Get TX Comptroller 50-132 2020

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Form 50-132 Property Appraisal Notice of Protest Appraisal District s Name Phone area code and number Address City State ZIP Code GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS This form is for use by a property owner or the owner s designated agent to file a protest regarding certain actions of the form identifies the reasons or grounds under Tax Code Section 41. 137 however by including the email address on this form you are affirmatively consenting to its release under the Public Information Act. The Property Tax Assistance Division at the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts provides property tax For more information visit our website comptroller. texas. gov/taxes/property-tax 50-132 01-18/17 Provide the descriptive information requested below. 41 that a property owner has the right to protest. Lessees contractually obligated to reimburse a property owner for property taxes may be entitled to protest as a lessee if all Tax Code requirements are met including those in Tax Code Section 41. 413. FILING INSTRUCTIONS This document and all supporting documentation must be filed with the appraisal district office in each county in which the property is located* Do not file this document with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. A directory with contact information for appraisal district offices may be found on the Comptroller s website. FILING DEADLINES The typical deadline for filing a notice of protest is midnight May 15. A different deadline may apply if the notice of appraised value was delivered to the property owner after April 16 the protest concerns a change in the use of agricultural open-space or timberland the appraisal district or the ARB was required by law to send the property owner a notice about a property and did not the ARB made a change to the appraisal records that adversely affects the property owner and the property owner received notice of the change or in certain limited circumstances the property owner had good cause for missing the protest filing deadline. Contact the ARB for the county in which the property is located for the specific protest filing deadline. TYPES OF PROTEST HEARINGS Under Tax Code Section 41. 45 a property owner may appear or participate in the ARB protest hearing in one of three ways in person at the hearing by telephone conference call or by written affidavit submission* EVIDENCE FOR HEARINGS A person participating in an ARB hearing by telephone conference call or by written affidavit submission must submit evidence with a written affidavit delivered to the ARB before the hearing begins. A completed and signed Form 50-283 Property Owner s Affidavit of Evidence to the Appraisal Review Board may be used as the affidavit to submit evidence before the ARB hearing. Evidence may be submitted for any hearing type either in paper or on a small portable electronic device such as a CD USB flash drive or thumb drive which will be kept by the ARB. Do not bring evidence on a smart phone. The ARB s hearing procedures regarding all the requirements to properly submit evidence on a small portable electronic device must be reviewed* NOTICE The Comptroller s office may not advise a property owner a property owner s agent the chief appraiser or any appraisal district employee on a matter that the Comptroller s office knows is the subject of a protest to the ARB..