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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-227" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Property Tax Exemptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except for personal property used in connection with a business, occupation, or profession, personal property owned by an individual and located at the individual’s place of residence is not subject to valuation or to property tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax if the personal property is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>located at the individual’s place of residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>used in connection with a family child care home or large family child care home that is registered under Title 9.5, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In Anne Arundel County, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax if the personal property is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>located at the individual’s place of residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>used in connection with a large family child care home that is registered under Title 9.5, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the personal property is owned by an individual and is used in connection with a business, occupation, or profession that is located at the individual’s principal residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the sum total of the personal property, excluding vehicles exempt under § 7–230 of this subtitle, had a total original cost of less than $20,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the individual attests to owning a sum total of personal property with an original cost of less than $20,000, the Department may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>collect personal property information from the individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require the individual to submit a personal property tax return.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
