Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 88 - Consolidated County Assessment
Section 8843 - Spot reassessment


The county assessment office is prohibited from engaging in the practice of spot reassessment. In the event that the county assessment office engages in the practice of spot reassessment, the property owner may file an appeal to the board, limited to the issue of spot reassessment, in accordance with this chapter. Upon a finding by the board or an adjudication by the court that the property owner has been subjected to a spot reassessment, the property owner shall be entitled to a refund of any taxes paid pursuant to a spot reassessment and interest thereon from the date of payment at the same rate and in the same manner as the Commonwealth is required to pay interest pursuant to section 806.1(b) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code. A change in assessment resulting from an appeal to the board by a taxpayer or taxing district shall not constitute a spot reassessment.

Cross References. Section 8843 is referred to in sections 8817, 8854 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