Homestead |
$75,000 |
Wedding ring, jewelry of the debtor or his dependent held primarily for the personal, family or household use |
$500 |
Household furnishings, goods or appliances, books, wearing apparel, animals, crops or musical instruments that are held primarily for the personal, family or household use of the debtor or his dependent |
$5,000 |
Growing crops |
$5,000 |
One cooking stove, appliances needed for heating, one refrigerator, one freezer, one water heater, sewing machines, ten cords of firewood, five tons of coals or 500 gallons of oil, 500 gallons of bottled gas, one cow, two goats, 10 sheep, 10 chickens, and feed sufficient to keep the cow, goats, sheep or chickens through one winter, three swarms of bees and their hives with their produce in honey, one yoke of oxen or steers or two horses kept and used for team work, two harnesses, two halters, two chains, one plow, and one ox yoke, bank account deposits not to exceed $700.00 in value. |
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Professionally prescribed health aids for the debtor or his dependent |
No limit |
Motor vehicle |
$2,500 |
Tools of trade |
$5,000 |
NOTE: These are the major bankruptcy exemptions.
Check with your bankruptcy lawyer for a full exemptions list.