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West Virginia filers choose state or federal exemptions: a $35,000 homestead under W. Va. Code 38-10-4, vehicle and wildcard exemptions, plus 2026 means test.
Washington filers choose state or federal exemptions: a homestead of the greater of $125,000 or the county median price (RCW 6.13.030), plus 2026 means test.
Virginia opted out of federal exemptions: a $50,000 homestead claimed by homestead deed under Va. Code 34-4, vehicle exemption, plus the 2026 means-test income.
Vermont bankruptcy guide: filers may choose state or federal exemptions, a $125,000 homestead under 27 V.S.A. 101, a vehicle and wildcard exemption, and 2026
Utah bankruptcy guide: Utah opted out of the federal exemptions, the inflation-indexed homestead under 78B-5-503, a $3,000 vehicle exemption, and 2026
Texas bankruptcy guide: filers may choose state or federal exemptions, an unlimited homestead with acreage limits and the 522(p) cap, plus 2026 means-test
Tennessee bankruptcy guide: the state opted out of federal exemptions, a $35,000 homestead ($52,500 joint, since 2022), the $10,000 personal-property wildcard
South Dakota bankruptcy guide: the state opted out of federal exemptions, an unlimited-value homestead limited by acreage, personal-property limits, and the
South Carolina bankruptcy guide: the state opted out of federal exemptions, a homestead near $76,125 (indexed), motor-vehicle and wildcard limits, and the 2026
Rhode Island bankruptcy guide: choose state or federal exemptions, a $500,000 homestead under R.I. Gen. Laws 9-26-4.1, a $12,000 vehicle exemption, plus 2026
Pennsylvania bankruptcy guide: choose state or federal exemptions. PA has no state homestead, so home equity is protected by the federal $31,575 homestead.
Oregon bankruptcy guide: choose state or federal exemptions, a homestead up to $150,000 under ORS 18.395, a $10,000 vehicle exemption, plus 2026 means-test