Texas property tax answers · Updated June 2026
What evidence do I need for an ARB hearing?
The short answer
Bring a comparable-assessment table: five or more similar nearby homes from your county's own appraisal roll, compared per square foot, supporting an unequal-appraisal argument under Tax Code Section 41.43(b)(3). Add photos of condition problems, repair bids, and any recent appraisal or closing documents you have. Texas is a non-disclosure state, so the county roll is the evidence everyone in the room can verify.
The evidence checklist
- A comparable table: 5 or more similar homes (size, age, neighborhood) from your county's appraisal roll, with each one's assessed value per square foot next to yours. This is the core of a Section 41.43(b)(3) unequal-appraisal case.
- Condition evidence: dated photos of foundation cracks, roof damage, flood history, deferred maintenance. The district appraised your home without walking through it.
- Repair bids or contractor estimates that put a dollar figure on the problems.
- Your own purchase documents if you bought recently for less than the assessed value.
- A fee appraisal if you happen to have one from a recent refinance. Useful, not required.
Why assessment comps beat sales comps in Texas
Texas is a non-disclosure state. Residential sale prices are not public record, which means any sales-comp number that didn't come from your own closing or a paid data source is hard for anyone to verify, including the panel. Assessment comps have no such problem: the county's appraisal roll is public, every parcel is checkable by anyone in the hearing room, and unequal appraisal under Section 41.43(b)(3) is built specifically on those values.
The other reason to lead with equity comps: most protests never reach the formal hearing at all. In Harris County, only about 16% of 2024 protests went to a formal ARB determination. A clean, verifiable comp table usually settles the case at the informal review, weeks earlier and with no panel involved. The same evidence works at both stages.
Getting the table built
You can assemble the comp table yourself from your district's public data, and plenty of homeowners do. The $99 packet is the shortcut: comparable parcels pulled from your county's actual roll for your specific property, the per-square-foot math done, the Section 41.43(b)(3) argument written out with your numbers, and a hearing-ready format. Every comp is a real parcel you can look up before you pay anything, starting with the free check. And if you already filed, the free hearing kit gives you a word-for-word script for the room.
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