Texas property tax protest guides

What you need to protest your home's appraised value yourself, in plain language.

• How to protest your Texas property tax value

  Step by step: check your notice and record, gather evidence, file, settle or go to a hearing, and what comes after.

• Texas property tax protest deadline

  May 15, or 30 days after your appraisal notice was mailed, whichever is later. What counts, and what to do if you missed it.

• Unequal appraisal: protesting against similar homes

  Texas lets you win if your value is above the median of comparable homes, appropriately adjusted. How it works and how to use it.

• Texas homestead exemption and the 10% cap

  The $140,000 school exemption, over-65 and disability exemptions, the 10% yearly cap and tax ceilings, and how to apply.

• Protest it yourself or hire an agent?

  What agents charge, how their results compare with owners who protest on their own, and how to end an agent contract.

About our numbers

• How we make our verdicts

  The comparable-home rule, the win model and its backtest, savings and tax estimates, and their limits.

• Where our data comes from

  The appraisal district exports we use, how often they're refreshed, what we never publish, and the JSON API.

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