Indiana Code 6-1.1-7-15. Waiver of personal property tax liability on certain mobile homes and manufactured homes; destruction of mobile home or manufactured home by owner required
(1) that has deteriorated to a degree that it can no longer provide suitable protection from the elements as to be used as a primary place of residence;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-7-15
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) on which personal property tax liability has been imposed in an amount that exceeds the estimated resale value of the mobile home or manufactured home; and
(4) that has been abandoned in a mobile home community licensed under IC 16-41-27.
(b) The holder of:
(1) the title; or
(2) a bureau of motor vehicles affidavit of sale or disposal;
for a mobile home or manufactured home described in subsection (a) may submit a written request to the county assessor for the county where the mobile home or manufactured home is located requesting that personal property tax liability imposed on the mobile home or manufactured home be waived. If the county assessor determines that the property that is the subject of the request meets the requirements in subsection (a), the county assessor shall send to the applicant a letter that waives the property taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties, and costs assessed against the property under this article, subject to compliance with subsection (c). The county assessor shall deliver a copy of the letter to the county auditor and the county treasurer.
(c) Upon receipt of a letter waiving property taxes imposed on a mobile home or manufactured home, the holder of the title of the property that is the subject of a letter issued under subsection (b) shall:
(1) deliver a signed statement to the county assessor stating that the mobile home or manufactured home:
(A) will be dismantled or destroyed either at its present site or at a remote site; and
(B) will not be used again as a dwelling or other shelter; and
(2) dismantle or destroy the mobile home or manufactured home and not use the mobile home or manufactured home as a structure after the issuance date of the letter waiving property taxes.
(d) The county auditor shall remove from the tax duplicate the property taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties, and costs for which a waiver is granted under this section.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.92. Amended by P.L.235-2017, SEC.7.