Application for Homestead Exemption
Title 36 MRSA, §~ 681-689
(See reverse for instructions)
————————————————Section 1
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Check
all that apply
YES NO
A. I
am a legal resident of the State of Maine.
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B. I have owned homestead property in Maine for at least
the past 12 months. ---------- ---------
(1) If you owned a homestead in another
municipality within
the past
12 months, state the municipality where located:
____________________________________
C. I declare this homestead is my permanent place of
residence and the only
---------
---------
property
for which I have claimed a homestead exemption.
(Summer
camps, vacation homes and 2nd residences do not qualify)
IF YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED YES TO ALL
QUESTIONS, STOP
You must meet all three of these requirements
to qualify for a homestead
exemption
under the terms of the homestead exemption statute.
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1. Names
of all Property Owners (names on your tax
bill_______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Physical location of Homestead
property: (i.e. 14 Maple St_______________________________
City/Town:________________________________ Telephone No. _______________
Mailing address, if different from
above_____________________________________________________ fromaboveabove:___________________________________________________________
City/Town
___________________________________________________State _______________ Zip
Code___________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CLAIM
OF RESIDENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY. IN
LINE 2 ABOVE. IS BASED
ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Yes No N/A
· I
am a registered voter in the municipality. --------- --------- --------
· I pay Motor Vehicle Excise Tax in the municipality. -------- ------ ------
· The place of legal residence on my resident fishing
and/or ------- ------
-----
hunting license is the same as the above homestead address.
· The address on my driver's license is the same ------- ------- ------
as the above address.
(If you answer no to any question,
please explain on a separate sheet. N/A means Not Applicable)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I (we)
hereby declare, aware of penalties for perjury, that the answers to the above
are, to the best of my/our knowledge and
belief,
true, correct and complete. A person who knowingly files false information for
the purpose of obtaining a homestead
exemption
is guilty of a criminal offense.
Signature of Homestead Owner(s)
_________________________________________________Date:
______________________
_________________________________________________Date:_______________________
COMPLETED FORM MUST BE FILED WITII YOUR
ASSESSOR BY APRIL 1ST
Note: Forms filed after April 1 of any year will
apply to the subsequent year tax assessment
36 MRSA Section 681. Definitions
As used in this
subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have
the following meanings.
1. Applicant.
"Applicant" means an
individual who has applied for a homestead property tax exemption pursuant to
this subchapter.
2. Homestead.
"Homestead" means any
residential property in this State assessed as real property owned by an
applicant or held in a revocable living trust for the benefit of the applicant
and occupied by the applicant as the applicant's permanent residence. A
"homestead" does not include any real property used solely for
commercial purposes.
3. Permanent
residence. "Permanent residence"
means that place where an individual has a true, fixed and permanent home and
principal establishment to which the individual, whenever absent, has the intention
of returning. An individual may have only one permanent residence at a time
and, once a permanent residence is established, that residence is presumed to
continue until circumstances indicate otherwise.
4. Permanent
resident. "Permanent
resident" means an individual who has established a permanent residence.
INSTRUCTIONS
Section 1. Check all three boxes indicating your
answers. You must answer "Yes" to all three questions in order to
qualify for the Maine homestead exemption. If you have moved during the year
and owned a homestead prior to your move, indicate the name of the municipality
you
moved from on line B(1). Your ownership of homestead
property must have been continuous for the 12 month period in question B. If
you answer "No" to any question in this section you do not qualify
for the homestead exemption.
Section 2. Indicate your frill name as shown on your
property tax bill, the physical location of your home and your mailing address.
Section 3. This section gives the local assessor information
which may be used to determine if you quali~ and should support your answers to
the questions in Section 1. Please check the
appropriate answer for each of the statements in this
section.
One or more of the
owners of the homestead property may sign this document. Please file the
application with your local municipal assessor. If, for any reason you are
denied exemption by the assessor you may wish to appeal the assessor's decision
under the abatement statute. (Title
36 MRSA Section 841)