# Idaho — Homestead exemption amounts by state

For Idaho, homestead exemption is the homestead exemption amount shall not exceed the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000); area limit is regardless of area, verified against its source on 2026-08-29.

- **State:** Idaho _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Homestead exemption:** the homestead exemption amount shall not exceed the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Area limit:** regardless of area _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 55-1003. Homestead exemption limited. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A homestead may consist of lands, as described in section 55-1001 , Idaho Code, regardless of area, but the homestead exemption amount shall not exceed the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000). History: [55-1003, added 1989, ch. 371, sec. 2, p. 934; am. 1992, ch. 14, sec. 1, p. 38; am.

## Source

- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title55/T55CH10/SECT55-1003/

Last verified: 2026-08-29. Review by: 2027-02-25.
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