Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation
36 M.R.S. § 1105
Valuation of farmland
The municipal assessor, chief assessor or State Tax Assessor for the unorganized territory shall establish the 100% valuation per acre based on the current use value of farmland used for agricultural or horticultural purposes. The values established must be guided by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry as provided in section 1119 and adjusted by the assessor if determined necessary on the basis of such considerations as farmland rentals, farmer-to-farmer sales, soil types and quality, commodity values, topography and other relevant factors. These values may not reflect development or market value purposes other than agricultural or horticultural use. The values may not reflect value attributable to road frontage or shore frontage.
The 100% valuation per acre for farm woodland within a parcel classified as farmland under this subchapter is the 100% valuation per acre for each forest type established for each county pursuant to subchapter 2‑A . Areas other than woodland, agricultural land or horticultural land located within any parcel of farmland classified under this subchapter are valued on the basis of just value.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 1031 · Tax collector may bring action in own name
- 1032 · Action may be brought in name of municipality
- 1071 · Tax collector's tax auction sale; notice; procedure
- 1072 · -- form
- 1073 · Notice to owners or occupants of time and place of sale
- 1074 · Sale; procedure; costs
- 1075 · Tax collector's return of sale; form
- 1076 · Purchaser to notify mortgagee of sale; right of redemption
- 1077 · Purchaser's failure to pay in 20 days voids sale
- 1078 · Owner's right to redeem
- 1079 · Refund of taxes paid by purchaser
- 1080 · Delivery of deed to purchaser after 2 years
- 1081 · Nonresident owner's action; time limit
- 1082 · Municipal officers may bid at sale
- 1083 · Collector's deed; prima facie evidence of validity of sale
- 1084 · Posting notices; evidence of
- 1101 · Purpose
- 1102 · Definitions
- 1103 · Owner's application
- 1104 · Administration; regulations
- 1105 · Valuation of farmland
- 1106 · Powers and duties; State Tax Assessor
- 1106-A · Valuation of open space land
- 1107 · Orders
- 1108 · Assessment of tax
- 1109 · Schedule; investigation
- 1110 · Reclassification
- 1111 · Scenic easements and development rights
- 1112 · Recapture penalty
- 1112-A · Mineral lands
- 1112-B · Mineral lands subject to an excise tax
- 1112-C · Recapture penalty
- 1113 · Enforcement provision
- 1114 · Application
- 1115 · Transfer of portion of parcel of land
- 1116 · Reclassification and withdrawal in unorganized territory
- 1117 · Appeal from State Tax Assessor or Commissioner of Agriculture
- 1118 · Appeals and abatements
- 1119 · Valuation guidelines
- 1120 · Program promotion