IMPORTANT PROPERTY TAX HOMESTEAD NOTICE This will affect your 2020 property taxes and may affect eligibility for Property Tax Refund. Have you purchased or moved into a property in the past year? Contact your county assessor to file a homestead application if you have both owned and occupied your property on or before December 1, 2019, and use it as a homestead. Occupancy by a qualifying relative also counts - see below. What is a qualifying relative? For Agricultural property, a qualifying relative includes the child, grandchild, sibling, or parent of the owner or owner's spouse. The owner(s) must also be a Minnesota resident and not be receiving or claiming another agricultural homestead in Minnesota. For Residential property, a qualifying relative, in addition to the above, also includes the owner's uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece. Note: Relative homesteads do not qualify for Property Tax Refund (PTR). Plus, if the property has been classified as Seasonal Residential Recreational (SRR) at any time under current ownership, it does not qualify for a relative homestead. When do I apply? You must apply on or before December 15, 2019, for the current year (2019) assessment, taxes payable in 2020. This application is also available online on our website. Once a homestead is granted, annual applications are not necessary unless they are requested by the county assessor. Since December 15 falls on a Sunday in 2019, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 645.15 and 645.151, homestead applications are considered timely if filed/received by the county on the following Monday, December 16, 2019. Contact the assessor's office on or before December 16, 2019 (since the 15th falls on a Sunday), if the use of the property that you own and/or occupied, or a qualifying relative occupied, has changed during the past year, to file for homestead. Conversely, if you sell, move, or for any reason no longer qualify for the homestead classification, you are required to notify the county assessor within 30 days of the change in homestead status. Failure to do so may result in a recalculation of property tax as non-homestead, in addition to a penalty equal to 100 percent of the homestead benefits. Hubbard County Assessor's Office - 218-732-3452 301 Court Ave., Park Rapids, MN 56470 www.co.hubbard.mn.us PRE Nov. 13, 2019 6305757 IMPORTANT PROPERTY TAX HOMESTEAD NOTICE This will affect your 2020 property taxes and may affect eligibility for Property Tax Refund. Have you purchased or moved into a property in the past year? Contact your county assessor to file a homestead application if you have both owned and occupied your property on or before December 1, 2019, and use it as a homestead. Occupancy by a qualifying relative also counts - see below. What is a qualifying relative? For Agricultural property, a qualifying relative includes the child, grandchild, sibling, or parent of the owner or owner's spouse. The owner(s) must also be a Minnesota resident and not be receiving or claiming another agricultural homestead in Minnesota. For Residential property, a qualifying relative, in addition to the above, also includes the owner's uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece. Note: Relative homesteads do not qualify for Property Tax Refund (PTR). Plus, if the property has been classified as Seasonal Residential Recreational (SRR) at any time under current ownership, it does not qualify for a relative homestead. When do I apply? You must apply on or before December 15, 2019, for the current year (2019) assessment, taxes payable in 2020. This application is also available online on our website. Once a homestead is granted, annual applications are not necessary unless they are requested by the county assessor. Since December 15 falls on a Sunday in 2019, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 645.15 and 645.151, homestead applications are considered timely if filed/received by the county on the following Monday, December 16, 2019. Contact the assessor's office on or before December 16, 2019 (since the 15th falls on a Sunday), if the use of the property that you own and/or occupied, or a qualifying relative occupied, has changed during the past year, to file for homestead. Conversely, if you sell, move, or for any reason no longer qualify for the homestead classification, you are required to notify the county assessor within 30 days of the change in homestead status. Failure to do so may result in a recalculation of property tax as non-homestead, in addition to a penalty equal to 100 percent of the homestead benefits. Hubbard County Assessor's Office - 218-732-3452 301 Court Ave., Park Rapids, MN 56470 www.co.hubbard.mn.us PRE Nov. 13, 2019 6305757