Property owners should start receiving appraisal notices for 2023 tax year

You may soon receive an appraisal notice from Polk Central Appraisal District. The appraisal district mailed about 55,000 appraisal notices on April 14. Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2023 property taxes.

Under Texas law, local appraisal districts must notify property owners about changes in their property’s value. The notice contains important information about the property’s location, ownership and property tax exemptions that apply to the property. It must also include a web address where tax information for the property can be found.

Property owners who disagree with the appraised value of their property, the exemptions or any other action by the appraisal district have the right to appeal to the Polk Central Appraisal Review Board (ARB).

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The ARB is an independent panel of citizens responsible for hearing and settling property owner protests. The notice of appraised value includes instructions on how and when to file a protest, a protest form, a statement about the availability of an informal conference prior to attending a protest hearing and a copy of the Comptroller’s Property Taxpayer Remedies. The deadline for filing a protest with the ARB is May 15 or 30 days after your notice of appraised value was delivered to you.

The Comptroller’s publication, Property Taxpayer Remedies, explains in detail how to protest your property appraisal, what issues the ARB can consider and what to expect during a protest hearing. The publication also discusses the option to request limited binding arbitration to compel the ARB or chief appraiser to comply with a procedural requirement and the options of taking your case to district court, the State Office of Administrative Hearings or binding arbitration if you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your ARB hearing.

Property Taxpayer Remedies is available from Polk Central Appraisal District at 114 Mathews St. Livingston, TX 77351 or on our easy-to-use website www.polkcad.org. The publication is also available on the Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division’s website at  comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/.