Forms & services

The two most common filings can be completed online below. Everything else is in the document library at the bottom of this page, or at the counter at 44 Compost Court, where the pens are attached to the desk for reasons documented in the FY 2019 annual report.

Claim Your Tree (Form LR-1)

Registration ties your tree's parcel number to your household so your leaves come back to you and not to an address that merely resembles yours. Registration is required once per tree, not per year. Trees registered before 2004 were carried forward, mostly.

Form LR-1, rev. 2026-03. Approved for online filing.

Name of registrant * Service address * The address where the tree stands, not where you live, if different. If the tree stands on the line, see Form LR-4. Tree parcel number * Format MH-0000. Printed on your Leaf Levy bill, under the fold. Species *

Certification I certify that the leaves I submit each fall are the leaves of this tree, raked from beneath it in good faith, and I accept that the Department's determination of leaf origin is final. *

Misattachment Complaint (Form LR-7)

If your tree has been dressed with the wrong leaves, file below. The most common finding is oak on elm, which the Department acknowledges and regrets. Photo evidence moves your complaint up the queue. Complaints about leaf orientation, leaf spacing, or a leaf that "looks tired" are heard by the Board in the order received, which is to say eventually.

An oak leaf attached to an elm branch, photographed as complaint evidence — Exhibit A from case LR7-38112: oak on elm, Windrow Heights.

Document library

Forms not yet approved for online filing may be printed and delivered to the counter. Double-sided printing is permitted as of the March vote.

Form LR-2: Change of Tree Ownership PDF, 2 pages, rev. 2025-11
Form LR-4: Boundary Tree Custody Agreement PDF, 6 pages plus signatures of both households, notarized
Form LR-9: Rush Reattachment Request, with Documentation of Occasion PDF, 3 pages, rev. 2026-01
Form LR-11: Self-Storage Waiver PDF, 1 page, and the Department hopes you know what you are doing
Form LR-14: Appeal of Misattachment Determination PDF, 4 pages, heard quarterly
Ordinance 14-2: The Evergreen Exemption, Full Text PDF, 19 pages, as amended
Specification TA-6: Approved Reattachment Adhesive PDF, 11 pages, technical

The document portal is undergoing its autumn maintenance window, which runs concurrently with autumn. Paper copies are available at the counter at 44 Compost Court. Bring your parcel number.