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It is based on your AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) from your colorado Income tax return. I am listing the basic information below, which is also available at Colorado: Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry

[align=left]Effective January 1, 2012, the Registry will no longer accept Food Stamp and Supplemental Security Income letters as proof of low-income status.
Patients with a household income that is 185% of the Federal Poverty Level or less, qualify for fee waiver. The chart below indicates the annual household incomes, adjusted for family size, that qualify.
Household incomes at 185% of 2011 Federal Poverty Guidelines*[/align]
# in Family Annual Income
1 $20,146.50
2 $27,213.50
3 $34,280.50
4 $41,347.50
5 $48,414.50
6 $55,481.50
7 $62,548.50
8 $69,615.50
Each Additional $ 7,067.00
[align=left]Source: Federal Register, Vol 76, No. 13, January 20, 2011, ppl 3637-3638*Poverty guidelines are updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2)To apply for a Fee Waiver/Tax Exempt Status, patients must:

1. Request a certified copy of their most current State tax return
from the Department of Revenue. Tax returns must be within the last two years to qualify. Patients can request a certified copy of their tax return by completing form DR-5714 ??Request for Copy of Tax Returns?? available atwww.colorado.gov/cms/forms/dor-tax/dr5714.pdf. The form must be completed, notarized and sent to the Colorado Department of Revenue for processing.2. Complete form MMR1010 Request for Fee Waiver/Tax-Exempt Status. Click here to download the form.

3. Send the Request for Fee Waiver/Tax-Exempt Status form and the certified copy of the most current State tax return with the patient??s application.

4. Patients who already have a Medical Marijuana Registration Card, may submit form MMR 1010 and a copy of their certified State tax return to have their card status modified to ??Tax Exempt.?
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Quote Originally Posted by denverbear
what where the procedure's for getting the free card...I myself am on permanet disability thru social sec...my only income is mym social sec check...does my wife's job count?/