Homestead Exemption.

ALABAMA: Not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, in value two thousand dollars, or in lieu thereof a lot in a city, town, or village not exceeding said value. Code 1886, § 2507.

ARIZONA. Not exceeding in value four thousand dollars. R. S. 1887, § 2071. ARKANSAS: Outside of any town, one hundred and sixty acres, not exceeding in value twenty-five hundred dollars; or not less than eighty acres without regard to value. In any city, town, or village, one acre not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars in value; but not less than one fourth of an acre without regard to value. Const. art. 9, §§ 4, 5; Dig. of Stats. §§ 2995, 2996.

CALIFORNIA: Dwelling-house with land on which it is situated, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars. Civil Code, §§ 1237-1261.

COLORADO: Not exceeding in value two thousand dollars. To entitle a person to homestead, the word homestead" must be entered of record in the margin of his recorded title. G. S. 1883, §§ 1631-1635.

CONNECTICUT: Dwelling and land not exceeding one thousand dollars in value. G. S. 1888, § 2783.

DELAWARE: None.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: None.

FLORIDA: To the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of land, or half an acre within the limits of an incorporated city or town. Const. 1885, art. 10, § 1.

GEORGIA: Realty or personalty, or both, to the value of sixteen hundred dollars. Instead of the above, a dwelling-house and fifty acres of land, and five additional acres for each child under sixteen years of age, the value if not in a city, town, or village, not exceeding two hundred dollars; if in a city, town, or village, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. Code 1882, §§ 2002-2049; Const. 1877, art. 9.

IDAHO: Not exceeding in value five thousand dollars when claimed by the head of the family, and not exceeding one thousand dollars when claimed by any other person. R. S. 1887, § 3058.

ILLINOIS: Residence and land to the value of one thousand dollars. Annot. Stats. 1885, c. 52, § 1.

INDIANA: None as affecting a conveyance. R. S. 1888, § 703.

IOWA: Within a town plat, not exceeding one half an acre; if without, not more than forty acres. Annot. Code 1888, §§ 3163-3185.

KANSAS: To the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land, or one acre within an incorporated city or town. Const. § 235.

KENTUCKY: Dwelling-house and land not exceeding one thousand dollars in value. G. S. 1888, c. 38, § 9.

LOUISIANA: Lands and buildings to the value of two thousand dollars. Const. 1879, arts. 219, 220; R. L. 1884, § 1691.

MAINE: Land and dwelling-house to the value of five hundred dollars. R. S. 1883, c. 81, §§ 63-66.

MARYLAND: None.

MASSACHUSETTS: Land and buildings to the value of eight hundred dollars. MICHIGAN: House and not more than forty acres of land; or, if in a city or village, a house and lot not exceeding in value fifteen hundred dollars. G. S. 1883, S$ 7721-7729.

MINNESOTA Land with dwelling-house, not exceeding eighty acres, or, if in a town, city, or village, one lot. G. S. 1878, c. 68, § 1.

MISSISSIPPI: Residence and land not exceeding eighty acres in quantity, or two thousand dollars in value. R. Code 1880, § 1248.

MISSOURI: Dwelling-house in the country, with land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, nor exceeding in value fifteen hundred dollars. In cities the limitations in quantity and value differ according to the size of the cities. R. S. 1889, § 5435.

MONTANA: Dwelling-house and land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, or, in a town, city, or village, one fourth of an acre; and not to exceed in either case twenty-five hundred dollars in value.

NEBRASKA: Dwelling-house and land not exceeding in extent one hundred and sixty acres, or two thousand dollars in value; or, in a city or village, two contiguous lots. Comp. Stats. 1885, c. 36, § 1.

NEVADA: Dwelling-house and land not exceeding in value five thousand dollars. G. S. 1885, § 539.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. G. L. 1878, c. 138, § 1.

NEW JERSEY: Residence to the value of one thousand dollars. p. 1055.

Rev. 1877, NEW MEXICO: Land and dwelling-house to the value of one thousand dollars. This exemption does not affect conveyances. Comp. Laws 1884, § 1245.

NEW YORK: Land and buildings not exceeding one thousand dollars in value. Civ. Code, § 1399.

NORTH CAROLINA: Dwelling and land not exceeding one thousand dollars in value. Const. art. 10, § 9.

NORTH DAKOTA: Residence within a town, with land not exceeding one acre; if not within a town, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres.

Pol. Code 1883, c. 38. See Appendix, p. 902.

Value not limited.

ОнIO: Not exceeding one thousand dollars in value. R. S. 1890, § 5435.

OREGON: None.

PENNSYLVANIA: None.

RHODE ISLAND: None.

SOUTH CAROLINA: To the value of one thousand dollars. G. S. 1882, § 1994; Const. Amend. 1880.

SOUTH DAKOTA. See North Dakota.

TENNESSEE: To the value of one thousand dollars. Code 1884, § 2935.

TEXAS: Not in a town or city, two hundred acres of land; in a town or city, a lot not exceeding in value five thousand dollars. R. S. 1879, § 2336.

UTAH TERRITORY: Exemption to the value of one thousand dollars. Comp. Laws 1888, § 3429; but it seems not to affect conveyances.

VERMONT: Not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. R. S. 1880, § 1894. VIRGINIA: Real and personal property, or either, to the value of two thousand dollars. R. S. 1887, § 3630.

WASHINGTON: Not execeding in value one thousand dollars. Code 1881, § 342. WEST VIRGINIA: To the value of one thousand dollars. Code 1887, c. 41, § 30. WISCONSIN: Not exceeding forty acres of agricultural land; or, in a city or village, one fourth of an acre. Annot. Stats. 1889, § 2983.

WYOMING: Not exceeding in value fifteen hundred dollars. R. S. 1887, § 2780.

Dower and Homestead Releases in the several States and Territories.

ALABAMA: Dower and homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 3.

ARIZONA TERRITORY: Dower abolished. R. S. 1887, § 1460. Homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 4.

ARKANSAS: Dower and homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 6.

CALIFORNIA: Dower abolished. Civ. Code § 173. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 9.

COLORADO: Dower abolished. G. S. 1883, § 1039. A mortgage of a homestead is not valid against the wife unless she joins in the deed and acknowledges the same separate and apart from her husband, the officer fully apprising her of her rights. G. S. 1883, § 1636.

CONNECTICUT: No dower under marriages contracted since April 20, 1877. G. S. 1888, § 2796. Homestead released by wife joining husband in deed. Ibid. § 2783; Acknowledgment, p. 11.

DELAWARE: Dower released by wife joining in the deed and acknowledging according to form, p. 13. No homestead exemption.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Dower released by wife joining in deed and acknowledging according to form, p. 12. No homestead exemption.

FLORIDA: Dower released by wife joining in deed with husband. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 14. Homestead may be alienated by joint deed of husband and wife. GEORGIA: No renunciation of dower necessary except in cases of lands which the husband acquired title to through his wife. Homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 15.

IDAHO: Dower does not exist. Homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife acknowledged by latter apart from her husband.

ILLINOIS: Dower and homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment and Release, p. 17.

INDIANA: Dower abolished. R. S. 1888, § 2482. No homestead exemption.

IOWA: Homestead released by wife joining in deed. Annot. Code 1885, § 3165. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 19.

KANSAS: Dower abolished. G. S. 1889, § 2619. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 20.

KENTUCKY: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 21.

LOUISIANA: Dower does not exist, but wife has a mortgage on her husband's real estate to secure repayment of sums received by husband to her account. Form of Renouncement and Acknowledgment, p. 22. No mortgage can be made of the homestead. Const. 1879, art. 222.

MAINE: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife without acknowledgment by wife.

MARYLAND: Dower released by wife joining in deed. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 24. No homestead exemption.

MASSACHUSETTS: Dower and homestead released by special clause in deed, signed but not acknowledged by wife. Form of Release, see Deeds.

MICHIGAN: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 26.

MINNESOTA: Dower abolished. Laws 1875, c. 40, § 1; G. S. 1878, c. 46. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 1.

MISSISSIPPI: Dower abolished. R. Code 1880, § 1170. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 28.

MISSOURI: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 1.

MONTANA: Right of dower virtually repealed. Probate Practice Act 1877, § 550; Comp. Stats. 1887, p. 399. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 30.

NEBRASKA: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 31.

NEVADA: Dower abolished. G. S. 1885, § 505. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 33.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 34.

NEW JERSEY: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 34.

NEW MEXICO TERRITORY: Dower does not exist. No homestead release required. NEW YORK: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment and Release, p. 37.

NORTH CAROLINA: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 38.

NORTH DAKOTA: Dower abolished. Civil Code 1883, § 779. Homestead barred by joint deed of husband and wife acknowledged by her as if sole.

OHIO: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife.

OREGON: Dower released by wife joining in deed. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 41. No homestead exemption.

PENNSYLVANIA: Dower released by wife joining in deed. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 42. No homestead exemption.

RHODE ISLAND: Dower released by wife joining in deed, and therein releasing dower. She does not acknowledge. No homestead exemption.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Form of renunciation of dower, p. 45. No release of homestead right necessary. It cannot be waived.

SOUTH DAKOTA. See North Dakota.

TENNESSEE: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 46.

TEXAS: Dower not known. Homestead conveyed by joint deed of husband and wife. R. L. 1879, art. 560. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 46.

UTAH TERRITORY: The homestead exemption and dower may be released by wife joining husband in conveyance. Comp. Laws 1888, § 2531.

VERMONT: Dower exists only in real estate of which the husband died seized. Wife need not join in a deed to release it. Homestead is barred by the joint deed of husband and wife, and acknowledged by the wife. R. L. 1880, §§ 1904-1906. For Form, see p. 49.

VIRGINIA: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. See p. 49.

WASHINGON: Dower abolished. Code 1881, § 2414. Form of Release of Homestead, p. 50.

WEST VIRGINIA: Dower and homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 52.

WISCONSIN: Dower and homestead released by wife joining in deed with husband. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 53.

WYOMING: Dower abolished. R. S. 1887, § 2221. Homestead released by joint deed of husband and wife. Form of Acknowledgment, p. 53.

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