The Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit
allows you to claim an exemption on your home which will lower your
school tax bill. For you to be eligible for this exemption, you must
own and occupy your house as your legal principal residence by May 1
of each year. This form is filed at your local Assessor's Office and
is good until you sell your house or change the use of your property
to a second home or to a rental home. You may only claim one house as
your principal residence.
The forms can be download and printed then can be mailed
to the Department of Assessment. The forms can be viewed and printed
using Adobe Acrobat software.
Homeowner's Principal
Residence Exemption Affidavit
Use this form to add a Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit
Exemption to your home or vacant lot adjacent to your principal residence.
A separate form must be completed for each parcel number. For more information
on the rules on applying for the exemptions, please click on form link
above.
Request to Rescind Homeowner's
Principal Residence Exemption
Use this form if you sell your property or change the
use of your property to a second home or rental property.
Conditional Rescission of Principal Residence Exemption
An owner may receive the PRE on the previous principal residence for up to three years if that property is not occupied, is for sale, is not leased, and is not used for any business or commercial purpose.
This is an example of a house with a $50,000 taxable value
using an $21.4824 per thousand of value homestead school millage rate
v.s. a $34.3043 non-homestead school millage rate.
| 100% Homestead Exemption |
0% Homestead Exemption |
| $1,074 per year in school taxes |
$1,715 per year in school taxes |
