Provided as a public service announcement and required disclosure by
Florida Homestead Services.
*Florida
Homestead Services, its agents, employees or otherwise, will not participate in any
type of fraud or fraudulent and questionable
practices by clients or homeowners. Florida Homestead Services will disclose any
and all fraud or perceived fraudulent practices to the local county
property appraiser and/or to the appropriate government agency*
*DISCLAIMER*
THIS WEB
SITE, INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS OFFERED BY FLORIDA HOMESTEAD SERVICES,
LLC IS AN ADVERTISEMENT OF SERVICES. FLORIDA
HOMESTEAD SERVICES,
LLC IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY, STATE AGENCY OR
COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, REVENUE COLLECTOR DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OR LAW FIRM. FILING HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTION DOES
NOT PROTECT YOUR HOME AGAINST FORCED SALE BY ANY AND ALL CREDITORS.
THERE ARE
EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROTECTIONS OF HOMESTEAD PROPERTY AFFORDED BY CURRENT LAW. THE PRODUCT(S), INFORMATION AND SERVICE(S) OFFERED BY
FLORIDA HOMESTEAD
SERVICES, LLC IS AN ADVERTISEMENT OF TYPING AND
FILING SERVICES AND GUARANTEES NO PARTICULAR RESULTS NOR DOES IT PROVIDE LEGAL
ADVICE. ANY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR AGENCY.
EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF FLORIDA
HOMESTEAD SERVICES MAY
NOT BE
ATTORNEYS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND AS SUCH MAY NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR
LEGAL ADVICE.
ANY AND ALL CONSULTATIONS, COMMUNICATION OR OTHERWISE SHALL NOT BE
DEEMED LEGAL ADVICE. FLORIDA HOMESTEAD SERVICES, LLC'S WEBSITE
AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES ARE AN ADVERTISEMENT OF VARIOUS SERVICES
INCLUDING NOON-LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES. NOTHING PROVIDED
HEREIN OR BY THE SERVICES OF OUR ENTITY IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT OR
OPINION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
No Attorney-Client relationship is created by use of our website,
consultation, representations, agreements, contracts or materials.
Florida Homestead Services and its agents do not provide legal
advice. The purchase and use of our services and/or public domain
materials is subject to the “Disclaimers and Terms of Use” found at
floridahomesteadservices.com. Materials and services are provided
"AS IS.” Florida Homestead Services guarantees no particular result
from its service(s) or
representation(s). Florida Homestead Services does not give any express or
implied warranties or promises of merchantability, suitability or completeness
of any of the materials for your particular needs. The materials
provided for are
used at your own risk. In no event will Florida Homestead Services,
its agents, partners or affiliates be responsible or liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential
damages including but not limited to procurement of substitute
goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business
interruption, however caused and on any theory of liability, whether
in contract, strict liability, or tort, including negligence or
otherwise, arising in any way out of the use of these materials. An
attorney should be consulted for all serious legal matters.
Protecting your confidential
information is important to us.
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State and federal laws require us to
keep your information safe.
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We have procedures and safeguards in
place to protect your information.
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The confidential information we
collect is used by us to provide our services.
Confidential information may include:
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Social Security number
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Birth date
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Address
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Employer
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Name
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…and much more!
By law, we must share information with
state or local government agencies in the state on your behalf. They must follow
the same strict privacy requirements that we follow. We are also
required by law to release particular information to the state and its
government jurisdictions in order to process and handle your case. When this
happens the information in the file may be open to the public, such
as e-mail addresses, if it is not exempt. For a list of allowed
information and public records exemptions, see
Florida Statutes Ch. 119.
Tell us
if you are afraid of providing sensitive information electronically.
We have safeguards to protect your information.
We will never send you an email or text
message asking for your personal information. If you get an email,
text message, or pop-up message asking for personal information, do
not reply or call us, even if it looks like we
sent it. Call us at 1-954-252-9111 if you get these types of
requests.
Safeguards
Authorization to Release Confidential
Information
We will not
give your information to anyone unless you allow us to. If you want
to allow someone to get information about your case, you need to
complete a
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Form
Fill out and print the form and mail it to us, or
E-Mail the
form to our office. The form requires your signature.
Nondisclosure – safeguard for limited
release of certain information
For service
purposes, we share certain information such as: Name, address,
social security numbers, phone number, voter information, vehicle
information, driver license, date of birth, immigration status, and
employer among other information required by law, with other state
and local government agencies in order to obtain any tax or
exemption benefit on your behalf.
To get more information or a copy of the
confidentiality form
call us or
e-mail us. Learn more information about our
Company rules, procedures, ethics policy and privacy policy.
Electronic Signature Disclosure
Florida
statutes (Chapter
668)
permit the use of electronic signatures. This allows your typed name
that is provided to be used on any application to any government agency
or by any agent as your legal signature. Even
though your name is typed, it has the same legal force and effect as
if it is a handwritten signature. An applicant giving false
statements
in any electronic application or document utilized by
any government agency is subject to the same penalties of perjury
under the law as if you signed the application by hand.
You must
understand that you shall be required to furnish certain personal and
confidential information to an agent and/or the local county
Property Appraiser, and/or the Clerk of the Court for the purpose
of determining the scope of services required or that you are a permanent resident as defined in s.
196.012(17)
and entitled to any statutory or tax exemption. Such information may
include, but will not necessarily be limited to the factors
enumerated in s.
196.015.
Section
196.131
(2),
Florida Statutes provides that any person who knowingly and
willfully gives false information for the purpose of claiming
homestead or any other statutory exemption is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the first degree punishable by a term of
imprisonment not exceeding 1 year and/or a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Also see,
sec. 837.06, False official statements.— Whoever knowingly makes a
false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public
servant in the performance of his official duty shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 837.06, Florida Statutes.
By
providing your name to Florida Homestead Services or to any
government agency as an electronic signature, you hereby
state that you have read and understand the above statutes and statements, and
understand any
questions asked within any application provided for and that they are true,
complete and correct under penalty of perjury.
