(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Treasurer’s Office is reminding residents about some property tax credits they may be eligible for. One of them is being offered for the first time. Dickinson County Treasurer Kris Rowley says it creates a property tax freeze based on the amounts paid beginning this September, 2022, and March 2023, for individuals 70 and over as of December 31st, 2021 and have 2021 household incomes below 250% of the federal poverty levels…
“If they qualify, and that 250 percent of the poverty level is the number, $32,200 for one person, and it goes up with each additional person in the household. So if it’s a couple it would be $43,550, it would have to have incomes below that number in order to be eligible for that property tax freeze. So the freeze is something that people have to apply for every year. This is the first year it’s being offered from the legislative session.”
Rowley adds relief is also available for those 65 and over as of December 31st, 2021, with a household income of less than $24,354…
“It’s actually a credit on your property taxes, so if you are eligible for that you will get a discounted rate on your property tax, the state fills that gap. If you are totally disabled and at least 18 years or older as of last December 31st of 2021, that also can give you a property tax credit. And it can be anywhere from 100 percent to 25 percent discount off your property taxes, and the state fills that gap. And there’s also a property tax credit available for mobile home owners if they’re 23-years-old or older as of last December 31st and they have an income of less than $24,354, they would also qualify for getting state help on their property taxes.”
The deadline to apply for the credits is September 30th. And if you’re wondering when your property tax statement is going to arrive, Rowley says they’re in the mail…
“If you haven’t seen it yet you’ll probably see it in the next couple of days, and that, again, for property taxes the first half is due in the month of September. It becomes delinquent October 1st then it has a little penalty assigned to it, so you want to pay it before then. The second half must be paid before April 1st of next year to be eligible for no penalty. So first half is September, second half is next March of 2023.”
Rowley says claim forms for the credit programs are available at her office or on the county’s website.
