Bucks Cnty. C.P. Rule 28

Rule 28. Appeals from the Bucks County Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes

(a) Appeals from orders of the Bucks County Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes

shall be commenced by petition, the caption of which shall be in substantially the following form:

In Re: Appeal of _____________________________

(Name of Appellant)

From the Bucks County Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes

Tax Parcel No. ______________________________

Municipality ______________________________

Assessment for the Year ________________________

Property of _______________________________

(b) The petition shall contain, inter alia, the following information:

a. Identification and address of appellant;

b. Date of filing appeal to Board of Assessment and amount of assessment originally

fixed by the Board;

c. The date of final decision of Board of Assessment and amount of assessment

finally fixed by the Board; and

d. Reasons for appeal.

(c) The appellant shall attach to the petition a proposed form of Case Management Order

substantially in the form approved by the Court and available at:

https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27890/Rule-28-CMO-

The certified ready date shall be set on the day which is 6 months from the date the petition is

filed. Following the certified ready date, the Court Administrator will schedule the matter on a

trial list. The assigned trial list date will be not sooner than 30 days from the certified ready date.

Requests to extend case management deadlines or continue the trial once scheduled will not be

entertained by the Court absent demonstrated exigent circumstances and must be made by motion.

(d) Within 20 days after the date of entry of the order fixing the certified ready date on the

appeal, the appellant shall mail, by certified mail, a copy of the petition and case management order

to the following: the Board of Assessment; the county solicitor; the municipality in which the tax

parcel is located; the school district in which the tax parcel is located; and the property owner.

Within 30 days after the date of the order of court, the appellant shall file an affidavit of service

with the prothonotary. Failure to serve the petition and case management order as directed herein

may result in dismissal of the appeal.

(e) Any person or governmental agency upon whom a copy of the petition and order is

required to be served under paragraph (d) hereof, may intervene in the appeal proceedings as a

matter of right by filing with the prothonotary within 20 days after receipt of the copy of the

petition and order, a praecipe directing intervention either as an appellant or appellee. If such

praecipe has not been filed by said person or governmental agency within the said 20-day period,

intervention thereafter shall be governed by Pa.R.C.P. No. 2326 - 2350.