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SECTION 1. Check the appropriate box related to each question. You must check all three boxes to qualify
for the Maine homestead property tax exemption. If you have moved during the year and owned a homestead
in Maine prior to your move, enter the address of the homestead you moved from on line 1.b(1). Your
ownership of a homestead must have been continuous for the 12-month period prior to application. If you did
not check all boxes in this section, you do not qualify for the homestead property tax exemption. A person on
active duty serving in the Armed Forces of the United States who is permanently stationed at a military or
naval post, station or base in this state is deemed to be a permanent Maine resident. A person on active duty
serving in the Armed Forces of the United States does not include a member of the National Guard or the
Reserves.
SECTION 2. Enter your full name(s) as shown on your property tax bill, the physical location of your home
and your mailing address, if different than the physical location.
SECTION 3. This section gives the local assessor information which may be used to determine if you qualify
and should support your answers to the questions in SECTION 1. Please check the appropriate box for each
of the statements in this section.
At least one of the owners of the homestead must 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 appeal the
assessor’s decision under the abatement statute, 36 M.R.S. § 841.
DEFINITIONS
Homestead. “Homestead” means residential real property owned by an individual or individuals and occupied
by those individuals as their permanent residence. Residential real property held in a revocable living trust for
a beneficiary who occupies the property as his or her permanent residence also qualifies as a homestead.
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.
Permanent resident. "Permanent resident" means an individual who has established a permanent residence.
A cooperative housing corporation may apply for a homestead exemption to be applied against the valuation
of property of the corporation that is occupied by qualifying shareholders. To qualify, the corporation must
complete an Application for Maine Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Cooperative Housing Corporations.
Revised 3/17
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