County Tax Assessor NOT Required to Mail Tax Notices If….

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  Money   The Texas 82nd Legislature has drafted House Bill 843 that amends the Texas Property Tax Code Chapter 31, Section 31.01. This chapter deals with "Collections and Delinquency".  Now you can't use the excuse "I never received it"!! Useful definitions: Mortgagee is an entity that lends money to a borrower for the purpose of purchasing a piece of real property. Mortgagor … [Read more...]

Agricultural Denials Increasing?

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I have been receiving more and more calls from brokers regarding some county appraisal districts changing acreage sizes for qualifying ag land or threatening to start denying "currently ag qualified land". I am NOT an attorney nor do I play one on t.v. or radio. But I sure KNOW where to look to find out if the CAD has the RIGHT to do that. These inquires are involving tradtional ag … [Read more...]

Texas Appraisal Board of Directors Creating Bogus Policies

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I was called recently by several brokers asking me if a county appraisal district can establish a minimum acreage requirement  for traditional ag use land on established qualified ag land where none existed before. I was also asked if the appraisal district can deny ag use to a new landowner when he files his 1-d-1 ag form because the land he bought (even though the land was ag qualified) is … [Read more...]