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Pantelis Pappas Petitioner V City Of Niles Respondent · 26-000886-TT

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RECEIVED 

MAR 8 1 2026 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

LANSING 

DIRECTOR 

PROPERTY TAX APPEAL PETITION FORM 

VALUATION / UNCAPPING 

Do not use this form to appeal Classification, Principal Residence Exemption, Qualified Agricultural Exemption, Other 

Exemptions, Special Assessments, or Non-Property tax disputes. 

Pursuant to Tax Tribunal Rule (TTR) 279, you MUST submit a copy of the notice giving rise to the appeal (i.¢., Board of 

Review Decision or other notice) with this petition, if applicable. 

If you do not submit this document, you may be held in 

default. 

Section 1: Petitioner’s Contact information 

First Name 

[XN 

Last Name/Company Name 

Pantelis 

Pappas 

Mailing Address {No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route} 

1633 Sloux Trail 

City or Town 

State 

ZIP Code 

NILES 

Mi 

49120 

Telephone Number 269470 3790 

Email Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via ematl) 

Section 2: Petitioner’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information 

First Name 

MA. 

Last Name 

Firm Name (if any) 

Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route) 

City or Town 

State 

ZIP Code 

Telephone Number 

Email Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via email) 

Section 3: Subject Property information *use the multipte parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels. 

How many parcels are you 

If you are appealing more than one parcel, are they contiguous or adjoining? 

appealing? 

1 

[J Yost 

[1] Now 

**|f No, you must file separate appeals for each parcel 

Property Address (No., Street) 

1633 Sioux Trait 

City or Town 

County 

. 

State 

ZIP Code 

NILES 

Berrien 

MI 

49120

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON 1. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

LANSING 

DIRECTOR 

Section 4: Check which of the following you are appealing check ali that apply) 

4 True Cash and Taxable Value 

[J Taxable Value Only (calculation) 

[J Uncapping of Taxable Value 

Section 5: Explain the Reason for this Appeal 

- Every room in the house is dated from the 70's so the Effective Age is closer fo 50 

years or greater 

- Concrete driveway is deteriorating badly and is only 30% or less 

- Land Value of the house should not have increased, and should be valued at $13,800 

or less 

- Comparable home in the area is currently on the market for $244,900 

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1025-Joliet-Dr_Niles_MI_49120_M4 

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Section 6: Jurisdictional Issues 

Did you protest the assessment at a Board of Review (BOR)? J Yes 

No 

if Yes, check which BOR you attended: [Wm] March 

[m] July 

[i] December 

if No, please check the applicable reason(s): 

[I] Not required to attend 

[I] Appealing a purported Clerical Error or Mutual Mistake of Fact (if yes, include explanation in Section 5) 

Appealing within 35 days of State Tax Commission Order 

Od Appealing within 35 days of receipt of Notice of Uncapping 

Other 

If you checked “other” above, explain: 

Unable to make a decision due to lack of quorum

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GOVERNOR 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

LANSING 

DIRECTOR 

Section 7: Valuation Information *use the multiple parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels. 

Parcel Number: 74-0780-0089-00-3 

Classification of Property: 

Real] 

Personal 

4 {check one} 

Agricuttural [J 

Commerciai 

[J 

Industrial 0 

 Restdential 

#4 

Timber-Cutover [J 

Developmental [J 

Utility [J (check one) 

Assessed Value (also known as State Equalized Value) established 

Taxable Valtte established by the Board of Review: 

by the Board of Review: $147,600 

$147,178 

What do you believe is the fair market value {also known as true cash value)? 

$250,000 

‘What do you believe Is the assessed value? {multiply true cash 

What do you believe Is the taxable value? {cannot exceed 

value by .5) 

$1 25,000 

assessed value) 

$1 25,000 

Fee Information 

Does the property have a Principal Residence Exemption of at least 

issue? 

M1 ves 

[1 no 

1f you answered yes to the above question, you are not required to pay any filing fees. 

50% as of the date of the filing of this petition for ail tax years at 

MARLON |. BROWN, DPA 

Ifthe property does not have a Principal Residence Exemption of at feast 50% as of the date of the filing of this petition for ali tax years at 

issue, the filing fee is based on the greater of the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in dispute. 

(f you are appealing more than one 

parcel, the parcel with the highest State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in dispute will be used to determine your fiting fee, plus $25.00 

will be added for each additional parcel being appeated, not to exceed a total filing fee of $1,000.00 

{Ef your property is residential properly (see MCL 205.762) and 

the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in contention is: 

Filing Fee is: 

$100,000.00 and under 

$125.00 

$100,000.01 to $500,000.00 

$200.00 

$Over $500,000.00 

$300.00 

if the property is NOT residential property (see MCL 205.762) and 

the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in contention is: 

Filing Fee Is: 

$100,000.00 and under 

$250.00 

* Plus $25.00 for each additional parcel, as indicated above. 

if the property is 

NOT residential property and the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in dispute is $100,000.01 or greater the 

appeal does not quaify for Small Claims. Therefore, an Entire Tribunal petition must be filed. 

Signature *Required 

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03/13/2026 11:54 

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2026 BOARD OF REVIEW DECISION 

FROM 

NILES CITY ASSESSOR 

333 N2ND STREET 

NILES MI 49120 

NAME AND ADDRESS OF OWNER OR PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL: 

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION: (Parcel Code required. Property address 

and legal description optional.): 

74-0780-0089-00-3 

1633 SIOUX TRL 

PAPPAS PANTELISL 

PAPPAS RACHEL R 

1633 SIOUX 

NILES MI 49120 

LOT 89 BALLARD HILLS NO 2 

THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED 

401 

(RESIDENTIAL-IMPROVED) 

Thank you for attending this years March Board of Review. The Board has reviewed the information you supplied and the data necessary 

to compute your assessment and taxable value. 

The Board has completed their review of parcel number 

74-0780-0089-00-3 

They have made the following determination based on the information you supplied. 

Board of Review Comments 

MBOR UNABLE TO MAKE DECISION DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM 

[2026 ORIGINAL ASSESSED VALUE 

147,600 

[2026 

"BOARD OF REVIEW" ASSESSED VALUE 

147,600 

(If the above amounts are the same, no revisions have occured) 

2026 ORIGINAL TAXABLE VALUE 

147,178 

2026 "BOARD OF REVIEW" TAXABLE VALUE 

147,178 

2026 

PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION/QUALIFIED AG 

100.0000 

Please feel free to contact the assessor at the address listed above or call if you have any questions. 

“Effective March 1, 2013, the Tribunal is no longer able to accept Small Claims letter appeals. Rather, you are required to file a petition to 

initiate a new Small Claims appeal. Petition forms are available on this website.” 

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