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| Online Protest- Eligibility (Click News Link) | | Eligible to Homesteaded Properties Only, with a value change greater than 999; or an ownership change on or before May 1st 2010. Not eligible to Property Tax agent's and a value below $500,000.
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| NEW HOMESTEAD FILING REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2011. FOR NEW APPLICATIONS ONLY. | | SECTION 11.43 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE REQUIRES THAT A PROPERTY OWNER FILING FOR A RESIDENCIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
A COPY OF APPLICANT'S TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE AND A COPY OF A VEHICLE REGISTRATION RECEIPT.*
IF YOU DO NOT OWN A VEHICLE YOU MUST COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT TO THAT EFFECT AND PROVIDE A COPY OF A UTILITY BILL.*
*DOCUMENTS MUST BE IN THE APPLICANT'S NAME AND REFLECT THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY ADDRESS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION.
See News Release here: http://galvestoncad.org/PA/Links/HomesteadInfo.pdf
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| MAILING ADDRESS UPDATES | | PLEASE VERIFY YOUR MAILING ADDRESS AND CONTACT US FOR ANY UPDATE.
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| Legislative Update | | Effective Sept 1, 2005: Appraisal Districts websites will no longer be allowed to display photographs and building sketches for all properties. In accordance with Senate Bill 541, as passed by the Texas Legislature, information in appraisal records may not be posted on the Internet if the information is a photograph, sketch, or floor plan of an improvement to real property.
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| Legislative Update - House Bill 2188 | | HB 2188, a new Texas law that became effective June 18, 2007, makes confidential any information about properties that an appraisal district obtains from private sources. Because of the law, we are no longer able to publicly disclose (or display on our website) property sales information we obtain from private sources. Sales books are no longer available for public inspection in our customer service department, and sales information will not reside on our website.
Sales that we used or considered in arriving at a particular value will continue to be available to owners who timely file a value protest, and will be included in their requested material. This law in no way affects the districts' ability to use sales, regardless of from whom they were obtained, in the valuation process.
A property owner or agent who receives confidential sales information from Galveston Central Appraisal District in conjunction with the protest evidence is required by HB 2188 to hold that information in confidence. Failure to do so is a criminal violation of the Texas Public Information Act.
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| Legislative Update - House Bill 3613 | | A disabled veteran who receives from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor 100 percent disability compensation due to a service-connected disability and a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of the veteran's residence homestead. PLEASE CONTACT OUR TAXPAYER INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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