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(cartoon by gapingvoid.com)

Q. Is your wife’s mother still living?

A. Yes.

Q. Does she live with you?

A. Sometimes.

Q. How much of the time does she live with you?

A. What would you say? 30 percent, 50 percent. She also rents a home in Charleston and goes between the two.

… That took place July 23, 2008. Maybe a lot’s changed in a year. Who’s to say. But if that was true on that date, then I’m not quite sure how living somewhere 30 to 50 percent of the time qualifies as primary residence. But what do I know? I just a universally hated, talentless, hack blogger who gets no readers to her Web site and writes all of her own comments while abusing the First Amendment. I wouldn’t trust me as far as I could throw me. And with your bad knee, Ed, you shouldn’t be throwing anybody.

(Bonus if you can ID that movie quote! :) )

Now, here’s the law from West Virginia’s state code:

§11-6B-3. Twenty thousand dollar homestead exemption allowed.
(a) General. — An exemption from ad valorem property taxes shall be allowed for the first twenty thousand dollars of assessed value of a homestead that is used and occupied by the owner thereof exclusively for residential purposes, when such owner is sixty-five years of age or older or is certified as being permanently and totally disabled provided the owner has been or will be a resident of the state of West Virginia for the two consecutive calendar years preceding the tax year to which the homestead exemption relates: Provided, That an owner who receives a similar exemption for a homestead in another state is ineligible for the exemption provided by this section. The owner’s application for exemption shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit stating that such owner is not receiving a similar exemption in another state: Provided, however, That when a resident of West Virginia establishes residency in another state or country and subsequently returns and reestablishes residency in West Virginia within a period of five years, such resident may be allowed a homestead exemption without satisfying the requirement of two years consecutive residency if such person was a resident of this state for two calendar years out of the ten calendar years immediately preceding the tax year for which the homestead exemption is sought. Proof of residency includes, but is not limited to, the owner’s voter’s registration card issued in this state or a motor vehicle registration card issued in this state. Additionally, when a person is a resident of this state at the time such person enters upon active duty in the military service of this country and throughout such service maintains this state as his or her state of residence, and upon retirement from the military service, or earlier separation due to a permanent and total physical or mental disability, such person returns to this state and purchases a homestead, such person is deemed to satisfy the residency test required by this section and shall be allowed a homestead exemption under this section if such person is otherwise eligible for a homestead exemption under this article; and the tax commissioner may specify, by regulation promulgated under chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, what constitutes acceptable proof of these facts. Only one exemption shall be allowed for each homestead used and occupied exclusively for residential purposes by the owner thereof, regardless of the number of qualified owners residing therein.

Again, I find myself not saying, but just saying.

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