Instructions For Form Pe13

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Instructions for Form PE13
Who is eligible
How to apply
Mailing address
Mail your completed applica-
You may qualify to receive
Complete Form PE13 and
tion and letter or eye report
a decrease in your property
attach the required docu-
to:
mentation listed below. Note:
taxes if you meet the follow-
ing criteria:
Signing this application may
Minnesota Revenue
result in loss of your Minne-
Mail Station 3340
• You must be certified legally
sota driver’s license.
St. Paul, MN 55146-3340
blind.
Applications are due before
• You must be able to provide
Use of information
October 1 each year for taxes
a letter or current eye report
All information on this form
payable the next year.
signed by your eye doctor
is required by Minnesota law
stating that you are legally
You’ll be notified of your
(M.S. 273.1315) to properly
blind.
eligibility within four to six
identify you and determine
weeks after we receive your
if you qualify for the special
Relative
application. Once you are
homestead classification. Your
homesteads
approved, you will remain in
Social Security number is re-
this program as long as you
Residential real estate that
quired by M.S. 270.066. If you
is occupied and used as a
own your home. If you move,
don’t provide the required
you must complete a new ap-
homestead by a legally blind
information, your application
plication.
relative of the property owner
may be delayed or denied.
is treated as a homestead
Required attachments
Information and
only to the extent it would be
You must include a copy of
treated as a homestead if the
assistance
a letter or current eye report
owner lived there.
signed by your eye doctor
If you need additional in-
For purposes of this classifi-
stating that you are legally
formation or assistance, call
cation, a “relative” is a parent,
blind. The letter or report
651-556-6087. TTY: Call 711
stepparent, child, stepchild,
must include diagnosis, acu-
for Minnesota Relay.
grandparent, grandchild, sis-
ity and the onset date of your
We’ll provide this informa-
ter, brother, aunt, uncle, niece
legal blindness. The onset
tion in other formats upon
or nephew. This relationship
date is important in deter-
request.
may be by blood or marriage.
mining your eligibility date.
If the blind relative dies, the
The Department of Revenue
Department of Revenue must
is not authorized to pay for
be notified of the death. Send
an eye exam if needed or
notification including date of
“copy charges” that your doc-
death to the mailing address
tor may charge.
on this page.

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