Sec. 25.01. PREPARATION OF APPRAISAL RECORDS. (a) By May 15 or as soon thereafter as practicable, the chief appraiser shall prepare appraisal records listing all property that is taxable in the district and stating the appraised value of each.
(b) The chief appraiser with the approval of the board of directors of the district may contract with a private appraisal firm to perform appraisal services for the district, subject to his approval. A contract for private appraisal services is void if the amount of compensation to be paid the private appraisal firm is contingent on the amount of or increase in appraised, assessed, or taxable value of property appraised by the appraisal firm.
(c) A contract for appraisal services for an appraisal district is invalid if it does not provide that copies of the appraisal, together with supporting data, must be made available to the appraisal district and such appraisals and supporting data shall be public records. "Supporting data" shall not be construed to include personal notes, correspondence, working papers, thought processes, or any other matters of a privileged or proprietary nature.
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2269, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 156, ch. 13, Sec. 96, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Appraisal and Assessment
Section 25.01. Preparation of Appraisal Records
Section 25.011. Special Appraisal Records
Section 25.02. Form and Content
Section 25.025. Confidentiality of Certain Home Address Information
Section 25.027. Restriction on Posting Information on Internet Website
Section 25.04. Separate Estates or Interests
Section 25.06. Property Encumbered by Possessory or Security Interest
Section 25.07. Leasehold and Other Possessory Interests in Exempt Property
Section 25.09. Condominiums and Planned Unit Developments
Section 25.10. Standing Timber
Section 25.11. Undivided Interests
Section 25.12. Mineral Interest
Section 25.13. Exempt Property Subject to Contract of Sale
Section 25.135. Qualifying Trusts
Section 25.16. Property Losing Exemption During Tax Year
Section 25.17. Property Overlapping Taxing Unit or Appraisal District Boundaries
Section 25.18. Periodic Reappraisals
Section 25.19. Notice of Appraised Value
Section 25.192. Notice of Residence Homestead Exemption Eligibility
Section 25.193. Notice of Certain Canceled or Reduced Exemptions
Section 25.195. Inspection by Property Owner
Section 25.20. Access by Taxing Units
Section 25.21. Omitted Property
Section 25.22. Submission for Review and Protest
Section 25.23. Supplemental Appraisal Records