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Title XV HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222 METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

222.20 Nonavailability of federal bankruptcy exemptions.--In accordance with the provision of s. 522(b) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. s. 522(b)), residents of this state shall not be entitled to the federal exemptions provided in s. 522(d) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. s. 522(d)). Nothing herein shall affect the exemptions given to residents of this state by the State Constitution and the Florida Statutes.

History.--s. 1, ch. 79-363.

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