The homestead exemption is a statewide program administered by the County Auditor that offers qualifying homeowners a reduction on their real property or manufactured home taxes. Senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled homeowners may reduce their property tax burden by shielding some of the market value of their home from taxation.

The primary responsibilities of the homestead section are to assist taxpayers with the homestead exemption application process as well as maintain and update existing application records. There were 53,030 homeowners in Franklin County who received the credit for 2009 real property taxes and 859 manufactured home owners who received the credit for 2010 mobile home taxes, for a total savings of $27,208,382.30 during calendar year 2010.

• Homestead Information