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(a)
No person shall be entitled to any exemption authorized in this article without first filing an application with the tax assessor on forms furnished by the assessor. Each application shall be sworn to by the applicant under penalty of perjury. Proof of age, ownership, occupancy and legal domicile shall be furnished in the following manner:
(1)
Proof of age. Age may be proven by furnishing to the assessor either a birth certificate, certificate of citizenship, baptismal certificate, affidavit of a third party or by such other means as may be approved by the assessor.
(2)
Ownership. Ownership may be established by furnishing the tax assessor with the date of purchase and land record citation of the purchase by the applicant of the residential property involved.
(3)
Occupancy. Occupancy of the residential property may be proven by incorporating such fact in the sworn application for exemption.
(4)
Legal domicile. Legal domicile may be established by the production of a voter's registration certificate, a license to operate a motor vehicle or a registration certificate or by such other means as the assessor may reasonably require.
(5)
Other forms of proof An applicant may provide proof of right to exemption if the above specified methods are not available to him by furnishing military records, passports, certificate of citizenship or by such other evidence or proof as may be required by the assessor.
(b)
If the applicants for exemption are cotenants, joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, the proof enumerated above by any one of the applicants shall be sufficient to be entitled to the exemption.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 16-18)