§ 26-24-123 - Appeal of actions or orders. - Arkansas Statutes

26-24-123. Appeal of actions or orders.

(a) Any taxpayer aggrieved by the action or order of the Arkansas Public Service Commission respecting the assessment or equalization of property shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court and thence to the Supreme Court.

(b) (1) All appeals from the commission involving the assessment or equalization of property locally assessed may be either to the circuit court of the county where the property is located or the Pulaski County Circuit Court.

(2) All appeals involving the assessment or equalization of property, the original assessment of which has been fixed by the commission, shall be to the Pulaski County Circuit Court.

(c) All appeals shall be taken within thirty (30) days from the date of the action or order appealed from by filing a written notice with the commission and shall be tried de novo.

(d) No appeal shall lie from the action or order of the commission on original assessments unless the property owner shall have first exhausted his or her remedy before the commission by way of petition for review.