WESTMORELAND COUNTY Adoption of Rules W4001, W6001.1 and W6001.2 Governing Assessment Appeals [26 Pa.B. 5230] Order of Court And Now, to wit this 3rd day of October, 1996, It Is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that Westmoreland County Civil Rules W4001, W6001.1, and W6001.2 are adopted. Rule W209 is hereby re-numbered to W206 to conform with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules of Civil Procedures. The effective date of these changes is thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
By the Court
BERNARD F. SCHERER,
President JudgeRule W4001. Assessment Appeals Discovery.
Discovery pursuant to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure shall be permitted during an appeal filed in the Court of Common Pleas from a real estate assessment fixed by the Board of Assessment Appeals.
Rule W6001.1. Assessment Appeals; Applicability of Rules of Civil Procedure.
The Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure shall be applicable to all assessment appeals filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County.
Rule W6001.2. Board of Assessment Appeals; Petition and Proposed Decree.
In all cases where an appeal is taken from a real estate assessment fixed by the Board of Assessment Appeals, the petition for allowance of appeal shall have attached to it a photocopy of the appealed-from order of the said Board and shall have attached to it a proposed preliminary decree which shall provide that:
(a) The appeal to court is permitted and the case is to proceed in conformity with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) Within 5 days from the date of the preliminary decree, the appellant shall serve, pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure governing service of original process, a copy of the petition and preliminary decree upon the said Board; upon the County, the municipality, and the school district in which the real estate is situate; and upon the property owner, if the owner is not the appellant.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1834. Filed for public inspection November 1, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
