Sec. 25.23. SUPPLEMENTAL APPRAISAL RECORDS.
a) After submission of appraisal records, the chief appraiser shall prepare supplemental appraisal records listing:
(1) each taxable property the chief appraiser discovers that is not included in the records already submitted, including property that was omitted from an appraisal roll in a prior tax year;
(2) property on which the appraisal review board has not determined a protest at the time of its approval of the appraisal records; and
(3) property that qualifies for an exemption under Section 11.13(n) that was adopted by the governing body of a taxing unit after the date the appraisal records were submitted.
(b) Supplemental appraisal records shall be in the form prescribed by the comptroller and shall include the items required by Section 25.02 of this code.
(c) As soon as practicable after determining the appraised value of a property listed in supplemental appraisal records, the chief appraiser shall deliver the notice required by Section 25.19, if applicable, and submit the records for review and determination of protest as provided by Section 25.22.
(d) Supplemental appraisal records are subject to review, protest, and appeal as provided by Chapters 41 and 42 of this code. However, a property owner must file a notice of protest within 30 days after the date notice is delivered as required by Section 25.19. If a property owner files a notice of protest, the appraisal review board shall hear and determine the protest within 30 days after the filing of the protest or as soon thereafter as practicable. If a property owner does not file a protest within the protest deadline, the appraisal review board shall complete its review of the supplemental appraisal records within 30 days after the protest deadline or as soon thereafter as practicable.
(e) The chief appraiser shall add supplemental appraisal records, as changed by the appraisal review board and approved by that board, to the appraisal roll for the district and certify the addition to the taxing units.
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2275, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 162, ch. 13, Sec. 111, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4945, ch. 884, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 1.3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 6, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1199, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (S.B. 1), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2015.
Sec. 25.24. APPRAISAL ROLL. The appraisal records, as changed by order of the appraisal review board and approved by that board, constitute the appraisal roll for the district.
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2276, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 162, ch. 13, Sec. 112, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
Sec. 25.25. CORRECTION OF APPRAISAL ROLL. (a) Except as provided by Chapters 41 and 42 of this code and by this section, the appraisal roll may not be changed.
(b) The chief appraiser may change the appraisal roll at any time to correct a name or address, a determination of ownership, a description of property, multiple appraisals of a property, an erroneous denial or cancellation of any exemption authorized by Section 11.13 if the applicant or recipient is disabled or is 65 or older or an exemption authorized by Section 11.13(q), 11.131, or 11.22, or a clerical error or other inaccuracy as prescribed by board rule that does not increase the amount of tax liability. Before the 10th day after the end of each calendar quarter, the chief appraiser shall submit to the appraisal review board and to the board of directors of the appraisal district a written report of each change made under this subsection that decreases the tax liability of the owner of the property. The report must include:
(1) a description of each property; and
(2) the name of the owner of that property.
(c) The appraisal review board, on motion of the chief appraiser or of a property owner, may direct by written order changes in the appraisal roll for any of the five preceding years to correct:
(1) clerical errors that affect a property owner’s liability for a tax imposed in that tax year;
(2) multiple appraisals of a property in that tax year;
(3) the inclusion of property that does not exist in the form or at the location described in the appraisal roll; or
(4) an error in which property is shown as owned by a person who did not own the property on January 1 of that tax year.
(c-1) The appraisal review board, on motion of the chief appraiser or of a property owner, may direct by written order changes in the appraisal roll or related appraisal records for the current tax year and for either of the two preceding tax years to correct an inaccuracy in the appraised value of the owner’s tangible personal property that is the result of an error or omission in a rendition statement or property report filed under Chapter 22 for the applicable tax year. The roll may not be changed under this subsection for any tax year in which:
(1) the property owner failed to timely file the rendition statement or property report in accordance with Section 22.23 and was assessed a penalty under Section 22.28;
(2) the property was the subject of a protest brought by the property owner under Chapter 41, a hearing on the protest was conducted in which the owner offered evidence or argument, and the appraisal review board made a determination of the protest on the merits;
(3) the property was the subject of a previous motion filed by the property owner under this section and the chief appraiser and the owner agreed to the correction, the appraisal review board determined the motion, or the appraisal review board determined that the owner forfeited the right to a final determination of the motion for failing to comply with the prepayment requirements of Section 25.26; or
(4) the appraised value of the property was established as a result of a written agreement between the property owner or the owner’s agent and the appraisal district.
(d) At any time prior to the date the taxes become delinquent, a property owner or the chief appraiser may file a motion with the appraisal review board to change the appraisal roll to correct an error that resulted in an incorrect appraised value for the owner’s property. However, the error may not be corrected unless it resulted in an appraised value that exceeds by more than:
(1) one-fourth the correct appraised value, in the case of property that qualifies as the owner’s residence homestead under Section 11.13; or
(2) one-third the correct appraised value, in the case of property that does not qualify as the owner’s residence homestead under Section 11.13.
(d-1) If the appraisal roll is changed under Subsection (d), the property owner must pay to each affected taxing unit a late-correction penalty equal to 10 percent of the amount of taxes as calculated on the basis of the corrected appraised value. Payment of the late-correction penalty is secured by the lien that attaches to the property under Section 32.01 and is subject to enforced collection under Chapter 33. The roll may not be changed under Subsection (d) if:
(1) the property was the subject of a protest brought by the property owner under Chapter 41, a hearing on the protest was conducted in which the property owner offered evidence or argument, and the appraisal review board made a determination of the protest on the merits; or
(2) the appraised value of the property was established as a result of a written agreement between the property owner or the owner’s agent and the appraisal district.
(e) If the chief appraiser and the property owner do not agree to the correction before the 15th day after the date the motion is filed, a party bringing a motion under Subsection (c), (c-1), or (d) is entitled on request to a hearing on and a determination of the motion by the appraisal review board. A party bringing a motion under this section must describe the error or errors that the motion is seeking to correct. If a request for hearing is made on or after January 1 but before September 1, the appraisal review board shall schedule the hearing to be held as soon as practicable but not later than the 90th day after the date the board approves the appraisal records as provided by Section 41.12. If a request for hearing is made on or after September 1 but before January 1 of the following tax year, the appraisal review board shall schedule the hearing to be held as soon as practicable but not later than the 90th day after the date the request for the hearing is made. Not later than 15 days before the date of the hearing, the board shall deliver written notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing to the chief appraiser, the property owner, and the presiding officer of the governing body of each taxing unit in which the property is located. The chief appraiser, the property owner, and each taxing unit are entitled to present evidence and argument at the hearing and to receive written notice of the board’s determination of the motion. The property owner is entitled to elect to present the owner’s evidence and argument before, after, or between the cases presented by the chief appraiser and each taxing unit. A property owner who files the motion must comply with the payment requirements of Section 25.26 or forfeit the right to a final determination of the motion.
(f) The chief appraiser shall certify each change made as provided by this section to the assessor for each unit affected by the change within five days after the date the change is entered.
(g) Within 60 days after receiving notice of the appraisal review board’s determination of a motion under this section or of a determination of the appraisal review board that the property owner has forfeited the right to a final determination of a motion under this section for failing to comply with the prepayment requirements of Section 25.26, the property owner or the chief appraiser may file suit to compel the board to order a change in the appraisal roll as required by this section. A taxing unit may not be made a party to a suit filed by a property owner or chief appraiser under this subsection.
(g-1) In a suit filed under Subsection (g), if a hearing to review and determine compliance with Section 25.26 is requested, the movant must mail notice of the hearing by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the collector for each taxing unit that imposes taxes on the property not later than the 45th day before the date of the hearing.
(g-2) Regardless of whether the collector for the taxing unit receives a notice under Subsection (g-1), a taxing unit that imposes taxes on the property may intervene in a suit filed under Subsection (g) and participate in the proceedings for the limited purpose of determining whether the property owner has complied with Section 25.26. The taxing unit is entitled to process for witnesses and evidence and to be heard by the court.
(h) The appraisal review board, on the joint motion of the property owner and the chief appraiser filed at any time prior to the date the taxes become delinquent, shall by written order correct an error that resulted in an incorrect appraised value for the owner’s property.
(i) A person who acquires property after January 1 of the tax year at issue is entitled to file any motion that this section authorizes the person who owned the property on January 1 of that year to file, if the deadline for filing the motion has not passed.
(j) If during the pendency of a motion under this section the ownership of property subject to the motion changes, the new owner of the property is entitled to proceed with the motion in the same manner as the property owner who filed the motion.
(k) The chief appraiser shall change the appraisal records and school district appraisal rolls promptly to reflect the detachment and annexation of property among school districts under Subchapter C or G, Chapter 49, Education Code.
(l) A motion may be filed under Subsection (c) regardless of whether, for a tax year to which the motion relates, the owner of the property protested under Chapter 41 an action relating to the value of the property that is the subject of the motion.
(m) The hearing on a motion under Subsection (c), (c-1), or (d) shall be conducted in the manner provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 41.
(n) After a chief appraiser certifies a change under Subsection (b) that corrects multiple appraisals of a property, the liability of a taxing unit for a refund of taxes under Section 26.15(f), and any penalty or interest on those taxes, is limited to taxes paid for the tax year in which the appraisal roll is changed and the four tax years preceding that year.
(o) The failure or refusal of a chief appraiser to change an appraisal roll under Subsection (b) is not:
(1) an action that the appraisal review board is authorized to determine under this section;
(2) an action that may be the subject of a suit to compel filed under Subsection (g);
(3) an action that a property owner is entitled to protest under Section 41.41; or
(4) an action that may be appealed under Chapter 42.
(p) Not later than the 45th day after the date a dispute or error described by Section 72.010(c), Local Government Code, is resolved by an agreement between the taxing units under Section 31.112(c) of this code or by a final order of the supreme court entered under Section 72.010, Local Government Code, the chief appraiser of each applicable appraisal district shall correct the appraisal roll and other appropriate records as necessary to reflect the agreement or order.
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2276, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 162, ch. 13, Sec. 113, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1985; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 829, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 367, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 4.12, eff. May 31, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1031, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(48), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.76, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 177, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 26, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 439, Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1430, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1126 (H.B. 2491), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 103 (S.B. 1341), Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (S.B. 1404), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (S.B. 1441), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 771 (H.B. 1887), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (H.B. 2220), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 19.002, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 65 (S.B. 945), Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 2242), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (S.B. 1767), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2018.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.091, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1102 (H.B. 2159), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 63), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (S.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Sec. 25.26. FORFEITURE OF REMEDY FOR NONPAYMENT OF TAXES. (a) The pendency of a motion filed under Section 25.25 does not affect the delinquency date for the taxes on the property that is the subject of the motion. However, that delinquency date applies only to the amount of taxes required to be paid under Subsection (b). If the property owner complies with Subsection (b), the delinquency date for any additional amount of taxes due on the property is determined in the manner provided by Section 42.42(c) for the determination of the delinquency date for additional taxes finally determined to be due in an appeal under Chapter 42, and that additional amount is not delinquent before that date.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a property owner who files a motion under Section 25.25 must pay the amount of taxes due on the portion of the taxable value of the property that is the subject of the motion that is not in dispute before the delinquency date or the property owner forfeits the right to proceed to a final determination of the motion.
(c) A property owner who pays an amount of taxes greater than that required by Subsection (b) does not forfeit the property owner’s right to a final determination of the motion by making the payment. If the property owner files a timely motion under Section 25.25, taxes paid on the property are considered paid under protest, even if paid before the motion is filed.
(d) After filing an oath of inability to pay the taxes at issue, a property owner may be excused from the requirement of prepayment of tax as a prerequisite to the determination of a motion if the appraisal review board, after notice and hearing, finds that such prepayment would constitute an unreasonable restraint on the property owner’s right of access to the board. On the motion of a party, the board shall determine compliance with this section in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided by Section 41.4115(d) and may set such terms and conditions on any grant of relief as may be reasonably required by the circumstances.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 771 (H.B. 1887), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (H.B. 2220), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.