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  • (1) "Abatement" means a tax abatement described in Section 59-2-1803.
  • (2) "Deferral" means a tax deferral described in Section 59-2-1802.
  • (3) "Indigent individual" is a poor individual as described in Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3, Subsection (4), who:
    • (a)
      • (i) is at least 65 years old; or
      • (ii) is less than 65 years old and:
        • (A) the county finds that extreme hardship would prevail on the individual if the county does not defer or abate the individual's taxes; or
        • (B) the individual has a disability;
    • (b) has a total household income, as defined in Section 59-2-1202, of less than the maximum household income certified to a homeowner's credit described in Subsection 59-2-1208(1);
    • (c) resides for at least 10 months of the year in the residence that would be subject to the requested abatement or deferral; and
    • (d) cannot pay the tax assessed on the individual's residence when the tax becomes due.
  • (4) "Property taxes due" means the taxes due on an indigent individual's property:
    • (a) for which a county granted an abatement under Section 59-2-1803; and
    • (b) for the calendar year for which the county grants the abatement.
  • (5) "Property taxes paid" means an amount equal to the sum of:
    • (a) the amount of property taxes the indigent individual paid for the taxable year for which the indigent individual applied for the abatement; and
    • (b) the amount of the abatement the county grants under Section 59-2-1803.
  • (6) "Relative" means a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or a spouse of any of these individuals.
  • (7) "Residence" means real property where an individual resides, including:
    • (a) a mobile home, as defined in Section 41-1a-102; or
    • (b) a manufactured home, as defined in Section 41-1a-102.




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