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  2. Kansas and Wichita homestead refunds are ‘here for us ... - AOL

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    Sedgwick County had more Homestead refund filers than any county in Kansas in calendar year 2021, with over 11,340 people, or about 2% of the county population, filing for a refund.

  3. One of the most expensive states for US homeowners just ... - AOL

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    Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the Senior Citizen Homestead Exemption, which provides an additional $10,000 exemption for school district taxes for homeowners aged 65 and older. The ...

  4. Property tax rates by state: What to expect in your area - AOL

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    Total property taxes on single-family homes rose 6.9 percent in the U.S. in 2023, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions. This is nearly double the 2022 increase of 3.6 percent and ...

  5. Homestead exemption - Wikipedia

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    The homestead exemption is a legal regime to protect the value of the homes of residents from property taxes, creditors, and circumstances that arise from the death of the homeowner's spouse. Such laws are found in the statutes or the constitution of many of the states in the United States. The homestead exemption in some states of the South ...

  6. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km 2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, were given away ...

  7. Property tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The largest property tax exemption is the exemption for registered non-profit organizations; all 50 states fully exempt these organizations from state and local property taxes with a 2009 study estimating the exemption's forgone tax revenues range from $17–32 billion per year. [53] Exemptions can be quite substantial.

  8. Homestead Exemption: What It Means and How To Qualify - AOL

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    Beyond the property tax exemption, many states implement a homestead exemption as a form of creditor protection. The homestead exemption makes a primary home a shielded asset — if homeowners ...

  9. Donation Land Claim Act - Wikipedia

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    September 27, 1850. The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, sometimes known as the Donation Land Act, [ 1 ] was a statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850, intended to promote homestead settlements in the Oregon Territory. It followed the Distribution-Preemption Act 1841. The law, a forerunner of the later Homestead Act, brought ...