Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 88 - Consolidated County Assessment
Section 8841 - Assessment roll and interim revisions


(a) Preparation of assessment roll.--Annually, on or before the first day of July, the county assessment office shall prepare and submit to the board, in a form prescribed by the board, an assessment roll of property subject to local taxation or exempted from local taxation.
(b) Form of assessment roll.--The board shall determine the form of the assessment roll which shall include the following for each taxing district:
(1) The name of the last known owner of record of each parcel with the last known address of the owner.
(2) The location of each parcel and the uniform parcel identifier or reference to the tax map.
(3) The assessment of each parcel of land and the assessed value of any improvements.
(4) The aggregate assessments for each municipality.
(5) The assessment of each parcel exempted from local taxation.
(c) Interim revisions to assessment roll.--The county assessment office is authorized to make additions and revisions to the assessment roll at any time in the year to change the assessments of existing properties pursuant to section 8817 (relating to changes in assessed valuation) or add properties and improvements to property mistakenly omitted from the assessment roll as long as notice is provided in accordance with section 8844 (relating to notices, appeals and certification of values). All additions and revisions shall be a supplement to the assessment roll for levy and collection of taxes for the tax year for which the assessment roll was originally prepared.
(d) Public inspection of assessment rolls.--
(1) The assessment roll shall be open to public inspection at the county assessment office during ordinary business hours. Within 15 days after completion of the assessment roll, the county assessment office, by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county, shall give notice of the following:
(i) The fact that the assessment roll has been completed.
(ii) The place where and time when the assessment roll will be open for inspection.
(iii) The right to file in writing an appeal from an assessment, on or before the first day of September, or an earlier date designated by the county commissioners, in accordance with section 8844.
(2) This subsection shall be not be construed to limit the right of any resident of this Commonwealth to access public records in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.

Cross References. Section 8841 is referred to in sections 8844, 8847, 8851 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY

Chapter 88 - Consolidated County Assessment

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 8801 - Short title and scope of chapter

Section 8802 - Definitions

Section 8803 - Excluded provisions

Section 8804 - Construction of chapter

Section 8811 - Subjects of local taxation

Section 8812 - Exemptions from taxation

Section 8813 - Temporary tax exemption for residential construction

Section 8814 - Temporary assessment change for real estate subject to sewer connection ban order

Section 8815 - Catastrophic loss

Section 8816 - Clerical and mathematical errors

Section 8817 - Changes in assessed valuation

Section 8818 - Assessment of lands divided by boundary lines

Section 8819 - Separate assessment of coal and surface

Section 8820 - Assessment of real estate subject to ground rent or mortgage

Section 8821 - Assessment of mobile homes and manufactured homes

Section 8822 - Taxing districts lying in more than one county and choice of assessment ratio

Section 8823 - Limitation on tax increase after countywide reassessment

Section 8831 - Chief assessor

Section 8832 - Subordinate assessors

Section 8833 - Solicitor

Section 8834 - Assessment records system

Section 8841 - Assessment roll and interim revisions

Section 8842 - Valuation of property

Section 8843 - Spot reassessment

Section 8844 - Notices, appeals and certification of values

Section 8845 - Service of notices

Section 8846 - Notice of changes given to taxing authorities

Section 8847 - Application of assessment changed as result of appeal

Section 8848 - Special provisions relating to countywide revisions of assessments

Section 8851 - Board of assessment appeals and board of assessment revision

Section 8852 - Regulations and training of boards

Section 8853 - Auxiliary appeal boards

Section 8854 - Appeals to court

Section 8855 - Appeals by taxing districts

Section 8861 - Submission of permit and substantial improvement information to the county assessment office and civil penalty

Section 8862 - Recorder of deeds to furnish record of conveyances, compensation

Section 8862.1 - Grantees of real property to register deed with chief assessor

Section 8863 - Assessment of property of decedent's estates

Section 8864 - Assessment of personal property

Section 8865 - Assessment of occupations

Section 8866 - Limitation on rates of specific taxes

Section 8867 - Prohibition on certain levies

Section 8868 - Optional use by cities