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Instructions for Form PE13

Who is eligible

How to apply

Your Social Security number

is required by M.S. 270C.306.

You may qualify to receive a

To apply for special home‑

We ask for the information to

decrease in property taxes if:

stead status for the blind,

properly identify you and de‑

complete Form PE13. Mail the

• you are certified legally

termine if you qualify for the

application with the required

blind, and

special homestead classifica‑

attachments (see below) to

• your eye doctor has signed

tion. If you don’t provide the

the address provided at the

and provided you with a

required information, your

bottom of the form. Applica‑

letter or current eye report

application may be delayed or

tions must be received prior

stating that you are legally

denied.

to October 1 to apply for taxes

blind.

payable the next year.

Also according to state law,

Legally blind is having 20/200

the department may share

You’ll be notified of your eligi‑

vision in the best eye or worse,

some or all of the informa‑

bility within four to six weeks

or field cuts of less than 20

tion, including your Social

after we receive your applica‑

percent in the best eye. This

Security number, with:

tion. Once you are approved,

determination must be made

you will remain in the pro‑

• Minnesota state or county

by an eye doctor.

gram as long as you own your

agencies or courts to which

Relative homesteads

home. If you move, you must

you owe money or from

complete a new application.

which you claim assistance,

Minnesota law allows home‑

• a local assessor for purposes

stead status for a home occu‑

Note: Signing Form PE13 may

of determining whether

pied by a relative of the owner,

result in loss of your Minne‑

homestead benefits have

if certain qualifications are

sota driver’s license.

been claimed appropriately,

met. To apply, complete an

Required attachments

• the Legislative Auditor for

application provided by the

You must include a copy of

purposes of auditing the

county and have it approved

a letter or current eye report

Department of Revenue or a

by the county assessor where

signed by your eye doctor

legislative program,

the home is located. (A relative

stating that you are legally

• the Minnesota Department

is a parent, stepparent, child,

blind. The letter or report

of Veterans Affairs, for pur‑

stepchild, grandparent, grand‑

must include diagnosis, acu‑

poses of locating veterans

child, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece

ity and the onset date of your

and notifying them of health

or nephew. This relationship

legal blindness. The onset date

hazards they were exposed

may be by blood or marriage.)

is important in determining

to as a result of service in the

To qualify for the special clas‑

your eligibility date.

armed forces, and of poten‑

sification for the blind on a

tial benefits to which they,

The department is not autho‑

relative homestead, the rela‑

their dependents or survi‑

rized to pay for any eye exam

tive living in the home must

vors may be entitled.

or copy charges that your doc‑

be the qualifying person who

tor may charge.

Questions?

is legally blind. If the blind

relative dies, the department

Use of information

Call 651‑556‑6087. TTY: Call

must be notified of the death.

711 for Minnesota Relay. We’ll

All information on this form

Send a letter, including the

provide this information in

is private and is required by

date of death, to the address at

other formats upon request.

state law (M.S. 273.1315).

the bottom of Form PE13.

Instructions For Form Pe13

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