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For the purpose of this subsection, a husband and wife who own property by life <br /> estate and remainder, jointly, by the entirety, or in common, on which a home exemption <br /> under the provisions of subsection (a) has been granted shall be entitled to the applicable <br /> [maltiplee€J home exemption set forth above when at least one of the spouses qualifies <br /> each year for the applicable [~ttkiple-el;] home exemption. <br /> <br /> (e) For purposes of this section, the term "real propertv owned and occupied as a principal <br /> home" is defined as the place where an individual has a true, fixed, permanent home and <br /> principal establishment, and to which place the individual has, whenever absent, the <br /> intention of returning. It is the place in which an individual has voluntarily fixed <br /> habitation, not for mere special, temporary, or vacation purpose, but with the intention of <br /> making a permanent home. <br /> Three elements are necessary for real property to be considered a "principal home." <br /> Owner's abandonment of all other previous principal homes. <br /> Intent of the owner to create or maintain a principal home within the Countv. <br /> Owner's actual phvsica] occupancv of the principal home within the Countv. <br /> "Intent of the owner to create or maintain a principal home" maybe evidenced bv, but not <br /> be limited to, anv of the following indicia: <br /> (A1 Occupancv of the home in the Countv for more than 270 calendar davs of a <br /> calendar vear; <br /> B~ Registering to vote in the Countv; <br /> Being stationed in the Countv under military orders of the United States; or <br /> f D~ Possession of anv of the following with a reported address within the Countv of <br /> Hawaii: <br /> Valid Hawaii drivers license. <br /> ii Hawaii state identification card. <br /> iii Income tax return as a resident of the State of Hawaii. <br /> iv Resident aliens possessing a valid resident alien card ("green card") must <br /> claim residency only in Hawaii. <br /> The director of finance may require documentation of the above or additional <br /> indicia of intent to reside in the Countv from a property owner applying for an exemption <br /> or from an owner as evidence of continued qualification for an exemption. Failure to <br /> respond to the director's reuuest or in the event the director receives satisfactory evidence <br /> that a claimant occupies a permanent home outside the Countv and there is documented <br /> evidence of the claimant's intent to reside outside of the Countv. shall be deemed grounds <br /> for denying a claim for exemption or disallowing an existing exemption. <br /> 3 <br /> <br />