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tax exemption and of the owner or owner's relatives or other house- hold member living in the subject dwelling shall not exceed seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($7r500.00) providing the first twenty-five hundred dollars ($2~500.00) of income of each relative other than spouse or other household member of the owner or owners who is living in the dwelling shall not be included in such total. fo The net combined financial worth, including equitable interests, as of the thirty-first day of December of the immediately preceding calendar year, of the owner or owners and of the spouse of any owner, excluding the value of the dwelling and the land, not exceeding one acre, upon which it is situatedf shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000~00). Sec. 35~225. Qualifying for exemption. a. Not later than the 30th day of April immediately preceding the taxable year in question the person or persons claiming exemption shall file a real estate tax exemption affidavit with t_he director of social services. b. The affidavit shall set forth, in a manner prescribed by the director, the owner or owners occupying the dwelling and the names of any related persons living in the dwelling and any other household member for which exemption is ctaL~ed, their gross com- bined income, and their total combined net worth, as specified in Section 35-224 (e) and (f). c. If such person is under sixty-five years of age, the affidavit shall have attached thereto a certification by the Social Security.Administration~ or if such person is not eligible for social security, a sworn affidavit by two medical'doctors licensed to practice medicine in the Co~/~onwealth of Virginia, to the effect that such person ~s permanently and totally disabled as defined in section 35-221 hereof. d. The director shall make such further inquiry as may be reasonably necessary to determine the qualifications specified herein and the eligibility of persons seeking exemption. The director may, in addition, require the production of certified tax returns to establish the income or financial worth of any applicant for tax exemption. All inquiries made by the director and all information supplied by an applicant shall be deemed confidential and shall not be released to any person other than an employee or officer of the City of Portsmouth having a need to know such information, unless otherwise ordered by a court of law.