72 Pa. Stat. § 5341.14

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 5341.14 - Appeal to board; time for appeals
(a) Any person aggrieved by any assessment as the same shall be fixed following revision of assessments by the board, may file an appeal therefrom with the board. Appeals from real estate assessments shall be filed on or before the first Monday of October. Other appeals shall be filed within the time fixed by law, or in cases in which no time is provided by law, within such time as the board shall prescribe. The board shall set a time or times at which it shall hear all appeals which have been properly filed.
(b) In any appeal of an assessment the board shall make the following determinations:
(1) The current market value for the tax year in question.
(2) The common level ratio.
(c) The board, after determining the current market value of the property for the tax year in question, shall then apply the established predetermined ratio to such value unless the common level ratio varies by more than fifteen percent from the established predetermined ratio, in which case the board shall apply the common level ratio to the current market value of the property for the tax year in question.
(d) Nothing herein shall prevent any appellant from appealing any base year valuation without reference to ratio.
(e) The board shall complete its hearings of appeals and shall dispose of all appeals before it as promptly as possible.

72 P.S. § 5341.14

1939, June 27, P.L. 1199, § 14. Amended 1982, Dec. 13, P.L. 1182, No. 271, § 5, imd. effective.