Terms Used In Iowa Code 429.1

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
 The department of revenue shall, at the time of making the assessment of property as provided in chapters 428, 433, 434, 437, and 438, inform the person assessed, by mail, of the valuation put upon the taxpayer’s property. The notice shall contain a notice of the taxpayer’s right of appeal to the director of revenue as provided in section 429.2.