Texas property tax protest calendar

The statewide timeline

1. Valuation date

   1 January

   Your property is valued as it stood on 1 January. Damage or changes after this date belong to next year's roll.

   Tax Code § 23.01

2. Appraisal district mails the notice of appraised value

   By 1 April (homesteads) / 15 May (other property)

   The chief appraiser must deliver the notice of appraised value by these dates where the value went up or the property is newly on the roll.

   Tax Code § 25.19

3. Deadline to file your protest with the ARB

   15 May, or 30 days after the notice was delivered — whichever is later

   This is the hard deadline. File the written notice of protest with the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) by this date or you lose the right to protest for the year.

   Tax Code § 41.44

4. ARB delivers your hearing notice

   At least 15 days before your hearing

   You must get at least 15 days' notice of the date, time and place, plus the district's hearing procedures and the Comptroller's taxpayer rights pamphlet.

   Tax Code § 41.46

5. Ask for the district's evidence packet

   At least 14 days before your hearing

   On request, the district must give you the information it plans to use at the hearing. Anything it fails to disclose cannot be used against you.

   Tax Code § 41.461

6. Informal meeting and formal ARB hearing

   May – July (typical ARB hearing season)

   Most districts offer an informal meeting with an appraiser first. If that does not settle it, the ARB hears the protest. The district carries the burden of proof on value in most cases.

   Tax Code §§ 41.43, 41.45

7. ARB approves the appraisal records

   20 July (most districts)

   The ARB must finish substantially all protests and approve the records by 20 July, so hearings are concentrated before this date.

   Tax Code § 41.12

8. Request binding arbitration (instead of court)

   Within 60 days of receiving the ARB order

   For qualifying properties you can file a request for binding arbitration with the appraisal district, along with the arbitration deposit, within 60 days of the ARB's written order.

   Tax Code § 41A.03

9. Or appeal to district court

   Within 60 days of receiving the ARB order

   File a petition for review in the district court of the county. The same 60-day clock applies, and it runs from when you received the order.

   Tax Code §§ 42.01, 42.06, 42.21

10. Pay the undisputed amount to keep your appeal alive

    Before the delinquency date (usually 31 January)

    To keep a court appeal, you generally must pay the part of the tax that is not in dispute before it goes delinquent.

    Tax Code § 42.08

Your county appraisal district

The protest deadline is the same in every Texas county. The hearing season below is each district's own typical schedule — always confirm the exact date on their site or on your notice.

After the ARB decides

Court record systems by state

Where to look up a case in every state, DC and the territories. Federal dockets update automatically inside CourToyoU; everywhere else the state publishes a search page rather than a live feed, so we link you straight to the official one. Links checked 2026-09-06.

Common questions