Practice question
During a properly filed valuation appeal, the Board orders production of comparable-sale records through subpoena duces tecum. A custodian insists the LBAA has no power to require documents because it is not a regular court. Which is correct?
- Section229(b) expressly grants subpoena and subpoena duces tecum powers
- Only the owner can request evidence and must be obeyed without process
- Noncourt status necessarily eliminates every statutory evidence power
- All documents must be excluded from administrative proceedings
- The Board may decide only by visual estimate
Legal references
- RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Sections227–229 and231.
- RA12001 Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12001_2024.html Sections14,35 and38; consistent LGC appeal provisions retained.
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