Pursuant to F.S.196.24, any ex-service member, or the surviving spouse of such a qualified veteran, who is a Florida resident, who was discharged under honorable conditions, and who has been disabled to a degree of 10 percent or more while serving during a period of wartime service, or by misfortune, is entitled to an exemption of $5,000 from property taxation. To qualify for the exemption, you must make application and produce a certificate of disability from the United States Government or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor as evidence your disability.
If you are the unremarried surviving spouse of such a disabled ex-servicemember who, on the date of the disabled ex-servicemember's death, had been married to the disabled ex-servicemember for at least 5 years, you are also entitled to the exemption.
Applications must be made in the Property Appraiser’s Office by March 1st of the year for which you are filing. After the first year an exemption has been granted, you will receive an automatic renewal of the exemption so long as the eligibility requirements are still being met. The exemption is not transferable to other properties without re-application.