhaustive supporting evidence: 'Please provide as much information as possible. Your county property appraiser will make the final determination.' Modeled here for the applicant only; see VERIFICATION.md for the co-applicant-column narrowing.

  • proofFloridaDriverLicenseOrIdNumber string optional

    Florida driver license or ID card number

    length: 0–40classification: pii
  • proofFloridaVehicleTagNumber string optional

    Florida vehicle tag number

    length: 0–20
  • proofFloridaVoterRegistrationNumber string optional

    Florida voter registration number (if US citizen)

    length: 0–40
  • proofDeclarationOfDomicileRecordedDate date optional

    Declaration of domicile — recorded date

  • proofCurrentEmployer string optional

    Current employer

    length: 0–120
  • proofAddressOnLastIRSReturn string optional

    Address on your last IRS return

    length: 0–200classification: pii
  • proofSchoolLocationOfDependentChildren string optional

    Modeled as one shared field rather than split applicant/co-applicant columns — a dependent child's school does not logically differ per parent (see VERIFICATION.md).

    length: 0–120
  • proofBankStatementSentToHomesteadAddress boolean optional

    Bank statement and checking account sent to homestead address

  • proofUtilityPaymentAtHomesteadAddress boolean optional

    Proof of payment of utilities at homestead address

Additional exemptions and benefits

  • requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncome boolean optional

    By local ordinance only. Requires an additional application (DR-501SC household income statement).

  • requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncome25YearResidency boolean optional

    By local ordinance only. Requires an additional application (DR-501SC household income statement).

  • requestingWidowedExemption boolean optional

    $5,000 widowed exemption

  • requestingBlindExemption boolean optional

    $5,000 blind exemption

  • requestingTotallyPermanentlyDisabledExemption boolean optional

    $5,000 totally and permanently disabled exemption

  • requestingQuadriplegicExemption boolean optional

    Requires an additional application per the form's own footnote 1.

  • requestingLimitedIncomeDisabilityExemption boolean optional

    Certain total and permanent disabilities — limited income, and hemiplegic/paraplegic/wheelchair-required/legally blind (all-taxes exemption)

  • requestingFirstResponderDisabledExemption boolean optional

    First responder totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty, or surviving spouse

  • requestingFirstResponderSurvivingSpouseExemption boolean optional

    Surviving spouse of first responder who died in the line of duty

  • requestingDisabledVeteranAge65Discount boolean optional

    Requires an additional application (DR-501DV) per the form's own footnote 1.

  • requestingVeteranDisabled10PercentExemption boolean optional

    Veteran disabled 10% or more

  • requestingDisabledVeteranWheelchairExemption boolean optional

    Disabled veteran confined to wheelchair, service-connected (all-taxes exemption)

  • requestingServiceConnectedDisabledVeteranExemption boolean optional

    May qualify for a prorated refund of the previous year's taxes if the parcel was acquired between January 1 and November 1 of the previous year and proof of the disability as of January 1 of that tax year is provided.

  • requestingSurvivingSpouseOfVeteranKilledOnDutyExemption boolean optional

    May qualify for a prorated refund of the previous year's taxes if the parcel was acquired between January 1 and November 1 of the previous year and an official letter is provided.

  • sameExemptionPreviousParcelNumber string optional

    Only relevant if the applicant separately received the same service-connected-veteran or surviving-spouse exemption on a different parcel in the previous year; not gated by requiredWhen because that predicate is a fact about a prior filing, not one this schema otherwise captures (see VERIFICATION.md).

    length: 0–60
  • sameExemptionPreviousParcelCounty string optional

    Previous parcel — county

    length: 0–60
  • otherBenefitRequestedExplanation string optional

    Other benefit requested, specify

    length: 0–200

Verification record

This file is the source-review record for this document version, per the manual-source-review-v1 practice.

Current claim

  • status: draft
  • verification.method: manual-source-review-v1
  • verification.lastVerifiedAt: 2026-07-06

The document was derived directly from the Florida Department of Revenue's own state-prescribed DR-501 application form (the exact document the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser hosts and requires), plus the Property Appraiser's own published eligibility/proof-of-residency summary. It remains draft, not verified — see the honesty flags below for the specific ambiguities and scope narrowings that keep it from verified.

This is the first county/municipal-level (jurisdiction.locality) document published in the registry, piloting GSP-0021 and the spec/v0.3 normative text at SPEC.md §5.2/§5.4 (which uses this exact us/fl/miami-dade/<authority>/homestead-exemption shape as its worked example).

Sources examined

  • Document (id, version): us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption / 1.0.0
  • Spec version: GovSchema 0.3.0
  • Jurisdiction: country: US, subdivision: US-FL, locality: { name: "Miami-Dade County", slug: "miami-dade" }, level: municipal.
  • Authority: Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County (the office's own site uses "PA" throughout its URL structure — miamidadepa.gov/pa/forms.page, miamidadepa.gov/pa/exemptions.asp, miamidadepa.gov/pa/file-online.asp — so pa was chosen as the authority slug rather than an invented abbreviation. The county-hosted DR-501 letterhead itself reads "PROPERTY APPRAISER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY").
  • "Homestead Exemption and Portability Online Filing" page: https://www.miamidadepa.gov/pa/file-online.asp — fetched live, 2026-07-06 (via WebFetch). Supplied the list of exemptions filed through the same online portal (Homestead, Senior, Portability, Widow/Widower, Totally and Permanently Disabled Veteran, Surviving Spouse of a T&P Disabled Veteran, Veteran's Disability), the eligibility summary (legal/equitable title and permanent residence as of January 1, US citizenship or permanent-resident status), the "Acceptable Proof of Residency" list, the March 1 statutory deadline, and the mail/email/walk-in/online submission channels.
  • "Exemptions & Benefits" page: https://www.miamidadepa.gov/pa/exemptions.asp — fetched live, 2026-07-06 (via WebFetch). Confirmed the homestead/senior/widow(er)/disability/ deployed-military benefit summary and the Save Our Homes portability description; this page itself is a marketing/summary page and defers detailed eligibility rules to a "Property Tax Exemption Guidelines" download and the DR-501 form, consistent with using the DR-501 PDF as the authoritative field source below.
  • DR-501, "Original Application for Homestead and Related Tax Exemptions" (R. 01/26, Rule 12D-16.002, F.A.C.), Florida Department of Revenue's own copy: https://floridarevenue.com/property/documents/dr501.pdf — fetched live (HTTP 200) and read directly as a PDF (all 5 pages: the 3-page fillable application, the penalties/statute page, and the "Added Benefits" reference table).
  • DR-501, Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser's own re-hosted copy: https://www.miamidadepa.gov/resources-pa/library/forms/dr501.pdf — fetched live (HTTP 200), read directly as a PDF. Confirmed the underlying application content (pages 1-5, "DR-501 R. 01/26") is identical to the state's generic copy, prefixed with the county's own one-page "Extenuating Circumstances for Late-Filed Exemption Application" cover form (PAMDC-ECv312026, signed by "Tomas Regalado, Property Appraiser," 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 710, Miami, FL 33128, phone 305-375-4712) — this confirms Miami-Dade files the exact state-prescribed DR-501, with its own late-filing petition process layered on top (out of scope for this v1.0.0 — see honesty flags).
  • Field extraction method: direct PDF read (native multimodal rendering) of both PDFs, not a summarized fetch, per gov-form-pdf-extraction discipline — recovered the exact printed wording of every labelled blank, checkbox, and reference-table row.
  • Retrieved / reviewed: 2026-07-06.
  • Reviewer: GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer — initial authoring source review).

What was confirmed against the source

| Source element | Field(s) / documents[] entry | |---|---| | "County ___ Tax Year ___" / "I am applying for homestead exemption: New or Change" | taxYear, applicationAction | | "Homestead address" / "Mailing address, if different" | homesteadAddressLine1/City/State/PostalCode, mailingAddressLine1/City/State/PostalCode | | "Parcel identification number or legal description" | parcelIdentificationNumberOrLegalDescription | | "Type of deed ___ Date of deed" / "Recorded: Book Page Date or Instrument number" | deedType, deedDate, deedRecordedBook/Page/Date, deedInstrumentNumber | | "Is the property in a trust? Yes No Name of trust on the property deed" | isPropertyInTrust, trustName | | Applicant/Co-applicant table: "Name", "Phone number", "*Social Security #", "Date of birth" | applicantFullName/PhoneNumber/SocialSecurityNumber/DateOfBirth, coApplicant... equivalents | | "*Disclosure of your social security number is mandatory... section 196.011(1)(b)" | applicantSocialSecurityNumber description | | "Are you a US Citizen? Yes No" / "If not a US Citizen, provide Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #" | applicant/coApplicantIsUSCitizen, .../ImmigrationOrAlienCardType, .../ImmigrationOrAlienCardNumber | | "% of ownership" / "Date homestead was established" | applicant/coApplicantOwnershipPercentage, .../HomesteadEstablishedDate | | "Name and address of any owners not residing on the property" | ownersNotResidingOnPropertyNameAndAddress | | "Marital status of Applicant/Co-applicant: Single Married Divorced Widowed Other, Explain" | applicant/coApplicantMaritalStatus, .../MaritalStatusOtherExplanation | | "Co-applicant relationship to Applicant (Example: Spouse, parent, sibling)" | coApplicantRelationshipToApplicant | | "Do you currently claim residency or homestead in another county or state? Applicant? Co-applicant?" | applicant/coApplicantClaimsResidencyOrHomesteadElsewhere | | "Address of current or previous homestead" / "Date current or previous homestead was established and ended, if applicable" | currentOrPreviousHomesteadAddress/EstablishedDate/EndedDate | | "Please provide as much information as possible. Your county property appraiser will make the final determination." + Proof of Residence table rows | proofPreviousResidencyOutsideFloridaTerminationDate, proofFloridaDriverLicenseOrIdNumber, proofFloridaVehicleTagNumber, proofFloridaVoterRegistrationNumber, proofDeclarationOfDomicileRecordedDate, proofCurrentEmployer, proofAddressOnLastIRSReturn, proofSchoolLocationOfDependentChildren, proofBankStatementSentToHomesteadAddress, proofUtilityPaymentAtHomesteadAddress; documents[].proofOfPermanentResidencyDocument | | Page 2 checkbox list, "In addition to homestead exemption, I am applying for the following benefits" (all 12 items) | requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncome, requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncome25YearResidency, requestingWidowedExemption, requestingBlindExemption, requestingTotallyPermanentlyDisabledExemption, requestingQuadriplegicExemption, requestingLimitedIncomeDisabilityExemption, requestingFirstResponderDisabledExemption, requestingFirstResponderSurvivingSpouseExemption, requestingDisabledVeteranAge65Discount, requestingVeteranDisabled10PercentExemption, requestingDisabledVeteranWheelchairExemption, requestingServiceConnectedDisabledVeteranExemption, requestingSurvivingSpouseOfVeteranKilledOnDutyExemption | | "If you received the same exemption on another parcel in the previous year, enter the previous parcel information... Parcel number ___ County ___" (both veteran/surviving-spouse rows) | sameExemptionPreviousParcelNumber, sameExemptionPreviousParcelCounty | | "Other, specify: ___" | otherBenefitRequestedExplanation | | Page 5 "Added Benefits" reference table (Amount/Qualifications/Forms and Documents/Statute columns, all rows) | documents[].deathCertificateOfSpouseDocument, .blindDisabilityCertificationDocument, .totallyPermanentlyDisabledCertificationDocument, .quadriplegicCertificationDocument, .limitedIncomeDisabilityCertificationDocument, .firstResponderDisabilityDocumentation, .firstResponderSurvivingSpouseLetterDocument, .disabledVeteranAge65DiscountDocument, .veteranDisabled10PercentProofDocument, .veteranWheelchairDisabilityProofDocument, .serviceConnectedVeteranDisabilityProofDocument, .survivingSpouseVeteranActiveDutyLetterDocument, .seniorExemptionIncomeDocument | | Page 3 — "I understand that under section 196.131(2), F.S., any person who knowingly and willfully gives false information... I certify all information on this form... true, correct, and in effect on January 1 of this year." (paired with "Signature, applicant") | documents[].falseStatementAttestation | | Miami-Dade online-filing page's "Acceptable Proof of Residency" list | documents[].proofOfPermanentResidencyDocument.acceptedTypes |

Honesty flags (deliberate, recorded rather than glossed over)

  • The Property Appraiser's own online e-file portal is gated and not structurally modelled field-by-field. apps.miamidadepa.gov/PA.OnlineExemptions requires an account/login (confirmed via search result: "PA Online Exemptions" resolves to an Account/Login page) and could not be read unauthenticated. Consistent with how prior gated-portal schemas in this registry handled the same situation (e.g. us/fl/doh/birth-certificate-request's VitalChek fallback), this schema instead models the state-prescribed DR-501 paper form that both the online portal and the mail/walk-in channels are built on top of, per the Department of Revenue's own framing ("Application due to property appraiser by March 1... Complete pages 1 through 3"). The live portal's own field order, validation, and upload mechanics may differ in presentation from the paper form modelled here.
  • pa was chosen as the authority slug over the spec's own illustrative tax-collector. SPEC.md §5.2 uses us/fl/miami-dade/tax-collector/homestead-exemption as an illustrative id shape only, not the real authority slug (its own comment says so). Research confirmed the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser (not the Tax Collector) is the office that actually administers homestead exemption applications — the Tax Collector's Office bills and collects the resulting tax, but the DR-501 application itself is "filed with the county property appraiser's office" and Miami-Dade's own site uses pa as its authority path segment throughout (miamidadepa.gov/pa/...). pa matches both the office's actual function and its own self-chosen URL abbreviation.
  • Proof-of-Residence table (DR-501 page 2) is modelled for the applicant only, not duplicated per co-applicant/spouse. The printed table has separate "Applicant" and "Co-applicant/Spouse" columns for most proof-of- residence rows, but this v1.0.0 narrows scope to the applicant's own proof fields (proofFloridaDriverLicenseOrIdNumber etc.) to keep the field count tractable for a first county-level pilot; a future MINOR could add the parallel coApplicantProof... set. proofSchoolLocationOfDependentChildren is modelled as a single shared field regardless, since a dependent child's school does not logically differ per parent.
  • currentOrPreviousHomesteadEstablishedDate/EndedDate are not gated by requiredWhen. The source prints these as "if applicable" even in the row that follows the "claim residency/homestead elsewhere" question, so they are modelled as always-optional rather than conditionally required — a deliberate, disclosed simplification, not an oversight.
  • sameExemptionPreviousParcelNumber/County are not gated by requiredWhen. The source's own conditional ("If you received the same exemption on another parcel in the previous year...") depends on a fact (a prior-year exemption on a different parcel) this schema does not otherwise capture as a field, so tying requiredWhen to either veteran exemption boolean would over-trigger for the common case of a first-time claim. Modelled as optional and documented instead of forcing an incorrect gate.
  • The Property Appraiser's own gated online portal, the late-filed- application extenuating-circumstances petition, the Save Our Homes Portability transfer (DR-501T), and each footnoted exemption's own follow-on application (DR-501SC, DR-416/DR-416B, DR-501DV, DR-501A) are out of full structural scope for v1.0.0. This schema models the DR-501 checkbox declaring intent to claim each benefit and the supporting document/certification it triggers, but not the separate application's own fields — the same kind of narrowing the birth-certificate schema applied to the DH 1958 affidavit sub-flow. The Miami-Dade-specific "Extenuating Circumstances for Late-Filed Exemption Application" form (PAMDC-ECv312026), confirmed live on the county's own DR-501 PDF cover page, is a distinct late-filing petition process, not part of the on-time original-application flow modelled here.
  • homesteadAddressState is modelled as a free ^[A-Z]{2}$ field, not a fixed "FL" literal, even though every homestead-eligible property is necessarily in Florida — the source prints an open address block, not a pre-filled state value.

Conformance

See conformance/us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption/1.0.0/ for a mock, non-submitted application packet exercising a straightforward single- applicant, no-co-applicant, homestead-only filing.

View the raw record (VERIFICATION.md)

Version history

  • 1.0.0 draft latest this page has verification record schema.json

Independent and non-affiliated

GovSchema is an independent, open-source project. This reference is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County or any government. The authoritative source is always the live government form and its official instructions.