Hearing Procedure

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# (a)

When the claimant agency receives a protest or application in writing from a taxpayer within 30 days of the notice issued by the department pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 40-18-103, the claimant agency shall set a date to hear the protest and give notice to the taxpayer by registered or certified mail of the date so set. The time and place of such hearing shall be designated in such notice and the date set shall not be less than 15 days from the date of such notice. If, at hearing, the sum asserted as due and owing is found not to be correct, an adjustment to the claim may be made. The claimant agency shall give notice to the debtor of its final determination and inform the debtor of his right to appeal such final determination as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

# (b)

No issues shall be reconsidered at the hearing which have been previously litigated.

# (c)

If any debtor is dissatisfied with the final determination made at the hearing by the claimant agency, he may appeal the final determination to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County or to the circuit court of the county in which the debtor resides by filing notice of appeal with the administrative head of the claimant agency and with the clerk or register of the circuit court of the county to which the appeal shall be taken within 30 days from the date notice of final determination was given by claimant agency.

Last amended: Acts 1981, No. 81-696, p. 1168, §1.

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