Keep what the county already over-collected.
Most Texas homeowners who appeal pull the record card, walk it line by line, and recover what the county took in error — the refund isn't a favor, it's an adjustment. The deadline runs to May 15 or 30 days after the appraisal notice was mailed, whichever is later. The packet walks one homeowner through pulling the record card, building a defended packet, and showing up to the hearing already prepared. Pay $37 once. Keep every dollar of the savings.
Pick the right county — the deadline on this page updates with the URL.
Land on /texas?county=Travis (or Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Fort Bend, Williamson) to see that county’s § 41.44(a) filing window. Every other Texas county ships “data pending” rather than a manufactured countdown.
Three steps. One Texas protest.
- 01Step 1
The notice arrives
Texas appraisal districts mail the notice of appraised value in early April. Most counties use the same § 41.44(a) rule that runs the protest window to May 15 — or 30 days after the notice was mailed, whichever is later. The deadline on this page is keyed to that citation.
- 02Step 2
Build the packet
The packet is sequenced the way you actually build the appeal: walk the record card, pull three comps, draft the right letter, slot the whole case into the evidence-packet template. Texas ARBs accept it in person, by mail, or through your county appraisal district portal.
- 03Step 3
File before the deadline and show up
Submit the protest before the county-published window closes. Then read the four-line script once the morning of the hearing, bring the packet, and answer the objections as rehearsed — not improvised. The morning-of packet is what the ARB chair flips through first.
The five things Texas
homeowners ask first.
The same questions come up before the appeal — and the same honest answers apply to a § 41.44(a) protest as anywhere else.
Pay $37 once. Keep every dollar of the savings.
Start at the $37 packet and pay by card. Toggle the +$17 hearing-script bump on the way to Stripe if you want the four-objection rehearse sheet included.
What the Texas kit covers
- · A Texas-record-card audit checklist.
- · Comps worksheet + free comp sources list.
- · Three appeal-letter templates (factual / market / unequal).
- · Evidence-packet template, ARB-formatted.
- · § 41.44(a) deadline guide for Texas counties.
Questions first? overruled-2@polsia.app
Not legal advice. Overruled ships information and templates — checklist, worksheet, letter forms, evidence- packet template, and a § 41.44(a) filing-window guide — so you can prepare and represent yourself at an Appraisal Review Board hearing. It is not a substitute for a property tax attorney, especially for rentals, multi-property, commercial, or matters in active litigation. Paid firms typically take a percentage of your first-year savings; the packet exists so that money stays yours.