Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Reasons for dismissal. For requests for RBA filed under Tax Code, §
41A.01, the arbitrator shall dismiss with prejudice a pending request for RBA for lack of jurisdiction, if:
(1) except as allowed by Tax Code, §
41A.10, taxes on the property subject to the appeal are delinquent because for any prior year, all property taxes due have not been paid or because, for the year at issue, the undisputed tax amount was not paid before the delinquency date set by the applicable section of Tax Code, Chapter 31;
(2) the ARB order(s) appealed did not determine a protest filed pursuant to Tax Code, §
41.41(a)(1), concerning the appraised or market value, or Tax Code, §
41.41(a)(2), concerning unequal appraisal of the property;
(3) the appraised or market value of the property as determined in the ARB order was either more than $5 million or the property did not qualify as the property owner's residence homestead under Tax Code, §
11.13;
(4) the request for RBA was filed after the deadline established in Tax Code, §
41A.03, which requires submission by not later than the 60th calendar day after the date the property owner or the property owner's agent receives the ARB order determining the protest;
(5) the property owner or the property owner's agent filed an appeal with the district court under Tax Code, Chapter 42, concerning the value of the same property in the same tax year that is at issue in the pending RBA;
(6) the property owner or the property owner's agent and appraisal district have executed a written agreement resolving the matter;
(7) the request for RBA was not filed by the property owner or was filed by an agent without proper authority as described by Tax Code, §
41A.08 and §
9.4205 of this title; or
(8) an LBA award rescinded the ARB order(s) under Tax Code, §
41A.015(j)(2)(B).
(b) Contiguous tracts. When an RBA proceeding is brought pursuant to Tax Code, §
41A.03(a-1), involving two or more contiguous tracts of land, the arbitrator shall dismiss from the proceeding any tract of land for which subsection (a) of this section applies. If, after dismissal, two or more tracts are not contiguous, the property owner may select the single or contiguous tracts that will be arbitrated. Otherwise, the arbitrator will determine the single or contiguous tracts that contain the property with the highest appraised or market value.
