The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 6065)
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§ 6065. Forms; tables; notices [Effective until contingency met; see also 32 V.S.A. chapter
154 effective July 1, 2028 if contingency met, set out below]
(a) In administering this chapter, the Commissioner shall provide suitable claim forms
with tables of allowable claims, instructions, and worksheets for claiming a homestead
property tax credit.
(b) Prior to June 1, the Commissioner shall also prepare and supply to each town in the
State notices describing the homestead property tax credit for inclusion in property
tax bills. The notice shall be in simple, plain language and shall explain how to
file for a property tax credit, where to find assistance filing for a credit, and
any other related information as determined by the Commissioner. The notice shall
direct taxpayers to a resource where they can find versions of the notice translated
into the five most common non-English languages in the State. A town shall include
such notice in each tax bill and notice of delinquent taxes that it mails to taxpayers
who own in that town a residential property, without regard for whether the property
was declared a homestead pursuant to subdivision 5401(7) of this title.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, towns that use envelopes
or mailers not able to accommodate notices describing the homestead tax credit may
distribute such notices in an alternative manner. (Added 1997, No. 60, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; amended 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 77, eff. January 1, 1999; 1999, No. 1, § 60f, eff. March 31, 1999; 2023, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 13, 2024.)
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§ 6065. Forms; tables; notices [Effective July 1, 2028 if contingency met; see also 32 V.S.A.
chapter 154 effective until contingency met, set out above]
(a) In administering this chapter, the Commissioner shall provide suitable claim forms
with tables of allowable claims, instructions, and worksheets for claiming a homestead
property tax exemption and municipal property tax credit.
(b) Prior to June 1, the Commissioner shall also prepare and supply to each town in the
State notices describing the homestead property tax exemption and municipal property
tax credit for inclusion in property tax bills. The notice shall be in simple, plain
language and shall explain how to file for a homestead property tax exemption and
a municipal property tax credit, where to find assistance filing for a credit or an
exemption, or both, and any other related information as determined by the Commissioner.
The notice shall direct taxpayers to a resource where they can find versions of the
notice translated into the five most common non-English languages in the State. A
town shall include such notice in each tax bill and notice of delinquent taxes that
it mails to taxpayers who own in that town a residential property, without regard
for whether the property was declared a homestead pursuant to subdivision 5401(7) of this title.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, towns that use envelopes
or mailers not able to accommodate notices describing the homestead property tax exemption
and municipal property tax credit may distribute such notices in an alternative manner. (Added 1997, No. 60, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; amended 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 77, eff. January 1, 1999; 1999, No. 1, § 60f, eff. March 31, 1999; 2023, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 13, 2024; 2025, No. 73, § 52, contingently eff. July 1, 2028.)