Petition to Local Board of Review
IOWA
- Regular Session
This petition must be filed or mailed to your city or county
For use by board of review only
assessor from April 16 through May 5. It must be
Petition # _________________ Class ____________________
postmarked no later than May 5. Iowa assessors’
addresses can be found at the Iowa State Association
Parcel # ____________________________________________
of Assessors Web site.
To the Board of Review of the County/City of ______________________________________ ,Iowa
The undersigned, ________________________________________________________________________________
as owner or aggrieved taxpayer of the following described real estate: ______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
with the street address ____________________________________________________________________________
and as such, liable for the payment of taxes thereon, does hereby respectfully object to the assessment made against
said real estate as of January 1, _________________________ in the sum of $ _______________________________
for the following reasons, and upon the following grounds:
(Complete all grounds that apply)
1. That said assessment is not equitable as compared with assessments of other like property in the county or city. (Give
legal description and assessment of representative number of comparable properties.)
Assessed at:
__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________________________
2. That said property is assessed for more than the value authorized by law (
; that the amount of
Section 441.21, Code of Iowa)
said over-assessment is $ _______________________ ; and that $ __________________________ is its actual value
( Land $ _________________________ Building $ ____________________ ) and is a fair assessment.
3. That said property is not assessable, is exempt from taxes or is misclassified for the following reason: ____________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. That there is an error in the assessment as follows: ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
5. That there is fraud in the assessment as follows: ______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
6. That there has been a change downward in the value since the last assessment (
): ________
Section 441.35, Code of Iowa
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
The undersigned respectfully requests that the assessment made against said real estate be adjusted accordingly based
upon the facts presented. I hereby state that the facts in this petition are true and correct.
Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________
An oral hearing
is requested:
Phone: Home __________________________ Business or Cell ________________________
YES
NO
Signature __________________________________________________ Date ______________
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)
owner or duly authorized agent
FOR USE BY BOARD OF REVIEW ONLY
Action Taken: ________________________________________________________________
Date: ______________________________
IDR 56-064a (02/23/12)