Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation
36 M.R.S. § 563
Forest land; policy
It is declared to be the public policy of the State, by which all officials of the State and of its municipal subdivisions are to be guided in the performance of their official duties, to encourage by the maintenance of adequate incentive the operation of all forest lands on a sustained yield basis by their owners, and to establish and maintain uniformity in methods of assessment for purposes of taxation according to the productivity of the land, giving due weight in the determination of assessed value to location and public facilities as factors contributing to advantage in operation.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 504 · Illegal assessment; recovery of tax
- 505 · Taxes; payment; powers of municipalities
- 506 · Prepayment of taxes
- 506-A · Overpayment of taxes
- 507 · Taxpayer information
- 508 · Service charges
- 551 · Real estate; defined
- 552 · -- tax lien
- 553 · -- where taxed
- 554 · Mortgaged real estate; taxes; payment
- 555 · Tenants in common and joint tenants
- 556 · Landlord and tenant
- 557 · Assessment; continued until notice of transfer
- 557-A · Assessment; unknown owner
- 558 · Taxes prorated between seller and purchaser
- 558-A · Liability for failure to pay prorated property taxes
- 559 · Deceased persons
- 560 · Bank's real estate
- 561 · Railroad buildings
- 562 · Standing wood, bark and timber; taxed to purchaser
- 563 · Forest land; policy
- 564 · Assessment
- 565 · Forestry Appeal Board
- 571 · Title
- 572 · Purpose
- 573 · Definitions
- 574 · Applicability
- 574-A · Ineligibility
- 574-B · Applicability
- 574-C · Reduction of parcels with structures; shoreland areas
- 575 · Administration; rules
- 575-A · Determining compliance with forest management and harvest plan
- 576 · Powers and duties
- 576-A · Valuation of areas other than forest land
- 576-B · Discount factor and capitalization rate
- 577 · Reduced valuation under special circumstances
- 578 · Assessment of tax
- 579 · Schedule, investigation
- 580 · Reclassification
- 581 · Withdrawal