Terms Used In Iowa Code 425.32

  • Claimant: means any of the following:
     (1) A person filing a claim for credit under this subchapter who has attained the age of sixty-five years but who has not attained the age of seventy years on or before December 31 of the base year, a person filing a claim for credit or reimbursement under this subchapter who is totally disabled and was totally disabled on or before December 31 of the base year, or a person filing a claim for reimbursement under this subchapter who has attained the age of sixty-five years on or before December 31 of the base year and who is domiciled in this state at the time the claim is filed or at the time of the person's death in the case of a claim filed by the executor or administrator of the claimant's estate. See Iowa Code 425.17
  • Homestead: means the dwelling owned or rented and actually used as a home by the claimant during the period specified in subsection 2, and so much of the land surrounding it including one or more contiguous lots or tracts of land, as is reasonably necessary for use of the dwelling as a home, and may consist of a part of a multidwelling or multipurpose building and a part of the land upon which it is built. See Iowa Code 425.17
  • Household: means a claimant and the claimant's spouse if living with the claimant at any time during the base year. See Iowa Code 425.17
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Property taxes due: means property taxes including any special assessments, but exclusive of delinquent interest and charges for services, due on a claimant's homestead in this state, but includes only property taxes for which the claimant is liable and which will actually be paid by the claimant. See Iowa Code 425.17
 A claim for credit for property taxes due shall be disallowed if the department of revenue finds that the claimant or a person of the claimant’s household received title to the homestead primarily for the purpose of receiving benefits under this subchapter.