"Protesting" Property Taxes

[Tony Thompson]

I have been talking with a Broker about a property I am looking at. She told me that since the appraisal value of the property may have been too high, taht I may be able to protest the property taxes and get a somewhat lower tax.

How does protesting taxes worK?

[Christopher W.]

Where I am, we file straight with the county. I went to my county's website and found this in the "Taxes and Assessments" section:

"If you disagree with the value on the Property Value Notice that the Assessor will send to you in July 2009, you may file an assessment appeal. The appeal filing period is July 2, 2009 to September 15, 2009."

I would start with your county and go from there. You almost certainly have a limited time to file an appeal as well so start sooner rather than later.