Sample Assessment Appeals Forms
The following forms may be used to assist you in filing your Assessment Appeal application. They are merely examples of some of the various types of filings. Applications, forms, and instructional documents all require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
| SAMPLE FORM NAME AND LINK | DESCRIPTION |
Regular (Secured) Assessment Appeal Application (PR8) Regular (Unsecured) Business/Personal Property Assessment Appeal Application (Valuation) | A decline in value appeal means that you believe the market value of the property on January 1 of the current year is less than the assessed value for the property. Decline in value appeals are only effective for the one year appealed. Subsequent years will normally require additional filings during the regular assessment appeal filing period. |
Supplemental (Secured) Change in Ownership “No Change” Assessment Appeal Application Supplemental (Secured) Change in Ownership “Value Issue” Assessment Appeal Application Supplemental (Secured) New Construction “No New Construction” Assessment Appeal Application Supplemental (Secured) New Construction “Value Issue” Assessment Appeal Application | Supplemental Assessment Appeals are filed in dispute of a change in ownership or new construction. Supplemental appeals must be filed within 60 days of the mailing date printed on the supplemental notice or tax bill, or the postmark date of the notice or tax bill, whichever is later. A copy of the supplemental notice or tax bill must be included with the supplemental appeal. |
| Base Year (Secured) Assessment Appeal Application | In general, a base year is either the year your real property changed ownership or the year of completion of new construction on your property; base year value is the value established at the time. The base year value may be appealed when the 60 day filing period for a supplemental assessment appeal has been missed and during the regular filing period for the year it was placed on the roll or during the regular filing period in the subsequent three years. |
| Escape (Secured) Assessment Appeal Application | In general, escape assessments are assessments for events that happened in prior years but were not discovered timely by the Assessor’s Office. To file an appeal on a secured escape tax bill, you must file your appeal no later than 60 days after the date of the mailing printed on the escape notice or tax bill or the postmark date of the notice or tax bill, whichever is later. A copy of the escape tax bill must be included with your application. |
| Escape (Unsecured) Assessment Appeal Application | In general, escape assessments are assessments for events that happened in prior years but were not discovered timely by the Assessor’s Office. To file an appeal on an unsecured escape tax bill, you must file your appeal no later than 60 days after the date of the mailing printed on the escape notice or tax bill or the postmark date of notice or tax bill, whichever is later. A copy of the escape notice or tax bill must be included with your application. In addition, tax bill numbers are required when filing an appeal. Account numbers alone will cause the application to be returned to the applicant for correction. |
| Penalty (Secured) Assessment Appeal Application | Only applications filed against penalties imposed by the assessor can be removed by the board. A penalty assessed by the tax collector cannot be removed by the appeals board. To file a penalty appeal on an appeal on a secured penalty bill, you must file your appeal no later than 60 days after the date of the mailing printed on the penalty tax bill or the postmark date, whichever is later. A copy of the penalty tax bill must be included with your application. |
| Calamity Reassessment Assessment Appeal Application | If you have received a reassessment notice from the Assessor’s Office because of a natural disaster or other calamity that damaged your property and wish to file an Assessment Appeal, your appeal must be filed within six months of the mailing notice. A copy of the calamity reassessment notice must be included with your application. |
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