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Title 48. REVENUE AND TAXATION · Chapter 5. AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY · Article 2. PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND DEFERRAL · Part 2. TAX DEFERRAL FOR THE ELDERLY

48-5-72. Homestead tax deferral for individuals 62 or older; demonstration of compliance with part.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Any individual aged 62 or older who is entitled to claim a homestead exemption may elect to defer payment of all or part of the ad valorem taxes levied on such individual’s homestead by filing an annual application for tax deferral with the appropriate tax official on or before April 1 of the year for which the deferral is sought. If the homestead for which a deferral is requested has an assessed value for purposes of ad valorem taxation of $50,000.00 or more, the deferral may apply only to the taxes on that portion of the assessed value which is $50,000.00 or less.#

  2. (b)

    It shall be the burden of each applicant for a deferral to demonstrate affirmatively his compliance with the requirements of this part.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 91A-2403, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1707, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 533, § 2.

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