The Property Maintenance Appeals Board (PMAB) is the administrative hearing board that is established by ordinance to hear appeals of violations in Kansas City, Missouri. PMAB also hears appeals from those whose applications for a tow and storage fee refund has been denied. The Board is appointed by the mayor for a term of four years and consists of members who are not employees of the City. The director of the Neighborhood Services Department or their designated representative shall act as secretary of the board.

Appeals from any order, request, decision or determination of the City made in pursuance of Chapter 14, Section 14-4 (Special Exception to Keeping of Livestock), Chapter 48 , or Chapter 56, or Section 70-644 (Procedure for request for refund of tow and storage fees) shall have the right to appeal to the Property Maintenance Appeals Board.

Read the full Property Maintenance Appeals Board Ordinance.

• Applicants must pay a $50 application fee
• Applications submitted online must attach a copy of their photo ID, front and back.

If you will not be present at the appeal hearing but will be represented by an agent, your agent must present an affidavit signed by you authorizing him or her to represent you before the PMAB: PMAB Owners Affidavit designating agent.

If you need further assistance contact the Neighborhood Services Department at (816) 513-3215.

The Neighborhood Preservation Division (NPD) shall accept PMAB appeal applications that meet the following conditions:

• All appeals must be filed within 10 calendar days from the date on the notice that is being appealed (found in the top right of the notice).
• The completed appeal application must include the appellant’s telephone number, current mailing address and copy of state-issued ID.
• Every application for an appeal to the board must be accompanied by a non-refundable filing fee in the amount of $50 payable to the city treasurer.
  
  

  After an application for an appeal is accepted, the appellant will be notified in writing as confirmation that their appeal application was accepted. Property Maintenance Appeals Board Hearings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month, at 9:30 AM, in the Council Dining Room, 8th floor City Hall, 414 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Missouri.
  
  For any decision of the PMAB upon an order or action taken, the method of judicial review shall be a duly verified petition for writ of certiorari presented to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides, or of the county where the property affected by such decision is located. Such petition shall be filed with the court within 30 days after the filing of the board’s decision in the office of the director. The allowance of the writ shall not stay the effect of the decision appealed from, but the court may, upon timely application and due notice to the board, for due cause shown, grant a restraining order.