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§ 7-227. Personal property at individual's home

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTax-PropertyEffective: June 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Tax-Property
Title 7. Property Tax Exemptions
Subtitle 2. General Property Tax Exemptions
Effective: June 1, 2022
MD Code, Tax - Property, § 7-227
§ 7-227. Personal property at individual's home
Currentness
In general
(a) Except for personal property used in connection with a business, occupation, or profession, personal property owned by an individual and located at the individual's place of residence is not subject to valuation or to property tax.
Personal property owned by an individual, in a residence, and used for family child care
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax if the personal property is:
(1) owned by an individual;
(2) located at the individual's place of residence; and
(3) used in connection with a family child care home that is registered under Title 5, Subtitle 5, Part V of the Family Law Article.
Personal property used in connection with a business in individual’s home and less than $10,000.
(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax if:
(i) the personal property is owned by an individual and is used in connection with a business, occupation, or profession that is located at the individual's principal residence; and
(ii) the sum total of the personal property, excluding vehicles exempt under § 7-230 of this subtitle, had a total original cost of less than $20,000.
(2) If the individual attests to owning a sum total of personal property with an original cost of less than $20,000, the Department may not:
(i) collect personal property information from the individual; or
(ii) require the individual to submit a personal property tax return.

Credits

Added by Acts 1985, c. 8, § 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 109, § 1, eff. June 1, 1996; Acts 1998, c. 589, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 590, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2011, c. 564, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2022, c. 327, § 1, eff. June 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 328, § 1, eff. June 1, 2022.
Formerly Art. 81, § 9A.
MD Code, Tax - Property, § 7-227, MD TAX PROPERTY § 7-227
Current through legislation effective through June 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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