Homestead Exemption
Article VII §20 exempts $7,500 assessed value of a qualifying owner-occupied bona fide homestead, with acreage and other constitutional conditions.
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Official eligibility and application
Eligibility source
The bona fide homestead, consisting of a tract of land or two or more tracts of land even if the land is classified and assessed at use value pursuant to Article VII, Section 18(C) of this constitution, with a residence on one tract and a field with or without timber on it, pasture, or garden on the other tract or tracts, not exceeding one hundred sixty acres, buildings and appurtenances, whether rural or urban, owned and occupied by any person or persons owning the property in indivision, shall be exempt from state, parish, and special ad valorem taxes to the extent of seven thousand five hundred dollars of the assessed valuation.
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.