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Property Tax Code

Texas · TX · §§ 1.01 to 43.04 · 594 sections

Overview

The act governs the ad valorem taxation of property by taxing units, establishing the definitions, deadlines, and procedural rules that run throughout the property tax system — how notices and refunds are delivered, when an action sent by mail or carrier counts as timely, how deadlines shift for weekends, holidays, and office closures, how communications may be sent electronically or directed to a fiduciary, and how an owner may be represented in tax matters. It then sets the boundaries of taxability, separating real and tangible personal property from intangible property, and creates a broad schedule of exemptions covering publicly owned property, residence homesteads (with enhanced relief for disabled veterans and for surviving spouses of veterans, service members, and first responders), certain non-income-producing or low-value personal property, agricultural goods and implements, cemeteries, and charitable organizations. It also addresses appraisal administration, including how the general level of appraisal is measured and restrictions on who may serve as an appraiser for a taxing unit.

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In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 1,989 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 835 SW2D 75 - Dallas Central Appraisal District v. Seven Investment Co.

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