The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 32 : Taxation and Finance
Chapter 154 : Homestead property tax exemption, municipal property tax credit, and renter credit
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 6063)-
§ 6063. Claim as personal; credit amount at time of transfer [Effective until contingency met; see also 32 V.S.A. chapter 154 effective July 1, 2028 if contingency met, set out below]
(a) The right to file a claim under this chapter is personal to the claimant and shall not survive his or her death, but the right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant by his or her legal guardian or attorney-in-fact. When a claimant dies after having filed a timely claim, the property tax credit amount shall be credited to the homestead property tax liability of the claimant’s estate as provided in section 6066a of this title.
(b) In case of sale or transfer of a residence, any property tax credit amounts related to that residence shall be allocated to the seller at closing unless the parties otherwise agree. (Added 1997, No. 60, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; amended 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. March 1, 2004; 2007, No. 65, § 293, eff. June 4, 2007; 2007, No. 81, § 8; 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 6, 2008.)
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§ 6063. Claim as personal; credit and exemption amount at time of transfer [Effective July 1, 2028 if contingency met; see also 32 V.S.A. chapter 154 effective until contingency met, set out above]
(a) The right to file a claim under this chapter is personal to the claimant and shall not survive the claimant’s death, but the right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant by the claimant’s legal guardian or attorney-in-fact. When a claimant dies after having filed a timely claim, the municipal property tax credit and the homestead exemption amount shall be applied to the property tax liability of the claimant’s estate as provided in section 6066a of this title.
(b) In case of sale or transfer of a residence after April 1 of the claim year:
(1) any municipal property tax credit amount related to that residence shall be allocated to the transferor at closing unless the parties otherwise agree;
(2) any homestead property tax exemption related to that residence based on the transferor’s household income under subdivision 6066(a)(1) of this chapter shall cease to be in effect upon transfer; and
(3) a transferee who is eligible to declare the residence as a homestead but for the requirement to own the residence on April 1 of the claim year shall, notwithstanding subdivision 5401(7) and subsection 5410(b) of this title, be eligible to apply for a homestead property tax exemption in the claim year when the transfer occurs by filing with the Commissioner of Taxes a homestead declaration pursuant to section 5410 of this title and a claim for exemption on or before the due date prescribed under section 6068 of this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 60, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; amended 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. March 1, 2004; 2007, No. 65, § 293, eff. June 4, 2007; 2007, No. 81, § 8; 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 6, 2008; 2025, No. 73, § 52, contingently eff. July 1, 2028.)
