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Reporting published on May 14, 2021 said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her husband were listed with active homestead exemptions on two Georgia homes, one in Fulton County and one in Floyd County. Georgia law ties the exemption to a homeowner’s legal residence and says a person cannot claim it for more than one property. ([wsbtv.com](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/?outputType=amp&utm_source=openai))

The Fulton County filing was reported to have been made in May 2019 and to have taken effect for the 2020 tax year. The Floyd County exemption was also reported as active in 2021. Under Georgia rules, a homestead exemption is available only for a home that is actually occupied and used as the owner’s primary residence, and the state’s guidance says homeowners cannot already claim the benefit on another property in Georgia or elsewhere. ([wsbtv.com](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/?outputType=amp&utm_source=openai))

Greene’s office disputed the allegation after the report surfaced. In a statement quoted in the coverage, the office blamed Fulton County for failing to cancel the earlier exemption in time. The reporting did not establish a criminal case or a final legal finding; it showed that the exemption records existed and that the question was whether the filings complied with state law. ([wsbtv.com](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/?outputType=amp&utm_source=openai))

The episode became a basic residency test: where a lawmaker actually lives, which property counts as the legal residence, and whether the county filings match that reality. On the public record described in the May 14 report, the issue was not abstract. It was a pair of homestead exemptions attached to two different homes, in two different counties, under a rule that allows only one. ([wsbtv.com](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/?outputType=amp&utm_source=openai))