Muskegon County, MI · Muskegon County
Application for Exemption of Real and/or Personal Property
Organizations seeking a property tax exemption submit this application to Muskegon County for real and/or personal property they own or occupy.
At a glance
- Issued by
- City of Muskegon County · Muskegon County, Muskegon County, Michigan
- Notarization
- Not required: file this form without a notary.
- Official source
- co.muskegon.mi.us
- Blank form
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What this form is
The application requests a property tax exemption for real and/or personal property and asks about the organization, ownership, property use, services, funding, officers, and board meetings. The form says the applicant must have owned and occupied the property on December 31 of the preceding year and file by the second Monday in March. It also requests organizational documents and prior tax filings.
Who needs it
An organization seeking an exemption for real or personal property it owned and occupied on December 31 of the year before the assessment should complete this application.
How to submit it
Return the signed application and required attachments to the Muskegon County Equalization Department; the form provides no mailing address or other submission method.
About notarization
This application is signed without a notary, though the signer swears that the information is true and complete; the form does not request a notarized attachment.
How to submit this form
- 1
Download the Application
Download the Muskegon County application for exemption of real and/or personal property.
- 2
Complete the Application
Answer all applicable questions about the organization, property, its use, services, funding, officers, and board meetings.
- 3
Gather Required Attachments
Include the organizational documents, property acquisition instrument, descriptive literature, and previous three years of income tax filings listed on the form.
- 4
Sign and Return the Application
Sign the application and return it with the attachments to the Muskegon County Equalization Department.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need a notary for the property exemption application?
- No. The application has a signature line but no notary block. The signer swears that the information is true and complete; the form does not request a notarized attachment.
- How do I submit the property exemption application?
- Return the signed application and the listed organizational documents to the Muskegon County Equalization Department. The form does not provide an address or other submission method.
- What documents must accompany the application?
- The form requests the organization’s Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, property acquisition instrument, descriptive literature, and income tax filings for the previous three years, including 990 forms.
- When does the application need to be filed?
- The instructions say to file no later than the second Monday in March. They also state that the applicant must have owned and occupied the property on December 31 of the year preceding the assessment.