36 §561. Railroad buildings
§561. Railroad buildings The buildings of every railroad corporation or association, whether within or without the located right-of-way, its lands and fixtures outside of its located right-of-way, and so much of its located right-of-way over which all railroad service has been abandoned, are subject to taxation in the places in which the same are situated, […]
36 §562. Standing wood, bark and timber; taxed to purchaser
§562. Standing wood, bark and timber; taxed to purchaser Whenever the owner of real estate notifies the assessors that any part of the wood, bark and timber standing thereon has been sold by contract in writing, and exhibits to them proper evidence, they shall tax such wood, bark and timber to the purchaser. A lien […]
36 §563. Forest land; policy
§563. Forest land; policy It is declared to be the public policy of the State, by which all officials of the State and of its municipal subdivisions are to be guided in the performance of their official duties, to encourage by the maintenance of adequate incentive the operation of all forest lands on a sustained […]
36 §564. — assessment
§564. — assessment An assessment of forest land for purposes of taxation shall be held to be in excess of just value by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon proof by the owner that the tax burden imposed by the assessment creates an incentive to abandon the land, or to strip the land, or otherwise […]
36 §565. Forestry Appeal Board (REPEALED)
§565. Forestry Appeal Board (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 426, §1 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 592, §5 (RP). PL 1973, c. 645, §1 (REEN). PL 1977, c. 549, §1 (RP).
36 §554. Mortgaged real estate; taxes; payment
§554. Mortgaged real estate; taxes; payment In cases of mortgaged real estate, the mortgagor, for the purposes of taxation, shall be deemed the owner, until the mortgagee takes possession, after which the mortgagee shall be deemed the owner. Any mortgagee of real estate, on which any taxes remain unpaid for a period of 8 months […]
36 §555. Tenants in common and joint tenants
§555. Tenants in common and joint tenants A tenant in common or a joint tenant may be considered sole owner for the purposes of taxation, unless the tenant notifies the assessor on or before April 1st in the year in which a separate assessment is first requested what the tenant’s interest is and provides an […]
36 §556. Landlord and tenant
§556. Landlord and tenant When a tenant paying rent for real estate is taxed therefor, the tenant may retain out of the tenant’s rent half of the taxes paid by the tenant. When a landlord is taxed for such real estate, the landlord may recover half of the taxes paid by the landlord and the […]
36 §557. Assessment; continued until notice of transfer
§557. Assessment; continued until notice of transfer When assessors continue to assess real estate to the person to whom it was last assessed, such assessment is valid, although the ownership or occupancy has changed, unless previous written notice to the assessors has been given of such change and of the name of the person to […]
36 §557-A. Assessment; unknown owner
§557-A. Assessment; unknown owner In the case of real property for which no owner is known to the assessors for at least the preceding 20 tax years and for which the assessor has, with reasonable diligence, attempted to determine ownership, the following assessment procedure must be used. [PL 1993, c. 422, §3 (AMD).] Property […]