If you disagree with the municipality's response to your objection, you can have the WOZ value reviewed by the court. In this case, some rules apply.
This page explains how an appeal at the court works.
First to municipality, then to court
If you have received a decision on your objection from the municipality, you can appeal against it to the court. Which court this is depends on where you live. The competent court is listed at the bottom of the municipality's ruling.
There are some rules for submitting an appeal. You must do so within six weeks of the ruling. The notice of appeal must in any case state: your name and address, which decision you are appealing against, why you disagree with the municipality's decision and what you think the decision should be. You can do this yourself,. A lawyer or attorney is not obliged in administrative law.
Court charges treatment fees
The court charges costs for handling an appeal. This is called registration fees. In a WOZ case, you pay approximately €50 as a resident and approximately about €375 as a company. If the court adjusts the WOZ value then you will receive these court fees back from the municipality.
Judge assesses whether WOZ value is a 'plausible estimate' of market value
The court assesses whether the municipality can make the WOZ value plausible. For this decision, the rules of the act (Wet WOZ) apply. The court tests, among othet things, the following:
Are the characteristics of the property correct?
Are the sold houses mentioned in the appraisal report comparable?
Has the municipality responded sufficiently the arguments of the person submitting the appeal?
When making the assessment, the judge does not look at:
How much has the WOZ-value increased in recent years?
Have other WOZ-values been increased by the same amount?
If you have another legal question about the act (Wet WOZ)? Please feel free to ask us via our contact form.
