Quite simply, your Homestead is a home where you reside with the intent to permanently remain there. If your home is located in a legal municipality, then your Homestead may include up to ½ acre of land together with the home on it, and if you live outside of a legal municipality, your Homestead may include up to 160 acres of contiguous land. It’s important to remember that if you happened to own some land with no home on it, and then you bought the land next door which had a home on it, that when you file Homestead you can include both parcels of land subject to the above limitations. It of course works the same way if you own your Homestead and you buy more adjoining or surrounding land in the future! You can stretch the protective shield of Homestead protection to the additional land subject to the acreage limits above. The “Homestead Laws” are a combination of provisions in the Florida Constitution, subsequent Constitutional Amendments, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Administrative Code. These laws provide protection against certain Judgment liability and save you money on your property taxes through exemptions, reductions, and other methods.