Property Tax Protest · El Paso County, TX
Protest your property taxes
in El Paso County, TX.
Home to El Paso, El Paso County homeowners protest through Texas’s system: the county appraisal district (CAD) sets the value, and the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
May 15, or 30 days after your Notice of Appraised Value is delivered — whichever is later. This one actually is statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for El Paso County’s procedure.
Texas has no statewide "assessment ratio" games — the CAD is supposed to appraise at full market value every year, so your evidence question is simple: what was the home really worth on January 1? A licensed appraisal as of the January 1 lien date is exactly that evidence. Homestead cap: if you have a homestead exemption, your taxable value can rise at most 10% per year — check whether your market value or your capped value is the number to fight.
El Paso County questions
May 15, or 30 days after your Notice of Appraised Value is delivered — whichever is later. This one actually is statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date for El Paso County.
Every Texas county has an appraisal district that sets your appraised value each spring. To fight it, you file a protest with the district — most now accept online filing — and you’ll typically get an informal review with an appraiser first, where a large share of cases settle. If you don’t settle, you present evidence at a hearing before the Appraisal Review Board, a panel of citizens independent of the district. With no state income tax, Texas property tax rates are among the highest in the country, which is why protesting annually is practically a state sport.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. Appraisal Review Board (ARB) panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.