Disclaimer

1. Nature of the Site

countytaxassessor.org/ is an independent editorial publisher. We are NOT:

• a U.S. county Assessor, Property Appraiser, County Auditor, Equalization Director, or Tax Assessor-Collector
• a county Tax Collector, County Treasurer, County Trustee, or Tax Commissioner
• a state Department of Revenue, Department of Taxation, or Department of Finance
• the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts or Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD)
• the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) or any other state property-tax-consultant licensing authority
• the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) or the Appraisal Foundation
• the National Association of Counties (NACo)
• a Consumer Reporting Agency under the FCRA
• a tenant-screening or background-check service
• a credit-reporting or skip-tracing service
• a state-licensed property tax consultant
• a state-licensed real estate appraiser
• a licensed attorney or law firm
• a CPA or tax preparer
• a title-insurance underwriter or title-search service
• a data broker or people-search service

2. FCRA — Critical

3. Public Record Does Not Equal Open Licence

County property tax records are public under most state laws. That public status does not eliminate restrictions on their use. Federal law (FCRA, GLBA in certain financial contexts, ECOA, FHA) and state laws (consumer-protection statutes, anti-discrimination statutes, confidentiality protections for protected officials and survivors of domestic violence in most states) all impose limits on how publicly available property tax data may be used. Public ≠ permitted.

4. Not Legal, Financial, Tax, or Real Estate Advice

Nothing on this site is legal, financial, real estate investment, real estate appraisal, or tax advice. We are not your attorney, not your CPA, not your state-licensed property tax consultant, not your state-licensed appraiser. For specific situations, consult a licensed professional in your state. Reliance on this site does not create a professional-client relationship of any kind with us.

5. Accuracy & the Verification Caveat

We work to a strict manual-verification standard — every county Assessor and Tax Collector URL clicked, every property-search walkthrough validated, every exemption procedure cross-checked, every county office phone dial-tested quarterly. We are nevertheless an editorial publisher, not the county itself. County procedures and state property tax law change, sometimes between state legislative sessions, sometimes mid-year through county policy changes, and sometimes when a new Assessor, Treasurer, or Tax Collector is elected or appointed.

6. State Assessment Appeal Deadlines Are Unforgiving

Each U.S. state has its own assessment appeal deadline. A non-exhaustive sample:

• Texas: May 15 or 30 days after Notice of Appraised Value, whichever is later (Tex. Tax Code §41.44) — filed with the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) at the CAD
• California: July 2 through September 15 or November 30 depending on county under R&T Code §1603 — filed with the County Assessment Appeals Board
• Florida: 25 days from the mailing of the TRIM (Truth in Millage) Notice — filed with the Value Adjustment Board (VAB)
• Illinois: 30 days from publication of assessments (varies by township) — Board of Review, then Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB)
• New York: Grievance Day — fourth Tuesday in May (varies for some localities), filed with the local Board of Assessment Review
• Other states: Each state has its own deadline calendar — consult your county’s published deadlines

The deadline is typically jurisdictional — miss it and the appeal body will not hear your appeal for the year. Limited exceptions exist in some states (notice-failure exceptions, clerical-error correction procedures), but those are narrow and the safer path is always to file by the deadline.

7. Third-Party Content & Links

The site links extensively to county Assessor and Tax Collector / Treasurer offices, state Departments of Revenue, the Texas Comptroller PTAD, TDLR, and (where directly relevant) professional standards bodies. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy, or privacy practices. A link is not an endorsement.

8. Multi-State Property Tax Framework

The framework that governs property assessment in the United States is set by each state’s property-tax statutes. Texas uses the Texas Property Tax Code (Title 1, Subtitle E of the Texas Tax Code) with its distinctive CAD / Tax Assessor-Collector / ARB structure. California uses the Revenue & Taxation Code with Proposition 13 valuation rules. Florida uses Chapter 192 et seq. of the Florida Statutes. Each state has its own statutory framework; we cite specific sections when we describe state-specific procedures. Where states share concepts — residence homestead exemption, over-65 exemption, agricultural-use valuation — we describe the general concept and link to the state-specific framework.

9. Liability Cap

To the fullest extent permitted by law: we are not liable for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental, or punitive damages arising from your use of the site or your reliance on any content — specifically including but not limited to any missed assessment appeal deadline, missed exemption application window, real estate transaction loss, FCRA liability incurred from prohibited use, tax penalty, denied exemption, denied appeal, tax-sale loss, or any other loss connected to use of the site. Aggregate liability to any user is capped at $100. See Terms of Service for the full clause, governed by State of Delaware law with AAA Consumer Arbitration (30-day opt-out, class-action waiver).

10. Contact

For corrections, takedowns, privacy requests, or general inquiries: info@countytaxassessor.org