02._Property_Tax_Appeal_Petition_Form_Principal_Residence_Qualified_Agricultural_Exemption.19de46f2-392a-409c-869f-a1e58cefcf13.pdf

Barbara Morton, Petitioner V Township Of Ira, Respondent · 24-004139-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN

GRETCHEN WHITMER

GOVERNOR

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

LANSING

ORLENE HAWKS

DIRECTOR

PROPERTY TAX APPEAL PETITION FORM

PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION / QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION

MOAHR DOCKET NO. 

Pursuant to Michigan Tax Tribunal Rule (TTR) 277(3), you MUST submit a copy of the notice giving rise to the appeal (e.g. Notice of Denial or 

Board of Review Decision) with this Small Claims Petition, if applicable. If you do not submit this document, you may be placed in default.

Section 1: Petitioner’s Contact Information

Filer Type: Individual 

First Name

Barbara

M.I.

Last Name/Company Name

Morton

Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)

37353 Saint Martins Street

City or Town

Livonia

State

Michigan

ZIP Code

48152

Telephone Number

734-751-2040

Fax Number

734-591-2288

E-mail Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via e-mail)

wyskers@yahoo.com

Section 2: Petitioner’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information

First Name

M.I.

Last Name

Firm Name (if any)

Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)

City or Town

State

Michigan

ZIP Code

Telephone Number

Fax Number

E-mail Address

Section 3: Subject Property Information

Parcel Identification Number:

74-23-500-0026-000

How many parcels are you appealing?

1

If you are appealing more than one parcel, are they contiguous or adjoining? If yes, use the attached multiple parcel 

form for information regarding any contiguous parcels. If no, you must file separate appeals for each non-

contiguous or non-adjoining parcels or you will be defaulted.

Property Address (No., Street, City, ST, ZIP) (If multiple, list first property’s address) 

7617 Dyke Rd.

Ira

STATE OF MICHIGAN

GRETCHEN WHITMER

GOVERNOR

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

LANSING

ORLENE HAWKS

DIRECTOR

Michigan

48023

Taxing Authority:

Township Of Ira (SAINT CLAIR)

County:

Saint Clair

Classification of Property:

Real

Residential

Section 4: Check which of the following you are appealing

Principal Residence Exemption

Section 5: Explain the Reason for this Appeal

I understand this matter is time sensitive and would like to explain the delay. After receiving the letter I reached out to the county assessor, Shawn Biernat, along with 

my daughter, Dawn Potter, multiple times, left several messages and never received a call back as she only works Tuesdays and Thursdays at the township. On 

12/3/24 we finally were able to reach the assessor. The reason for us reaching out to the tax assessor was to get clarification as to why I was receiving a denial notice 

for a PRE on the IRA property, as I never filled out, requested, or filed a homestead exemption or PRE for the 7617 Dyke Rd., Ira Twp., as my primary residence is 

37353 St. Martins, Livonia, MI since 1990. The township has no documentation stating that I requested, applied, or filed for a PRE to be applied to said property. 

When I acquired the Ira property after my mother's death in 2020, I recorded a new deed at Saint Clair County Register of Deeds and a copy was sent to Ira Twp. 

which they confirmed receipt of. It specifically states my primary residence is Livonia. Ira Twp. did not notify me with a denial letter at that time in 2020, but rather 

notified me with a Notice of Denial of Principal Residence Exemption dated 10/29/24, which was mailed to my Livonia address. 

I truly feel that this was a clerical error on the townships part and that this notification should have come in 2020 when the deed was filed rather than in 2024 when I 

received it in Livonia. When the assessor was asked how the PRE got applied to the property in my name her answer was that there are so many things that happen 

within her unit, that somethings just fall through the cracks. If I had received the denial in 2020, this situation would have been corrected. Since the notification of 

denial of PRE, dated 10/29/24, I have recorded a new deed with Saint Clair County Register of Deeds adding my daughter and her husband, Dawn and John Potter, to 

the deed and it was sent to Ira Twp. tax assessor and the PRE has been put back on the home. However, those steps would have been taken in 2020 had I been notified 

of the significant tax increase. Being that it is four (4) years taxes being billed, it is going to create financial hardship due to the one (1) year timeframe in which to 

pay it before foreclosure.

Since 2020, I have not received any tax information at my principal residence in Livonia relating to the Ira property. I have always been current on my taxes, as my 

taxes are escrowed and was unaware that a 100% exemption was applied to the property until I received the Notice of Denial of PRE which was mailed to my 

principal residence in Livonia. My daughter, Dawn Potter along with her husband, reside at the Ira residence and was only filing the tax information for me due to the 

fact that taxes were taken care of by escrow.

In closing, I'm asking the Michigan Tax Tribunal to please make an exception to hear this case as this was a difficult process to maneuver through as we were not able 

to get a hold of the tax assessor for clarification until 12/3/24. Also much time was consumed due to having Covid along with my family. Furthermore it was difficult 

for me to use the online form and had to call the help line several times for assistance. I was being kicked off the website and had to redo the form several times. 

When trying to upload files, the website would proceed to kick us out and we would lose all progress filling out the form. If the website did cooperate and we could 

select files, we would receive the following error code “Error: Server Response Error: ‘Unkown Server Error.’”

Error: Server Response Error: 'Unknown Server error'

Section 6: Jurisdictional Issues

List the year(s) denied:

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Indicate who denied the exemption under appeal:

Local Unit 

If you checked “other” above, explain:

List the date the Principal Residence Exemption or Qualified Agricultural Exemption was denied:

10/29/24

Fee Information

A fee of $25.00 is required for the filing of this appeal unless you possess a Principal Residence Exemption of at least 50% at the time of the filing of this petition.

Electronic Signature *Typing your name below will serve as your signature

STATE OF MICHIGAN

GRETCHEN WHITMER

GOVERNOR

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

LANSING

ORLENE HAWKS

DIRECTOR

Petitioner or Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Signature: 

Barbara Morton

/s/

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