Tax Relief

Damaged Property
If your home or property was damaged - by winds, fire, etc - you
may be eligible for a reduction in your taxes.

• DTE Form 26 - Application for Valuation Deduction for Destroyed or Damaged Real Property

Homestead Exemption
Owners of Manufactured and Mobile homes may find it worthwhile
to switch methods of taxation.

• Check the tax status of your manufactured home

Homestead Exemption
Manufactured and Mobile homeowners 65 years old
or permanently disabled are eligible if their household
income is $24,100 or less per year. This program reduces
the taxable value of the property, thereby reducing the
taxes owed.

The application may be filed between the first
Monday in January and the first Monday in June
each year in our office.

• DTE Form 50 - Manufactured Home Homestead Exemption Application

ROLLBACKS
There is a 10% rollback for everyone and a 2 1/2 %
credit for all owner-occupied manufactured and
mobile home owners. While these property tax reductions
were only available to real property owners, they are
now available to manufactured and mobile home
owners.

• DTE Form 105C - 2 1/2% Tax Rollback Application Form

HOUSE BILL 920-
Passed into law in 1976. It provides a credit against
all voted tax millage. As property values increase
due to reappraisals (inflation), additional “credits”
are applied to voted tax levies so that property
owners are not paying more than the amount of taxes
the levy was originally voted to collect. The only
increase in revenue that taxing districts receive from
voted levies is from the added value of new construction.

Appraisal Valuation
You may also have evidence that your property was not properly appraised.

• DTE Form 1 - Complaint Against the Valuation of Real Property
  
• DTE Form 1M - Complaint Against the Valuation of A Manufactured or Mobile Home

Agricultural Valuation
Those who own and produce on farmland may be eligible for reductions through the

• Current Agricultural Use Value program