Maryland · Do-it-yourself · $29

Appeal your Maryland property taxes yourself.

A guided workbook for homeowners preparing their own appeal. Turn your notice, property records and supporting documents into an organized filing plan.

Have a notice or a property-record question? Start with a plan.

The $29 kit helps you check what needs investigating, organize the evidence you collect, and work through the filing steps. Use it if you want a structure for doing the preparation yourself.

Need property-specific evidence first? Check available records for your address free. The kit does not determine whether you are overassessed or supply comparable properties. You verify your local requirements and file yourself.

The Maryland DIY Appeal Kit
Work from a checklist instead of a blank page: review your notice, assemble supporting documents, and prepare your letter. $29, paid once.
  • State-specific process guidance with official-source links
  • Evidence organizer and filing checklist
  • Ready-to-edit appeal-letter template

Need property evidence? Check before you pay.

See which property and comparison records our free analysis can return. This check does not research recorded sales or verify a hearing-ready case. The $29 kit organizes evidence you obtain; it does not include researched comparable sales.

Open official property-record resources

Already have your evidence? Continue with the preparation kit or view the completed kit sample. No record check or email is required to buy.

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No setup required to buy. Add optional details below for a personalized PDF, or complete the editable fields yourself after download. See a completed preparation example.

Turn your question into an organized preparation draft

Get a preparation plan, the Maryland process guide, three fillable worksheets and an editable letter. Optional setup below carries your question and document list into the paid PDF.

Personalize your included letter and evidence organizer

Text-based PDF, up to 8 MB / 10 pages. Your file stays in this browser. Only details you confirm are included in your order. Photos and scanned notices currently need manual entry.

Copy details from your assessment notice. We use these to prepare your letter draft, worksheets and evidence list. These are your entries, not a verified property analysis. You can also buy now and fill them in later.

Start by checking the property facts and valuation basis. Record a specific question before choosing supporting evidence. Preparation does not reopen an expired filing window.

Optional notes are included in your purchase record and PDF. Do not include sensitive documents, account credentials or other people’s personal information.

Your filing route to verify

your local SDAT Supervisor of Assessments office

the Notice of Assessment appeal form (or form SDAT-RP-PetRevForm)

This is the Maryland statewide route. Your county may use its own office, deadline or fee, so confirm those against your assessment notice or the official directory before you file. The jurisdiction exceptions in this guide list the ones we hold.

Open official filing instructions
Add evidence you have already found (optional)

We organize your entries in the paid PDF; we do not verify them or generate comparable sales in the $29 kit. For each record include the address, sale price or assessment, date, official source and why it is relevant. Use the correct valuation date and local evidence rules.

Your Maryland purchase preview

Add your property above to preview your preparation package

Buyer-supplied details · not a verified property match or finding of overassessment

  • Letter draft: editable owner-name field.
  • Preparation plan: i am preparing or am not sure yet.
  • Evidence organizer: 0 of your records supplied; editable worksheets included.
  • Filing instructions: your local SDAT Supervisor of Assessments office; confirm your local form and deadline.
  • Official form autofill is not included for this location. Your kit links to the official filing resources.

Unlocked after purchase: complete state guide, personalized letter draft, preparation plan and editable evidence worksheets.

Still yours to do: verify the facts and deadline, obtain supporting evidence, finish required forms, sign and file. The $29 kit does not establish overassessment or include researched comparable sales. Government forms are free; you pay for the preparation package.

PARTIAL SAMPLE · Maryland DIY kit

See an organized preparation draft

Fictional teaching example: a property record lists 2,400 square feet; the owner’s floor plan lists 2,000. This is a question to investigate, not proof of overassessment or a savings estimate.

See the completed example and what you receive

What we prepare — and where it comes from

  • State guide and filing checklist: official-source links and verification steps.
  • Editable letter and preparation plan: your optional confirmed entries, with editable fields for missing details.
  • Evidence organizer: the records you supply, with space for source, date and relevance. We do not research or verify comparable properties in this kit.

You finish: verify your facts and deadline, collect and attach actual records, complete required official forms, sign and file. Government forms are free.

Need researched property evidence? Preview the separate $49 Audit where supporting records are available.

1. Define the question. Compare the area definitions, dates and source documents before assuming either number is correct.

Notice worksheet: property-record errors to verify

“The two area figures differ. Check whether they measure the same space, and verify the current property record before requesting a correction.”

2. Make an evidence list. Use the filing tracker to separate documents you have from documents you still need.

Filing tracker: evidence index

“To collect and label: current property record, dated floor plan and any measurements needed to resolve the difference. Record each source, date and page number.”

Example preparation summary · fictional, not filed

Question: Do the two area figures use the same measurement definition?

Document index: A — current property record; B — dated floor plan. Add source dates and page numbers before relying on either.

Unresolved: measurement basis, current facts and the appropriate local correction or appeal route.

Next action: verify those points with the official local source before making a correction request.

The useful result: one defined issue and a document checklist. You still verify the facts and the correct local filing route. No correction or tax reduction has been established in this example.

These illustrative entries show how to use two fields in the paid worksheets. The paid PDF carries your optional question and document list into editable worksheets and adds a preparation plan for your selected starting point. It does not contain this fictional property or a verified case for your home.

Your starting details

The notice worksheet also helps you record:

  • Property address and parcel identifier
  • State, county, township and reviewing body
  • Assessment year and valuation date

Make this preparation package your own

Add your name, property details and question before buying. Your entries become a personalized letter draft and preparation plan in the paid PDF. You can edit them later; no need to start with an empty letter.

See setup and purchase options · $29

Preview your setup before checkout. You gather and verify evidence, complete required local forms, and file yourself.

After purchase: your preparation plan, the complete state guide, three fillable worksheets, official-source links and editable appeal letter. The full evidence organizer and letter are not included in this excerpt. You gather evidence and file yourself.

Prepare your Maryland property tax appeal

Have a current notice? Check its deadline and reviewing office, verify the property details, then organize evidence that supports the correction you are requesting. Confirm official forms and fees before filing.

Preparing for a future window? Use the worksheets to review property records, list errors to investigate and plan your evidence. Buying now does not reopen a closed deadline or guarantee lower taxes.

The kit organizes those steps into a reusable guide and worksheets. It does not find comparable properties for you, file an appeal or replace your local authority’s instructions.

See what comes in the $29 DIY kit

See the Illinois worksheets and evidence organizer. This September 12 walkthrough shows an earlier kit version; today’s kit also personalizes your preparation plan and editable letter from the details you provide. State requirements differ.

42 seconds · Narrated and captioned · Plays when you choose

See the current kit sample for this state →

Read the video transcript

Want to appeal your property assessment without starting from a blank page? Here is what AppealMyTax's $29 DIY kit includes: a guide to the process, a worksheet to check your notice and deadline, fillable fields to organize comparable-property research and supporting evidence, a filing and hearing tracker, and an appeal letter you can copy and customize. Choose your state and pay once. Your kit is delivered by email. You gather the evidence, confirm your local requirements, and file yourself. See what is included at AppealMyTax.

On screen: pages from the Illinois kit, including its notice/deadline worksheet, evidence organizer and filing/hearing tracker. You complete required forms and file yourself.

How a Maryland appeal works

The short version, free. The paid kit adds the evidence workbook, filing controls, and editable letter.

  1. Maryland's state agency SDAT (not your county) values your home, reassessing one-third of the state each year and mailing a Notice of Assessment in late December.
  2. If you got a notice, you have 45 days from the date printed on it. You choose a written, phone, video, or in-person hearing with an assessor, and all of it is free.
  3. If you were NOT reassessed this year, you can still appeal: file a Petition for Review by the first business day after January 1. Nothing arrives in the mail to remind you, which is why almost nobody does it.
  4. If the assessor says no, you have 30 days to your county's PTAAB board, and 30 more to the Maryland Tax Court. All three levels are free, and a residential assessment cannot be increased mid-cycle because you appealed.

What to check on your assessment notice

  • The appeal deadline printed on page 1, plus the Notice Number and Control Number. You need both to file online.
  • The total new market value. Is that genuinely what your home would sell for as of January 1? That single number is the only thing an appeal can change.
  • The assessment phase-in box: three separate figures for three years. The largest one is not this year's number, and the taxable figure shown for July 1 is what actually drives your bill.
  • The Homestead Tax Credit status line. If it reads "No Application" you have never applied and you are unprotected against future increases. Fixing that is a separate action from your appeal, and often worth more.

Official lookup: SDAT: find your local assessment office and file online →

What’s inside

✓A plain-English Maryland appeal walkthrough across all three free levels: Supervisor, PTAAB, and the Maryland Tax Court.
✓The Petition for Review route that two-thirds of Maryland homeowners are entitled to use every year, with the deadline and the form.
✓The 60-day new-owner appeal, which is the strongest fact pattern in the state if you bought between January 1 and June 30.
✓How to get SDAT's own property worksheet and area sales listing for free, before your hearing, and what to look for in them.
✓The date-of-finality rule that decides which comparable sales actually count.
✓How the three-year phase-in works, so you calculate your real savings rather than the headline number.
✓The Homestead Tax Credit trap: why it is not an appeal, and how to tell from your notice whether you have ever applied.
✓A ready-to-edit appeal letter citing the right Tax-Property Article sections.

How it works

  1. Buy the kit — the PDF lands in your inbox instantly.
  2. Work out which route you are on first: a Notice of Assessment dated late December means 45 days from the date printed on it; no notice this year means a Petition for Review by the first business day after January 1; and a purchase between January 1 and June 30 means 60 days from the transfer.
  3. Gather the evidence on the checklist and edit the appeal-letter template.
  4. File the current instrument required by your local SDAT Supervisor of Assessments office before your deadline.
Deadline: Which deadline applies depends on which of three situations you are in. If you received a Notice of Assessment (mailed in late December to the third of the state being reassessed), § 14-502 gives you 45 days from the date of that notice, and the exact date is printed on the notice. Read it there rather than counting yourself, because it is a postmark deadline. If you were NOT reassessed this year, § 14-503 lets you file a Petition for Review on or before the date of finality for the next taxable year; the date of finality is January 1, and because January 1 is a legal holiday § 1-303 carries the deadline to the first business day after it. This right exists in any year of the cycle and nothing is mailed to prompt it. If you bought the property between January 1 and June 30, § 14-502 gives you 60 days from the date of transfer, and you should attach a copy of the deed if it was recorded after June 30 or the appeal may be dismissed. Escalation runs on two separate hard clocks: 30 days from the supervisor's final notice to PTAAB (§ 14-509, waivable only for good cause shown from physical inability), then 30 days from the PTAAB order to the Maryland Tax Court (§ 14-512, timely if postmarked in the window).

What Maryland charges to file

These are your county or state’s fees, not ours. Listed so there are no surprises.

  • Maryland Tax Court: explicitly no fee. The court states that there is no fee for filing a petition.
  • Supervisor's Level (SDAT): SDAT publishes no filing fee, and the Property Owner's Bill of Rights guarantees the appeal, the explanatory brochure, and the area sales analysis at no charge.
  • PTAAB: publishes no filing fee.
  • Copies of OTHER properties' comparable worksheets cost $1.00 per comparable, by check or money order payable to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, and require an active appeal. Your own worksheet and the area sales listing are free.
  • Above the Tax Court, an appeal to Circuit Court does carry filing fees set by the Maryland Rules, and the appealing party must order the transcript at their own expense. That is beyond the scope of a do-it-yourself appeal.

Questions

Why is this $29 and not $49?
The Property Assessment Audit provides the filing or valuation output supported by your property's available evidence. Check your address and preview the available evidence before buying. This $29 kit is the state process guide, filing materials, evidence checklist, and appeal-letter template; you gather the property evidence yourself.
When is the Maryland property tax appeal deadline?
Which deadline applies depends on which of three situations you are in. If you received a Notice of Assessment (mailed in late December to the third of the state being reassessed), § 14-502 gives you 45 days from the date of that notice, and the exact date is printed on the notice. Read it there rather than counting yourself, because it is a postmark deadline. If you were NOT reassessed this year, § 14-503 lets you file a Petition for Review on or before the date of finality for the next taxable year; the date of finality is January 1, and because January 1 is a legal holiday § 1-303 carries the deadline to the first business day after it. This right exists in any year of the cycle and nothing is mailed to prompt it. If you bought the property between January 1 and June 30, § 14-502 gives you 60 days from the date of transfer, and you should attach a copy of the deed if it was recorded after June 30 or the appeal may be dismissed. Escalation runs on two separate hard clocks: 30 days from the supervisor's final notice to PTAAB (§ 14-509, waivable only for good cause shown from physical inability), then 30 days from the PTAAB order to the Maryland Tax Court (§ 14-512, timely if postmarked in the window).
What form do I file to appeal my Maryland property assessment?
the Notice of Assessment appeal form (or form SDAT-RP-PetRevForm) (Appeal of Assessment / Petition for Review), filed with your local SDAT Supervisor of Assessments office. The kit explains the filing steps and includes a ready-to-edit appeal letter.
Do you file the appeal for me?
No — this is a do-it-yourself product. You file with your local SDAT Supervisor of Assessments office. The kit provides the preparation workflow, evidence organizer, filing checks, and ready-to-edit letter.
What if it doesn't help?
30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. If the kit isn't useful, reply to your delivery email and we'll refund you.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No. It's general information to help you file your own appeal. Always rely on the date and instructions printed on your own assessment notice and confirm current requirements with your county.
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