Send the completed form to
The Assessing Department
1280 N. Irish Road
Davison, MI 48423
or fax to 810-658-3435. 

Principal Resident Exemption 
(P.R.E. or Homestead)

If you own and occupy your home, it may be exempt from a portion of your local school operating taxes.  To claim an exemption, complete the Principal Resident Exemption affidavit form (click on link at left) and file it with your township by May 1st.  Your local assessor will adjust your taxes on your next property tax bill.  Note that this is an exemption from part of the taxes and does not affect your assessment.

Owning means you hold the legal title to the home or that you are currently buying it on a notarized or recorded land contract.  Renters should not file this form.

Occupying means this is your principal residence or "homestead"; the place you intend to return to whenever you go away.  It is the address that appears on your Driver License or Voter Registration Card.  You may only claim one homestead at a time.  Vacation homes and income property which you do not occupy as your principal residence may not be claimed.

Rescinding Your Exemption: If you claim an exemption, then stop using it as a principal residence, you must notify the township assessor within 90 days of the change or you may be penalized.  This can be done using the Request to Rescind Homestead Exemption (form 2602; formerly T-1067).