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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided August 29, 2008Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Mr. Levy:

On behalf of the Honorable Atlee Mercer, Osceola County Property Appraiser, you have asked for my opinion on substantially the following questions:

1. Whether section 689.071(3), Florida Statutes, confers upon a trustee of a land trust a sufficient possessory interest to support a homestead tax exemption?

2. Whether section 689.071(8)(h), Florida Statutes, confers upon a beneficiary of a land trust a sufficient possessory interest to support a homestead tax exemption?

Question One — Trustees

Article VII, section 6(a), Florida Constitution, provides:

"Every person who has the legal or…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Chaffee v. Miami Transfer Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. Drucker v. RosensteinSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  3. Florida Nat. Bank of Jacksonville v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  4. Aetna Insurance Company v. LaGasseSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
  5. Columbia Bank for Coop. v. Okeelanta Sugar Coop.Supreme Court of Florida · 1951

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