NOTICE OF
Purchase Price and/or Construction Cost
Land Year _________
Buildings
Year _________
Land & Bldgs.
Year _________
INTENTION TO APPEAL
PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
(ONE PARCEL PER FORM)
FILING DEADLINE IS AUGUST 1.
1. County Parcel ID:________________________________________________________________________
2. Location of Property
Phone
3. Name of Owner Number _________________
Phone
4. Name of Attorney (if any) Number _________________
(Please Print)
5. Name and address to which hearing notification should be mailed if different from above:
Name________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________
Address City State Zip Code__________________
Buildings ____________________
Present use of property: ______________________________________________________________________
Your estimated value of property: ______________________________________________________________
Reason for Appeal: __________________________________________________________________________
List any comparable properties you wish the Board to consider. Comparable properties are those that have SOLD RECENTLY
or are CURRENTLY LISTED FOR SALE.
List below a maximum of three (3) comparables by county index number, name and
address. NOTE: COMPARABLE ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT CONSIDERED AN INDICATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.
1) ________________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________________
3) ________________________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE: This Application must be accompanied by a non-refundable Filing Fee(make checks payable to County of Erie) for processing before it is
considered a valid Appeal Application. The filing fee is $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. If you are eligible for accommodation under the AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT please contact us immediately so that arrangements may be made.
Certificate of Appeal
I/We hereby declare my/our intention to appeal from the assessment described above and I/we do hereby certify that the
foregoing statements made by me/us in connection herewith are true and correct and that this appeal is made in good faith and
in compliance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly pertaining thereto. By filing this appeal, you open your property
to the revaluation process in which your property assessment may be lowered, raised, or remain the same.
Owner’s Si
g
nature Date
Owner’s Si
g
nature Date
Current Assessment
Land ____________________
Total ____________________
Return to:
Erie County Board of Appeals
Erie County Court House
140 West Sixth St., Room 104
Erie PA 16501-1097
Checks payable to County of Erie
(See instruction A on reverse side)
Office Use Only
PARID ____________________
APPEAL # _________________
Received by
_______________
Paid _________________
____
Cash Check # ________
Rev. 01/08
BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. 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)