Fiscal Services - Assessing
Assessing Department - Phone: 989-837-3334 Email: rduford@midland-mi.org
Tax-Related Forms, Brochures and Website Links
Forms
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Property
Transfer Affidavit (State of Michigan Form L-4260)
Assessors use this affidavit to make
sure that property is assessed properly and receives the correct taxable value.
An affidavit must be filed whenever title of real estate or buildings on leased
land is transferred. It must be filed even if you are not recording a deed.
Filing with the local assessor is mandatory, and must be done within 45 days of
the transfer. Click on link below to access this State of Michigan form.
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Homeowner’s
Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit (State of Michigan
Form
If you own and occupy your
principal residence, it may be exempt from a portion of your local school
operating taxes. To claim an exemption, you must fill out the State of Michigan
Owning your principal residence
means you hold legal title to it or you are currently buying it on a notarized
or recorded land contract. Renters should not file this form.
Occupying your principal
residence means this is the place you intend to return to whenever you go away.
It is the address that appears on your drivers license or voter registration
card.
You may have only one principal
residence at a time. Vacation homes and income property which you do not occupy
as your principal residence may not be claimed. Click on the link above to
access the State's principal residence exemption form.
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Request to
Rescind Principal Residence Exemption (State of Michigan
If you claim an exemption, then
stop using it as a principal residence, you must notify the Assessor’s Office
within 90 days of the change or you may be penalized. You can make the change
by using the State of Michigan
Interest and Penalty: If it is determined that you
claimed property that is not your principal residence, you may be subject to
the additional tax plus any penalty and interest as determined under the
Michigan General Property Tax Act, PA 206 of 1893.
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Personal Property Statement
(State of Michigan
All Michigan businesses are
required by law to file a personal property statement, on or before February 20
of each year. Form L-4175 is used for the purpose of obtaining a statement of
assessable personal property.
If you had assessable personal
property in your possession on December 31, you must submit a completed Form
L-4175 to the assessor of the community where the property is located by the
statutory due date. If you do not receive a form by mail, you can obtain one by
clicking on the link below.
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Notice by Owner
of Property Incorrectly Reported or Omitted from Assessment Role (State of Michigan
To view and fill out the above documents,
you will need Adobe Reader software. Download a free copy of Reader by clicking
on the icon below.
Once a form has been opened, use
your Tab and Enter keys to navigate through and fill out the form, then print
it to your local desktop printer and submit it to the Assessor's Office of the
community where the subject property is located by the indicated due date(s).
These
forms are also available in hard copy form from the City Assessor’s Office.
Call 989-837-3334 to find out more.
Brochures
- Guidelines
for the Michigan Homeowner’s Principal Residence Exemption Program (Michigan Department of Treasury, Form
L-2856)
To view these brochures, you will
need Adobe Reader software. Download a free copy of Reader by clicking on the
icon below.
External Website
Links