Fillable Intention To Appeal Property Assessment Form (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

A non-refundable filing fee of $50.00 per parcel or where several parcels comprise a property as a whole,

$50.00 for the main parcel plus $10.00 for each additional parcel that comprises the whole, is required when

filing this appeal form per County Council of Erie Ordinance No. 157, 2007. When multiple property assessments

are being appealed through one payment, the payor is required to submit a detailed list of properties being

appealed, indicating on this list County Index Number, Location of Property, Property Owner, Name of Attorney (if

applicable), Check Number and/or Amount remitted.

An exterior photograph of the property being appealed is available at the hearing. Other photographs that may offer

additional information to the Board should be brought to the hearing.

All Notice of Intention to Appeal forms are to be executed by the actual “aggrieved party,” which means the land

owner whose property is in question or a “duly authorized agent.” If a corporation is the aggrieved party, the

application must be executed by an officer of the corporation and the signature must bear the seal of the corporation in

accordance with the law. If a partner or sole proprietorship is the aggrieved party, a principal of such business

organization must execute this Notice of Intention to Appeal.

You may represent yourself, or be represented by an attorney in your absence. Only attorneys-at-law licensed to

practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may represent aggrieved parties at the appeal hearings before the

Board. Nothing in this section shall permit the unauthorized practice of law by an individual who is not an

attorney-at-law.

If the property subject to an assessment appeal is owned by and in the name of a corporation and not an individual

property owner, then that corporation must have an attorney represent its interests before the Board of

Assessment Appeals. This rule applies to privately held or publicly traded corporations, as well as Non-Profit

corporations. Paragraph C and its provisions regarding corporate agents filing a “Notice of Intention to Appeal

Property Assessment” form on behalf of the corporation shall remain effective and shall not be altered by the

requirement of this provision.

Please submit two (2) copies of all data that you wish the Board to consider, including current appraisals, ten (10)

days prior to your scheduled appeal hearing. An appraisal, if submitted, will be considered current if it is effective

within six months of the appeal. All appraisals are to meet Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice set

forth by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If an Appraisal is submitted, the Appraiser must be present to testify

as to the certification of value. Any evidence not meeting the above requirements may be excluded as evidence at the

discretion of the Board, or if admitted as evidence, the weight to be given such evidence shall be within the sole

discretion of the Board.

If this is a rental, commercial, industrial or any income-producing property, which is subject to lease or other

agreement respecting ownership or use, the appellant must produce two (2) copies of all current leases in all of its or

their terms ALONG WITH THREE YEARS OF CURRENT INCOME AND EXPENSE REPORTS INCLUDING

THE MOST CURRENT YEAR ten (10) days prior to the time and place fixed for hearing appeal, together with

verification or affidavit by the aggrieved party or its, her or his authorized employee or agent that the same constitutes

all agreements, in all of their terms, touching upon the ownership and/or use of the parcels in question. In the event

that appellant is a lessee, licensee or other possessor not holding the fee, whose standing arises from an agreement to

pay real estate taxes under any such lease, license or other contract, said verification shall be accompanied by written

authorization executed by the fee holder and evidencing notice to the title holder of the taking of the appeal.

This must be completed if you will be represented by an attorney.

VERIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION

I hereby verify, affirm, and swear that I am the duly authorized agent for the owner/owners of this parcel being appealed and

that I am authorized as an agent to file the Notice of Intention to Appeal Property Assessment of said property before the Erie

County Board of Assessment Appeals. I verify, affirm, and swear that the statements made herein and in the Notice of

Intention to Appeal are subject to the penalties of 18 PA C.S.A. §4903 and §4904 relating to false swearing and unsworn

falsification to authorities.

Signed

Date

(Authorized Agent)

Signed

Date

(Property Owner)

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