Maine Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien
Extracted from PDF file 2023-maine-estate-tax-lien-certificate.pdf, last modified July 2023Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien
Clear Print MAINE REVENUE SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OF ESTATE TAX LIEN For use in estates of decedents owning property in Maine. Page ________ of _______ Return to: Estate of: _________________________ Late of: _________________________ Date of Death: _________________________ I, the State Tax Assessor, hereby certify that the real property listed below has been and hereby is discharged of any lien for any Maine estate tax, with any interest and penalty thereon, due because of the death of the above named decedent. This certificate is to be recorded in the Registry of Deeds as provided by 36 M.R.S. §§ 4072 and 4112. Location of property ______________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER STREET CITY OR TOWN ZIP CODE As described by Deed dated _____________________ and recorded in __________________________________ REGISTRY OF DEEDS Book no. ____________ Page no. __________ , or more particularly described as follows (full legal description not necessary, include fair market value of each property): This discharge is not valid unless dated and signed below by the State Tax Assessor. Date signed: __________________ ________________________________________________ Augusta State of Maine Kennebec, SS Sean J. Norton, Director Income/Estate Tax Division for State Tax Assessor Maine Revenue Services Augusta, Maine Revised: July 2023 MAINE REVENUE SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OF ESTATE TAX LIEN Please note that a Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien will not be signed by Maine Revenue Services without an Estate tax form submission, either accompanying this certificate or preceding it. Also note that all fields described below must be completed before the Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien will be processed. SPECIFIC LINE INSTRUCTIONS Page __ of __: Leave blank if you are enclosing only one Lien Discharge form. If you are enclosing more than one Lien Discharge form, write the total number of forms enclosed. Example: Page 1 of 2 on the first Lien Discharge form and Page 2 of 2 on the second Lien Discharge form. Return to: Enter the name and address of the person to whom Maine Revenue Services should mail the signed Lien Discharge form. This is generally the personal representative’s mailing information. Estate of: Enter the decedent’s legal name. Example: John M. Doe Late of: Enter the city/town and state of the decedent’s legal domicile at date of death. Example: Augusta, Maine Date of Death: Enter the decedent’s date of death. Example: 01/02/2019 Location of Property: Enter the physical address of the Maine real estate. Example: 100 Main Street, Augusta 04330 As described by deed dated: Enter the date of the deed from the decedent’s original deed document. Example: May 8, 1970 And recorded in: Enter the Registry of Deeds office location in which the property is located. Example: Oxford County West Book no.: Enter the book number from the recorded deed document. Example: Book no. 1610 Page no.: Enter the page number from the recorded deed document. Example: Page no. 72 You should be able to locate the deed date and the book and page number information stamped at the top of the recorded deed in the Registry of Deeds office within the county where the property is located. You may also find this information listed on the real estate tax bill provided by the town office. If you cannot locate the information, the town assessor may be able to assist you.
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FOR USE IN ESTATES OF DECEDENTS OWNING MAINE PROPERTY (PLEASE GIVE REGISTRY REFERENCES).
We last updated the Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien in February 2024, and the latest form we have available is for tax year 2023. This means that we don't yet have the updated form for the current tax year. Please check this page regularly, as we will post the updated form as soon as it is released by the Maine Revenue Services. You can print other Maine tax forms here.
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Estate Tax Lien Discharge | Certificate of Discharge of Estate Tax Lien on Tangible Personal Property |
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Maine usually releases forms for the current tax year between January and April. We last updated Maine Estate Tax Lien Certificate from the Revenue Services in February 2024.
About the Estate Tax
The IRS, and many states, impose an estate tax on the transfer of cash and property between a decedent and their beneficiaries. These taxes generally only apply to estates over a certain size threshold, generally several million dollars, and therefore only affects the largest few percent of estates in the United States.
Historical Past-Year Versions of Maine Estate Tax Lien Certificate
We have a total of nine past-year versions of Estate Tax Lien Certificate in the TaxFormFinder archives, including for the previous tax year. Download past year versions of this tax form as PDFs here:

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