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If you own and occupy your home as your
principal place of residence, you may be eligible for an exemption of up to
$7,000 off of the assessed value.
ELIGIBILITY
- You must be a property owner,
co-owner or a purchaser named in a contract of sale.
- You must occupy your home as
your principal place of residence as of 12:01 a.m., January 1 each year.
- Principal place of residence
generally means where:
- you return at the end of the day
- your vehicle is registered
- you are registered to vote
- your mail is delivered
- A dwelling does not qualify for the exemption if it is,
or is intended to be, rented, vacant and unoccupied, or the vacation or
secondary home of the claimant.
FILING PERIOD & EXEMPTION AMOUNTS ANNUAL
ASSESSMENT
- For the year in which you
occupy the dwelling on lien date (January 1), the full exemption is available
if you file by 5:00 p.m. on the following February 15.
- If you file a claim between
the following February 16 and 5:00 p.m. on December 10, 80% of the exemption is
available.
- You must occupy your home as
your principal place of residence within 90 days after the change of ownership
or completion of new construction.
- If you file a claim form by
5:00 p.m. on or before the 30th day following the date the Notice of
Supplemental Assessment is mailed, the full exemption is available (unless one
has already been applied for the same fiscal period).
- If you file a claim form more than 30 days after the
date the Notice of Supplemental Assessment is mailed, but before the date the
first installment would go delinquent, 80% of the exemption is available
(unless one has already been applied for the same fiscal period).
HOMEOWNERS' EXEMPTION INELIGIBILITY
- You are responsible for
notifying the Assessor when you are no longer using the property as your
principal place of residence.
- You are only eligible for one homeowners' exemption at a
time within the state.
This information is a synopsis of the
homeowners' property tax exemption. you may call the Assessor's Office for more
specific information. This information reflects California assessment/taxation
laws in effect January 1, 2002.
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