Harris County Property Taxes – Lawsuits - 2022

Harris County judicial appeals, or cases filed in state district court, resulted in a $443 million reduction in Harris County property taxes in 2022. The total amount of settled property tax disputes in Harris County grew from $4,065 in 2014 to $7,602 in 2022. In only seven years, the total value of accounts in litigation settlements increased by 380%. Between 2014 and 2022 the total value rose from $30 billion to $144 billion. Through court appeals, tax assessments were reduced by $16 billion in 2022, of which $8 billion were for commercial property, $4 billion were for apartments, and $160 million were for homes.

You could gain by taking your property tax appeal all the way to the court appeal stage, depending on the value of your property. Judicial appeals are managed by O'Connor, which also handles filing costs, expert witness reports, and legal counsel. Unless your property taxes are lowered in a court appeal below the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) threshold, you don't have to pay anything. Join the Property Tax Protection Program™ now, and every year O'Connor will take your account all the way to the top of the practical appeals process. One advantage of the Property Tax Protection Program™ is that, for properties that satisfy the requirements, O'Connor will handle the binding arbitration or court appeal. We pay for this service, including the costs of binding arbitration.