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Beekeeping Qualifies As Agricultural Use For Maryland Property Tax Assessment

Nicole Cook

Feb 25, 2020
2 min

Beekeeping Qualifies As Agricultural Use For Maryland Property Tax Assessment

By Nicole Cook This article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. Maryland landowners with ten or more honeybee colonies per acre of land may now be eligible to receive an agricultural use tax assessment to lower their property taxes. In October, the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation exercised its discretion and revised its policy to include beekeeping as one of the agricultural use activities that may qualify a

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