The May 15th Deadline: What Happens If You Miss It
Texas gives you until May 15th (or 30 days after your notice, whichever is later) to protest. Here is what your options actually are once that date passes.
The deadline is May 15th, or 30 days after the appraisal district mailed your notice of appraised value, whichever falls later. The second half of that sentence matters more than most people realise: a district that mails late extends the deadline for everyone in it.
There is no late protest
If the date passes without a filing, the value on your notice becomes the value you are taxed on for the year. There is no grace period and no appeal to the review board on the grounds that you were busy.
The narrow exceptions
- Section 25.25(c) allows correction of a clerical error, multiple appraisals of the same property, or property that does not exist — at any time within five years.
- Section 25.25(d) allows a late correction where the appraised value exceeds by more than one third the correct value, but it carries a 10% late-correction penalty.
- A failure by the district to actually deliver the notice can reopen the window, but you have to be able to show it.
None of these are a substitute for filing on time. They are remedies for specific defects, not a second chance at the same argument.
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