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WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER FILING YOUR PETITION
Once a timely and properly completed Taxpayer Petition is submitted, it will be given an appeal number and entered into the computer. The Assessor’s office is given a copy of your appeal.
The Assessor’s office will provide a written response to your petition within 60 days of the request but at least 21 business days, excluding legal holidays, prior to your hearing date.
Based on the volume of petitions filed within the 30 day period, this office cannot acknowledge receipt of each petition. However, if your petition is incomplete, untimely or denied,
you will receive a phone call, e-mail or letter advising you.
Petitions must be filed within 30 days of the value notice change. The number of petitions filed, determines how long the Board will remain in session conducting hearings.
Once your petition is scheduled for a hearing, you will be notified by mail at least 22 days prior to the hearing date. The hearing notice will be mailed to the correspondence address
entered on your petition.
When you filled out your petition, you checked a box choosing whether or not you wanted to appear for your hearing. If you choose that you did not want to be present, you will receive
notice of the date your Administrative Hearing will take place. At that hearing, the Board will review the documentation submitted by you and the Assessor and issue a written decision.
If you choose to appear, you will be sent a hearing notice with a date and time to appear before the Board of Equalization. You will be sworn in and be able to give testimony. A representative
of the Assessor’s office may also appear and be sworn in to give testimony. After consideration of the oral testimony and written evidence, the Board will issue a written decision within
45 days of your hearing.