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<chapter num="06" heading="Small Businesses" title_num="18" subtitle_num="03">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definition of Principal Residence.">
    <text>“Principal residence” means the one location where an individual regularly resides and is the location designated by the individual for the legal purpose of voting, obtaining a driver's license, and filing income tax returns.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Criteria for Exemption.">
    <text>To qualify for the small business personal property exemption under Tax-Property Article, §7-227, Annotated Code of Maryland, the following criteria shall be met:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The business personal property shall be owned by an individual and used in connection with a business, occupation, or profession that is a sole proprietorship;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The business personal property for which the exemption is claimed shall be located at the individual's principal residence which is also the principal place of business of the sole proprietorship; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The total original cost of all business personal property owned by the individual, excluding vehicles exempt under Tax-Property Article, §7-230, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be as provided by Tax-Property Article, §7-227, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Tax-Property Article, §§2-201, 2-202, and 7-227, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: April 19, 1999 (26:8 Md. R. 619)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1050)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>