Homestead - Registered Aliens Under A Temporary Visa

By: David M. Garten, Esq.

Art. X, § 4, Fla. Const. provides in pertinent part:

SECTION 4. Homestead; exemptions.—

(a) There shall be exempt from forced sale under process of any court, and no judgment, decree or execution shall be a lien thereon, except for the payment of taxes and assessments thereon, obligations contracted for the purchase, improvement or repair thereof, or obligations contracted for house, field or other labor performed on the realty, the following property owned by a natural person: