Lancaster Cnty. C.P. Local Rules Interactive Book Rule 28

A. Petition

Appeals from orders of the Lancaster County Board of Assessment Appeals

(Board) shall be by petition and shall contain:

1. A caption in substantially the following form:

In Re: Appeal of.................................................)

(NAME OF APPELLANT)

from the Lancaster County Board of )

Assessment Appeals )

Tax Account No. __________________ ) No. ____________.

Municipality )

Assessment for the year ______ )

Property of ________________________ )

2. Name and address of appellant.

3. Date of filing appeal to Board and amount of assessment originally

fixed by the Board.

4. Date of final decision of Board amount of assessment finally fixed by

the Board.

5. Reason for appeal.

B. Service

Within ten days after filing the petition, the appellant shall, by certified mail, serve

copies of the petition on the Board, 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 twenty days thereafter, the appellant shall file a proof of service.

C. Intervention

Any person or political subdivision required to be served under paragraph B may

intervene as a matter of right by filing within forty days after receipt of the petition, a notice

of intervention either as an appellant or appellee. After the forty day period, intervention

shall be governed by Pa. R.Civ.P. Nos. 2326 through 2350.

D. Further Proceedings

Thereafter, the appeal shall proceed pursuant to L.C.R.Civ.P Nos. 208.3(a) and

208.3(b) or L.C.R.Civ.P. Nos. 212.1 through 212.3

Revised 12-5-24 Effective 3-10-25

RULE 29. Local Agency and Administrative Agency Appeals other than Land

Use Appeals

A. Appeals Governed by Rule

This Rule shall apply to all appeals allowed from adjudications under the Local

Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. §501 et. seq., or the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A.

§101 et. seq., and appeals which may be taken to the Court under the Judicial Code,

42 Pa.C.S.A. §933, other than appeals filed under Article X-A of the Pennsylvania

Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §11001-A.

B. Notice of Appeal

The notice of appeal shall contain all information required by the statute which

authorizes filing of the appeal. The notice of appeal shall also contain:

1. A caption in substantially the following form:

Name of Appellant

v. NO. CI-__________________

Name of local or administrative

agency which rendered decision STATUTORY APPEAL

2. All relevant information required in Local Rule 27A.2.

3. If a court reporter was present and if a transcript is not already in

existence, appellant’s certification that appellant has ordered a transcript of the

proceedings and has made satisfactory arrangements with the court reporter for

payment if a transcript is not already in existence. Upon receipt of the

transcript, appellant shall provide the original transcript to the solicitor of the

agency filing the return of the record.

C. Intervention

Pa. R.Civ.P. Nos. 2326-2350 shall govern all intervention.

D. Certiorari

The agency shall submit its entire record within twenty days after receipt of the

writ of certiorari in accordance with the procedure in Local Rule 27C. The

Prothonotary shall give notice of the return of the agency’s record to appellant who

shall, within four days after receipt of the notice, notify the agency, the applicant before

the agency (if appellant was not the applicant) and all other parties to the local agency’s

proceedings. Appellant shall file of proof of service.

E. Disposition

Disposition of the appeal shall be in accordance with the procedure in Local Rule

27D.

Revised 12-5-2024 Effective 3-10-2025