Member Appointment to the Muscogee County Board of Equalization

In accordance with Georgia laws (O.C.G.A. §45-5-311), the Muscogee County Grand Jury is required to appoint a member and alternate member of the Muscogee County Board of Equalization each fall during the October term of the Superior Court of Muscogee County. Any person having the following qualifications and an interest in serving on the board may nominate himself or herself for appointment by submitting a nomination form as indicated below:

Qualifications

(1) Each person who is, in the judgment of the appointing grand jury, qualified and competent to serve as a grand juror, who is the owner of real property, and who is at least a high school graduate shall be qualified, competent, and compellable to serve as a member or alternate member of the board. No member of the governing authority of a county, municipality, or consolidated government; member of a county or independent board of education; member of the county board of tax assessors; employee of the county board of tax assessors, or county tax appraiser shall be competent to serve as a member of the board of equalization.

(2) Within the first year after a member's initial appointment to the board of equalization, each member shall satisfactorily complete not less than 40 hours of instruction in appraisal and equalization processes and procedures, as prepared and required by the commissioner. The failure of any member to fulfill the requirements of this subparagraph shall render that membership ineligible to serve on the board; and the vacancy created thereby shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies on the board are filled.

(3) No person shall be eligible to hear an appeal as a member of a board of equalization unless, prior to hearing such appeal, that person shall satisfactorily complete the 40 hours of instruction in appraisal and equalization processes and procedures required by law. Any person appointed to such board shall be required to complete annually a continuing education requirement of at least eight hours of instruction in appraisal and equalization procedures, as prepared and required by the commissioner. The failure of any member to fulfill the requirements of this subparagraph shall render that member ineligible to serve on the board; and the vacancy created thereby shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies on the board are filled.

Term of Office

Members and alternate members of the Board of Equalization serve a three-year term of office. The term of office described herin shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31 of the third year.

Nomination Form

Board of Equalization Member Application Form

Please mail or email the completed form to:
Board of Equalization
Post Office Box 2145
Columbus, GA 31902
boe@columbusga.org