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1. What is a qualifying relative?

Agricultural

For agricultural property, a qualifying relative includes the owner's:

• Child
• Grandchild
• Parent
• Aunt
• Uncle
• Nephew
• Niece
• Sibling or
• Spouse

Residential

For residential property, a qualifying relative  includes the owner’s:

• Child
• Grandchild
• Parent
• Aunt
• Nephew
• Niece
• Uncle
• Sibling or 
• Spouse

2. When do I apply?

You must apply on or before December 31, 2021.

Once homestead is granted, annual applications are not necessary unless they are requested by the county assessor.

Property Use & Homestead Status Changes

Contact the assessor by December 31, 2021, if the use of the property you own or occupy as a qualifying relative has changed during the past year.

If you sell, move, or for any reason no longer qualify for the homestead classification, you are required to notify the county assessor within 30 days of the change in homestead status.

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1. Will I be found if I call 911 from my cell phone?

Cell phones are becoming the preferred method over land lines. Land line phones are tied to specific addresses, allowing easy plotting on computerized maps, but cell phones are designed to allow movement; however, the technology is improving on a continuous basis to assist dispatch centers.

Please be aware that there are many internal happenings when you dial 911 from your cell phone. When you dial 911 from your cell phone the signal goes to the closest cell phone tower and that tower sends your call to a pre-determined Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The dispatch center you receive immediately may not be the dispatch center of the county you are in and you will then be transferred to the correct agency.

Disconnected cell phones are still capable of calling 911. Please do not give these phones to your children as toys.