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PROPOSED CHANGES TO PUBLIC FACING RULES AND REGULATIONS
Department: Cook County Assessor's Office
Summary: OFFICIAL APPEAL RULES OF THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR
The Cook County Assessor's Official Appeal Rules (the "Rules") provide requirements, parameters, and guidance to persons doing business with the Assessor. Taxpayer assistance will be provided to individualspreparing or filing an assessment appeal (an "Appeal") for review by Assessorthe Cook County Assessor's Office ("CCAO"). CCAO personnel will assist taxpayers and their agents on matters implicated by the Rules during normalthe CCAO's business hours.
FILING AN ASSESSED VALUATION APPEAL COMPLAINT
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 1
Failure to follow any of these Rules, or any other rules and policies of the CCAO that are applicable to a particular appeal, may result in denial of that Appeal, at the discretion of the CCAO. Relief will not be denied summarily if appeal submissions substantially comply with the requirements of these Rules.
Rule 2
All forms promulgated by the CCAO, whether a conventional, paper-based form or an online, web-based form, must be completed in their entirety before they are submitted. All appeal-related forms promulgated by the CCAO, both online
("SmartFile") and paper-based (PDF files), are available at cookcountyassessor.com/Appeals/complaints for.
Rule 3
Photocopies and scans of signed complaint forms and other signed or notarized documents are accepted, but the CCAO reserves the right to require or request an original copy with a "wet" signature as it deems necessary. No form may be filed by facsimile (fax), except appeal re-review request forms submitted pursuant to Rule
26 by individual taxpayers on their own behalf pertaining to their own residences.
FILING AN ASSESSMENT APPEAL (COMPLAINT
Rule 4 An Appeal) shall be is originated by the taxpayer's timely filing of the filing a timely complaint form with the CCAO. All Appeal complaints must be ...
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