- File a written protest. The appraisal district has blank protest forms available, but you need not use an
official form. (We have a "Fill-in-the-Blank"
form here) A notice of protest is sufficient if it identifies the owner, the
property that is the subject of the protest, and indicates that you are dissatisfied with
a decision made by the appraisal district.
- File your notice of protest by May 31 or no later than 30 days after the
appraisal district delivers a notice of appraised value to you, whichever date is
later.
If the chief appraiser sends you a notice by certified mail that your agricultural land
is no longer in agricultural use, you must file your notice of protest within 30 days of
the date the chief appraiser delivered the notice.
If the ARB ordered a change in your property's records, you must file your notice of
protest within 30 days of the date on which the ARB mailed you a notice of the change.
If you file a notice of protest before the ARB approves the appraisal records,
you are entitled to a hearing if the ARB decides that you had good reason for failing to
meet the deadline.
If you don't file a notice of protest before the ARB approves the appraisal records,
you lose your right to protest. You also lose the right to file a lawsuit about the
taxable value of your property.
However, if your protest is late because the chief appraiser or ARB failed to mail your
notice of appraised value or denial of exemption or agricultural appraisal, you may file
your protest any time before the taxes on your property become delinquent. You must pay
some current taxes before the delinquency date to be entitled to this type of hearing.
In some cases, you may file with the ARB to correct an error even after these
deadlines. Contact your appraisal district office if you have questions about clerical
errors, substantial value errors, double taxing, or other areas.
