Informal and Formal Hearings

Informal and Formal Hearings

When you have filed a timely protest and have an open appeal
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Informal and Formal Hearing: The policy adopted by the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) RECOMMENDS you and a District staff member have an informal meeting prior to the formal hearing before the ARB. The ARB policy further SUGGESTS both parties, you and the staff member, make their evidence available to each other. For your informal and formal hearing, you should bring documentation relevant to the protested year to support your opinion of value or any other property concerns. You or your agent are entitled upon request a copy of the information the Chief Appraiser or his representative plans to introduce at the hearing. If you and the staff member are unable to resolve the protest at the informal meeting, you will proceed directly to the formal hearing before the ARB. Both the informal and formal will each be kept to a 15-minute time frame.
There is a limit of ONE PERSON allowed per side at each informal and ARB formal hearing.
Both Informal and Formal Hearings are attended on the same day as indicated by the scheduled date and time on your Notice of Hearing Letter. 

How to upload your evidence: In the Online Protest portal, once you log into your account with your email address and password, you will be able to access your protest online. When a formal hearing is created, there will be a paperclip icon that says "Manage Documents". You may upload here. Additionally and alternatively, you may bring your hardcopies on the day of. 

How to request the district's evidence: Fill out 41.461 Evidence Packet Request form 

How to prepare for your protest/what to expect: https://www.wcad.org/protest-procedures/



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