2007 Minnesota Statutes

290B.03 DEFERRAL OF PROPERTY TAXES.
    Subdivision 1. Program qualifications. The qualifications for the senior citizens' property
tax deferral program are as follows:
(1) the property must be owned and occupied as a homestead by a person 65 years of age or
older. In the case of a married couple, both of the spouses must be at least 65 years old at the
time the first property tax deferral is granted, regardless of whether the property is titled in the
name of one spouse or both spouses, or titled in another way that permits the property to have
homestead status;
(2) the total household income of the qualifying homeowners, as defined in section 290A.03,
subdivision 5 , for the calendar year preceding the year of the initial application may not exceed
$60,000;
(3) the homestead must have been owned and occupied as the homestead of at least one of
the qualifying homeowners for at least 15 years prior to the year the initial application is filed;
(4) there are no state or federal tax liens or judgment liens on the homesteaded property;
(5) there are no mortgages or other liens on the property that secure future advances, except
for those subject to credit limits that result in compliance with clause (6); and
(6) the total unpaid balances of debts secured by mortgages and other liens on the property,
including unpaid and delinquent special assessments and interest and any delinquent property
taxes, penalties, and interest, but not including property taxes payable during the year, does not
exceed 75 percent of the assessor's estimated market value for the year.
    Subd. 2. Qualifying homestead; defined. Qualifying homestead property is defined as the
dwelling occupied as the homeowner's principal residence and so much of the land surrounding
it as is reasonably necessary for use of the dwelling as a home and any other property used for
purposes of a homestead as defined in section 273.13, subdivisions 22 and 23, but not to exceed
one acre. The homestead may be part of a multidwelling building and the land on which it is built.
History: 1997 c 231 art 14 s 6; 1998 c 389 art 5 s 3; 1999 c 243 art 5 s 28; 2000 c 490
art 5 s 20