Homestead Exemption
- Up to $50,000 for real or personal property you occupy as a single person, or up to $75,000 as a married couple up to $125,000 if over 65 or physically or mentally disabled, and up to $100,000 if over 55. This can be doubled for a married couple. You must record the exemption before an attempted sale of the property.
Insurance Exemption
- Insurance annuities or disability payments and all proceeds from a fraternal society's benefits program. Also exempt are any proceeds of a life insurance policy if the beneficiary is the spouse of child of the filer.
Pensions for Law Enforcement Officers, Teachers, and State Employees are Exempt.
Financial Aid to Students.
Personal Property
- Appliances, furnishings, clothing, and food considered essential
- Any tools of trade (uniforms, tools for occupation, etc.) to $5,000
- Jewelry, heirlooms and art to $5,000
- Family pictures
- Burial plots
- One automobile for personal use, not to exceed a value of $1,900
