Palm Beach County, Florida Homestead Exemption: Deadline & How to Apply (2026)
The homestead exemption filing deadline in Palm Beach County, Florida is March 1, according to Palm Beach County Property Appraiser.
All homestead exemption applications must be eligible as of January 1 and submitted by March 1 of the year in which the benefit will be applied.
What to do now
- Check you qualify — Palm Beach County applies the requirements Palm Beach County Property Appraiser publishes, not a national rule.
- Open the application Palm Beach County Property Appraiser publishes: https://floridarevenue.com/property/documents/dr501.pdf
- File it with Palm Beach County Property Appraiser by March 1.
Who qualifies in Palm Beach County
Applicants must be a permanent Florida resident, hold title to the property, make it their permanent residence, and have no other residency-based benefit elsewhere, all as of January 1. PBCPAO describes the $25,000 exemption on the first $50,000 of assessed value plus an additional exemption (up to $25,722 for 2025) on value between $50,000 and $75,000; this particular page does not separately name senior, low-income, widow/widower, disability, veteran, or first responder exemptions.
The deadline, and what happens if you miss it
March 1. The same calendar date every year.
If you file late
Owners who miss March 1 may petition the Value Adjustment Board; Florida law sets the petition deadline as the 25th day after the county mails the TRIM notice.
Do you have to re-apply each year?
No — once granted it continues while you own and occupy the home. Moving ends it, and the new home needs its own application.
The form, and where to file it
- The office: Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
- The application: floridarevenue.com
- Filing online: secure.co.palm-beach.fl.us
We link the county's own file rather than hosting a copy of it. A copy goes out of date the day the county edits it; the county's own file does not.
What gets Palm Beach County applications rejected
Unlike everything above, this list carries no source. It is our own reading of what this county's material emphasises, written to be useful rather than authoritative — treat it as a checklist, not as Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's rules.
- Filing the paper DR-501 by mail instead of using PBCPAO's own e-file portal, adding avoidable delay
- Retaining a residency-based exemption or benefit on a property in another state while claiming Palm Beach homestead
- Not updating the driver's license and voter registration address to the homesteaded property before applying
- Missing the additional-exemption tier on the higher band of assessed value because only the base exemption was applied for
- Not filing a Value Adjustment Board petition within the required window after the TRIM notice is mailed when the initial filing window is missed
- Assuming portability of the Save Our Homes cap transfers automatically without a separate portability application
Palm Beach County homestead exemption questions
- When is the homestead exemption deadline in Palm Beach County?
- March 1 — Palm Beach County Property Appraiser puts it this way: “All homestead exemption applications must be eligible as of January 1 and submitted by March 1 of the year in which the benefit will be applied.” The same calendar date every year. We read that sentence on 2026-08-04.
- Who do I file my Palm Beach County homestead exemption with?
- You file with Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, not with us and not with the state. Its own site is https://pbcpao.gov/, and everything on this page was read from there or from a page it links.
- Which form does Palm Beach County want?
- The application Palm Beach County Property Appraiser publishes is at https://floridarevenue.com/property/documents/dr501.pdf. We link it rather than hosting a copy, because a copy goes stale the day the county edits it and the county's own file does not.
- What happens if I miss the Palm Beach County deadline?
- Late filing in this county: Owners who miss March 1 may petition the Value Adjustment Board; Florida law sets the petition deadline as the 25th day after the county mails the TRIM notice.
- Who qualifies for the homestead exemption in Palm Beach County?
- In short: Applicants must be a permanent Florida resident, hold title to the property, make it their permanent residence, and have no other residency-based benefit elsewhere, all as of January 1. PBCPAO describes the $25,000 exemption on the first $50,000 of assessed value plus an additional exemption (up to $25,722 for 2025) on value between $50,000 and $75,000; this particular page does not separately name senior, low-income, widow/widower, disability, veteran, or first responder exemptions.
- Can I file online in Palm Beach County?
- Yes — Palm Beach County Property Appraiser publishes an online entry point at https://secure.co.palm-beach.fl.us/papaefile/web/heapplication/login.aspx. The paper form linked above is the alternative if the portal will not take your application.
- Do I have to re-apply every year in Palm Beach County?
- No. Once Palm Beach County Property Appraiser grants it, the exemption stays with the property while you own and occupy it. Moving house does end it, and the new home needs its own application.
Remind me before the next Palm Beach County deadline
Not open yet. Email reminders are the thing this site is being built to do, and the sending side is not finished. There is no form here on purpose: we would rather show you an empty space than take an address we cannot yet write to.
When it opens it will be one address and one county, a confirmation email you have to click before anything else is ever sent, and three reminders a year at most. No advertising, and nothing sold on.
Other counties, and the Florida rule
- Florida homestead exemption: the state rule
- Miami-Dade County homestead exemption deadline
- Broward County homestead exemption deadline
- Hillsborough County homestead exemption deadline
- Orange County homestead exemption deadline
- Duval County homestead exemption deadline
- Pinellas County homestead exemption deadline
- Every county deadline we hold, in one table
- When is the Florida homestead exemption deadline?
Sources
- Deadline: pbcpao.gov, read
- Office: Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
- Application form: floridarevenue.com
What this site is
HomesteadDeadlines is not a government website and is not affiliated with any appraisal district, assessor’s office or county tax office.
Applying for a homestead exemption with your county is free. We do not file it for you, we do not charge you anything, and we never ask you to pay to apply.
Deadlines and eligibility are set by Palm Beach County Property Appraiser and are governed by its current notices. This page was verified on 2026-08-04.