Homeowners living in certain counties in the Gulf Coast area that were affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita* may exclude themselves from the settlement if they purchased their homes after August 12, 2002. This date differs from the September 12, 2005 date that applies throughout the rest of the country.
Please check the map and list below to ensure that your county is considered to be in the Gulf Coast area and that you are therefore eligible to use the August 12,2002 home purchase date.
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Alabama
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
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Texas
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Baldwin
Choctaw
Clarke
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Mobile
Pickens
Sumter
Tuscaloosa
Washington
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Acadia
Allen
Ascension
Assumption
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Cameron
East Baton Rouge
East Feliciana
Evangeline
Iberia
Iberville
Jefferson
Jefferson David
Lafayette
Lafourche
Livingston
Orleans
Plaquemines
Pointe Coupee
Sabine
St. Bernard
St. Charles
St. Helena
St. James
St. John the Baptist
St. Landry
St. Martin
St. Mary
St. Tammany
Tangipahoa
Terrebonne
Vermillion
Vernon
Washington
West Baton Rouge
West Feliciana |
Adams
Amite
Attala
Choctaw
Claiborne
Clarke
Copiah
Covington
Forrest
Franklin
George
Greene
Hancock
Harrison
Hinds
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jefferson David
Jones
Kemper
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Leake
Lincoln
Lowndes
Madison
Marion
Neshoba
Newton
Noxubee
Oktibbeha
Pearl River
Perry
Pike
Rankin
Scott
Simpson
Smith
Stone
Walthall
Warren
Wayne
Wilkinson
Winston
Yazoo |
Angelina
Brazoria
Chambers
Fort Bend
Galveston
Hardin
Harris
Jasper
Jefferson
Liberty
Montgomery
Nacogdoches
Newton
Orange
Polk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
Shelby
Trinity
Tyler
Walker |
*This group consists of the 117 counties eligible to receive individual and Public Assistance based on the disaster declarations issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through October 7, 2005 for Hurricane Katrina and through October 20, 2005 for Hurricane Rita.