Property Tax Appeal · Oakland County, MI
Appeal your property taxes
in Oakland County, MI.
Home to Pontiac, Oakland County homeowners appeal through Michigan’s system: the city or township assessor sets the value, and the March Board of Review (then Michigan Tax Tribunal) hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
Assessment notices arrive in late February; residential protests are heard at the March Board of Review — dates are on the notice. Tax Tribunal filings follow by July 31. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Oakland County’s procedure.
Your evidence contests the underlying market value: assessed value is supposed to be exactly half of it. The Tax Tribunal’s Small Claims Division is homeowner-friendly and evidence-driven.
Oakland County questions
Assessment notices arrive in late February; residential protests are heard at the March Board of Review — dates are on the notice. Tax Tribunal filings follow by July 31. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Oakland County.
Michigan mails assessment change notices in late winter showing your assessed value (50% of market value) and your capped taxable value. Residential appeals start at your local March Board of Review — in most communities you must appear there (in person or in writing) to preserve the right to continue to the Michigan Tax Tribunal by July 31. Because Proposal A caps taxable-value growth until a sale "uncaps" it, recent buyers are the classic Michigan appellants: the year after purchase, taxable value resets to the assessor’s state equalized value, and any over-assessment suddenly costs full freight.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. March Board of Review (then Michigan Tax Tribunal) panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.