Sections
11 entriesSection 704.910Defines declared homestead, declared homestead owner, dwelling, homestead declaration, and spouse for the article. The definitions include qualifying declarations recorded before July…Section 704.920Allows an owner or an owner's spouse to select as a declared homestead a dwelling in which either resides by recording a…Section 704.930Requires a homestead declaration to name the owner, describe the homestead, and state it is the principal dwelling occupied by the owner…Section 704.940Allows a declared homestead to be conveyed or encumbered without restriction from the homestead declaration. A properly recorded declaration is prima facie…Section 704.950Bars a judgment lien from attaching to a declared homestead when the homestead declaration was recorded before the judgment document and names…Section 704.960Exempts proceeds from a voluntary sale of a declared homestead, up to the homestead exemption amount, for six months after sale. If…Section 704.965Sets the increased homestead exemption for declarations recorded before an exemption increase takes effect, for the specified later proceedings, unless the judgment…Section 704.970Requires any execution levy and resulting sale on a dwelling, whether or not a homestead declaration has been recorded, to comply with…Section 704.980Allows a declared homestead to be abandoned by an executed and acknowledged declaration from the owner or an authorized person; an authorized…Section 704.990Establishes automatic abandonment of a declared homestead when the owner or an authorized person executes, acknowledges, and records a new homestead declaration…Section 704.995Extends declared-homestead protection against attachment, execution, and judgment liens after the owner’s death when the dwelling was then the principal dwelling of…