Validity of reassessment notices to deceased assessees hinges on proper service to legal heirs, else jurisdiction is lacking. The core legal rule is that reassessment notices must be served on a living person or the legal heir; issuance to a deceased individual vitiates ... Summary
Validity of reassessment notices to deceased assessees hinges on proper service to legal heirs, else jurisdiction is lacking.
The core legal rule is that reassessment notices must be served on a living person or the legal heir; issuance to a deceased individual vitiates jurisdiction. Service on the correct person is a condition precedent to reassessment, and legal heirs have no statutory duty to inform authorities of death. Legal representative liability arises only where proceedings began during the assessee's lifetime and may be continued against successors. Courts may restrain actions taken without jurisdiction while statutory remedies remain available.
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