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Practice question: Appeal to Local Board of Assessment Appeals

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An owner receives written assessment notice and files a sworn, adequately supported LBAA petition forty days later challenging comparable-sale data used by the assessor. No special timing issue exists. Is the filing within section 226’s period?
  1. No, all LBAA appeals must be filed within ten days
  2. No, only the mayor may appeal
  3. No, valuation is never appealable
  4. Yes, forty days is within sixty days from receipt
  5. Yes, because there is no deadline

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html — RA 7160, sections 226–231 and 252
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12001_2024.html — RA 12001, sections 14, 35 and 38
  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70361 — Pisón v. City of Iloilo, G.R. No. 272170, January 28, 2026, main opinion

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