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
Machine access
- Schema document
registry/us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption/1.0.0/schema.jsonapplication/schema+json- Verification record
registry/us/fl/miami-dade/pa/homestead-exemption/1.0.0/VERIFICATION.mdtext/markdown- 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
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taxYearinteger requiredTax year
range: 2000–2100 -
applicationActionenum requiredI am applying for homestead exemption
enum: new | change -
homesteadAddressLine1string requiredHomestead address
length: 1–120classification: pii -
homesteadAddressCitystring requiredHomestead address — city
length: 1–80classification: pii -
homesteadAddressStatestring requiredModeled 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 -
homesteadAddressPostalCodestring requiredHomestead address — ZIP code
patternclassification: pii -
mailingAddressLine1string optionalMailing address, if different
length: 0–120classification: pii -
mailingAddressCitystring optionalMailing address — city
length: 0–80classification: pii -
mailingAddressStatestring optionalMailing address — state
patternclassification: pii -
mailingAddressPostalCodestring optionalMailing address — ZIP code
patternclassification: pii -
parcelIdentificationNumberOrLegalDescriptionstring requiredParcel identification number or legal description
length: 1–200 -
deedTypestring optionalType of deed
length: 0–60 -
deedDatedate optionalDate of deed
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deedRecordedBookstring optionalRecorded — book
length: 0–20 -
deedRecordedPagestring optionalRecorded — page
length: 0–20 -
deedRecordedDatedate optionalRecorded — date
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deedInstrumentNumberstring optionalAlternative to the book/page/date fields; the form offers 'or Instrument number' as the other way to cite the recording.
length: 0–40 -
isPropertyInTrustboolean requiredIs the property in a trust?
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trustNamestring optionalName of trust on the property deed
length: 1–120
Applicant information
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applicantFullNamestring requiredApplicant — name
length: 1–120classification: pii -
applicantPhoneNumberstring requiredApplicant — phone number
length: 1–20classification: pii -
applicantSocialSecurityNumberstring requiredDisclosure 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 -
applicantDateOfBirthdate requiredApplicant — date of birth
classification: sensitive-pii -
applicantIsUSCitizenboolean requiredApplicant — are you a US citizen?
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applicantImmigrationOrAlienCardTypeenum optionalApplicant — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #, which one
enum: immigration_number | resident_alien_card -
applicantImmigrationOrAlienCardNumberstring optionalApplicant — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #
length: 1–40classification: sensitive-pii -
applicantOwnershipPercentagenumber requiredApplicant — % of ownership
range: 0–100 -
applicantHomesteadEstablishedDatedate requiredApplicant — date homestead was established
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applicantMaritalStatusenum requiredApplicant — marital status
enum: single | married | divorced | widowed | other -
applicantMaritalStatusOtherExplanationstring optionalApplicant — marital status, explain 'Other'
length: 1–80 -
applicantClaimsResidencyOrHomesteadElsewhereboolean requiredFlorida 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
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coApplicantFullNamestring optionalCo-applicant/spouse — name
length: 0–120classification: pii -
coApplicantPhoneNumberstring optionalCo-applicant/spouse — phone number
length: 0–20classification: pii -
coApplicantSocialSecurityNumberstring optionalCo-applicant/spouse — Social Security number
patternclassification: sensitive-pii -
coApplicantDateOfBirthdate optionalCo-applicant/spouse — date of birth
classification: sensitive-pii -
coApplicantIsUSCitizenboolean optionalCo-applicant/spouse — are you a US citizen?
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coApplicantImmigrationOrAlienCardTypeenum optionalCo-applicant/spouse — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #, which one
enum: immigration_number | resident_alien_card -
coApplicantImmigrationOrAlienCardNumberstring optionalCo-applicant/spouse — Immigration # or Resident Alien Card #
length: 0–40classification: sensitive-pii -
coApplicantOwnershipPercentagenumber optionalCo-applicant/spouse — % of ownership
range: 0–100 -
coApplicantHomesteadEstablishedDatedate optionalCo-applicant/spouse — date homestead was established
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coApplicantMaritalStatusenum optionalCo-applicant — marital status
enum: single | married | divorced | widowed | other -
coApplicantMaritalStatusOtherExplanationstring optionalCo-applicant — marital status, explain 'Other'
length: 1–80 -
coApplicantRelationshipToApplicantstring optionalCo-applicant relationship to applicant
length: 0–60 -
coApplicantClaimsResidencyOrHomesteadElsewhereboolean optionalCo-applicant — do you currently claim residency or homestead in another county or state?
Ownership and residency history
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ownersNotResidingOnPropertyNameAndAddressstring optionalName and address of any owners not residing on the property
length: 0–300classification: pii -
currentOrPreviousHomesteadAddressstring optionalAddress of current or previous homestead
length: 0–200classification: pii -
currentOrPreviousHomesteadEstablishedDatedate optionalThe 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).
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currentOrPreviousHomesteadEndedDatedate optionalDate current or previous homestead ended
Proof of residence
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proofPreviousResidencyOutsideFloridaTerminationDatedate optionalPart 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.
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proofFloridaDriverLicenseOrIdNumberstring optionalFlorida driver license or ID card number
length: 0–40classification: pii -
proofFloridaVehicleTagNumberstring optionalFlorida vehicle tag number
length: 0–20 -
proofFloridaVoterRegistrationNumberstring optionalFlorida voter registration number (if US citizen)
length: 0–40 -
proofDeclarationOfDomicileRecordedDatedate optionalDeclaration of domicile — recorded date
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proofCurrentEmployerstring optionalCurrent employer
length: 0–120 -
proofAddressOnLastIRSReturnstring optionalAddress on your last IRS return
length: 0–200classification: pii -
proofSchoolLocationOfDependentChildrenstring optionalModeled 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 -
proofBankStatementSentToHomesteadAddressboolean optionalBank statement and checking account sent to homestead address
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proofUtilityPaymentAtHomesteadAddressboolean optionalProof of payment of utilities at homestead address
Additional exemptions and benefits
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requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncomeboolean optionalBy local ordinance only. Requires an additional application (DR-501SC household income statement).
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requestingSeniorExemptionLimitedIncome25YearResidencyboolean optionalBy local ordinance only. Requires an additional application (DR-501SC household income statement).
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requestingWidowedExemptionboolean optional$5,000 widowed exemption
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requestingBlindExemptionboolean optional$5,000 blind exemption
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requestingTotallyPermanentlyDisabledExemptionboolean optional$5,000 totally and permanently disabled exemption
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requestingQuadriplegicExemptionboolean optionalRequires an additional application per the form's own footnote 1.
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requestingLimitedIncomeDisabilityExemptionboolean optionalCertain total and permanent disabilities — limited income, and hemiplegic/paraplegic/wheelchair-required/legally blind (all-taxes exemption)
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requestingFirstResponderDisabledExemptionboolean optionalFirst responder totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty, or surviving spouse
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requestingFirstResponderSurvivingSpouseExemptionboolean optionalSurviving spouse of first responder who died in the line of duty
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requestingDisabledVeteranAge65Discountboolean optionalRequires an additional application (DR-501DV) per the form's own footnote 1.
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requestingVeteranDisabled10PercentExemptionboolean optionalVeteran disabled 10% or more
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requestingDisabledVeteranWheelchairExemptionboolean optionalDisabled veteran confined to wheelchair, service-connected (all-taxes exemption)
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requestingServiceConnectedDisabledVeteranExemptionboolean optionalMay 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.
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requestingSurvivingSpouseOfVeteranKilledOnDutyExemptionboolean optionalMay 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.
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sameExemptionPreviousParcelNumberstring optionalOnly 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 -
sameExemptionPreviousParcelCountystring optionalPrevious parcel — county
length: 0–60 -
otherBenefitRequestedExplanationstring optionalOther 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:draftverification.method:manual-source-review-v1verification.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— sopawas 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-extractiondiscipline — 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.OnlineExemptionsrequires an account/login (confirmed via search result: "PA Online Exemptions" resolves to anAccount/Loginpage) 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. pawas chosen as the authority slug over the spec's own illustrativetax-collector.SPEC.md§5.2 usesus/fl/miami-dade/tax-collector/homestead-exemptionas 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 usespaas its authority path segment throughout (miamidadepa.gov/pa/...).pamatches 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 (
proofFloridaDriverLicenseOrIdNumberetc.) to keep the field count tractable for a first county-level pilot; a future MINOR could add the parallelcoApplicantProof...set.proofSchoolLocationOfDependentChildrenis modelled as a single shared field regardless, since a dependent child's school does not logically differ per parent. currentOrPreviousHomesteadEstablishedDate/EndedDateare not gated byrequiredWhen. 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/Countyare not gated byrequiredWhen. 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 tyingrequiredWhento 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. homesteadAddressStateis 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
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1.0.0draftlatestthis pagehas verification recordschema.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.