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Liberty Property Tax Protest ARB Tax Savings over $234,722 in 2021

Liberty Central Appraisal District property tax protests not settled informally are heard by the county appraisal review board. Liberty owners saved a total of $234,722 in 2021 in tax protests, including savings $60,112 in protests settled informally and $174,610 in ARB protests. In a typical year, about 40 to 70% of protests are successful. The only way to lose is to not file a protest. They can't raise your value due to a protest; it can only be reduced. Claim your fair share of property tax savings by enrolling in the Property Tax Protection Program (TM). No flat fees. Pay only if you save that year. No upfront costs. Simple 3 step program: 1) enroll, 2) relax and 3) save.

Protests with Written ARB DeterminationSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total protests 0.232 0.298 0.335 0.370 0.441 0.422 0.490 0.646 0.871 1.095 2.715
Protests single family residential 0.053 0.118 0.114 0.109 0.227 0.139 0.156 0.323 0.417 0.510 0.992
Protests with all other 0.179 0.180 0.221 0.261 0.214 0.283 0.334 0.323 0.454 0.585 1.723

Texas property owners should protest annually since Hearing results depend on the appraiser assigned or the ARB; results vary widely. You do not know the appraiser or ARB panel prior to appealing.

Liberty County Protests with Written ARB Determination

Liberty County property owners have the right to appeal their property taxes to the Liberty County Appraisal Review Board annually. It does not matter if the value increased, was unchanged or was reduced. You can protest based on market value and unequal appraisal. There is no cost to file a property tax protest and the ARB cannot raise your value at the hearing.

The graphs illustrate both residential and commercial (other) volumes.

Liberty County property owners had appraisal review board hearings for 646 property tax protests, out of a total of 10,079 tax protests. Hence, 91% of Liberty County protests proceeded to an ARB hearings. Home owners accounted for 323 of the ARB hearings.

Liberty CAD Protests by Property Type

Liberty Central Appraisal District typical in that it has more residential than commercial ARB hearings. This is because such a large portion of the parcels are homes. While the Liberty County ARB hearings are about two-thirds residential, about two-thirds of the savings are commercial.

In other words, though there are more residential protests, commercial property protests generate larger property tax savings. There are two reasons for this: 1) commercial properties tend to have a higher value and 2) the percentage reduction for commercial is higher since valuation of commercial properties is more subjective than valuation of homes.

Liberty County ARB Decisions with a ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total 0.050 0.099 0.291 0.332 0.271 0.095 0.194 0.146 0.197 0.353 0.509
Single Family Residential 0.043 0.056 0.074 0.100 0.213 0.043 0.083 0.079 0.112 0.239 0.366
Commercial / All Other 0.007 0.043 0.217 0.232 0.058 0.052 0.111 0.067 0.085 0.114 0.143

Texas property owners should protest annually since An annual appeal is an insurance policy to avoid major increases.

Liberty County ARB Decisions with a Reduction

Liberty County has had more successful ARB hearings for residential than for commercial. This is because of the prevalence of residential accounts. About half of ARB appeals are successful, depending on the county.

Home owners accounted for 323 of the ARB hearings, accounting for 50% of the total 2021 Liberty County ARB protest hearings.

Percent That Resulted in A ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Percent
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Reduction 22% 33% 87% 90% 61% 23% 40% 23% 23% 32% 19%
Single Family Residential 81% 47% 65% 92% 94% 31% 53% 24% 27% 47% 37%
Commercial / All Other 4% 24% 98% 89% 27% 18% 33% 21% 19% 19% 8%

Texas property owners should protest annually since To ensure their property taxes are at the lowest possible level.

Percent That Resulted in A Reduction

Here is a graph of the Liberty County ARB decisions for residential and commercial showing what percent resulted in a reduction.

In Liberty in 2021, there were 323 ARB hearings for home owners and 146 for commercial property owners. Home owners won a reduction in 24% of the Liberty ARB hearings while commercial / other property owners won a reduction in 21% of their hearings.

Value Reduction From Written ARB DeterminationsSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Billions of $
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total $ Reduction 0.001 0.002 0.010 0.019 0.009 0.007 0.009 0.006 0.014 0.021 0.029
Single Family Residential 0 0.001 0.003 0.005 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.007 0.013 0.019
Commercial / All Other 0.001 0.001 0.008 0.014 0.007 0.005 0.008 0.005 0.007 0.008 0.010

Texas property owners should protest annually since Unequal appraisal allows protests based on neighbors having a better tax assessment.

Liberty CAD Dollar Value Reduction from ARB Hearings

Liberty County property owners challenged the value set by Liberty Central Appraisal District at the ARB in 646 cases. The ARB agreed reduction was appropriate in 146, or 23% of the hearings.

While most of the Liberty County ARB hearings with a reduction are for residential, most of the value reduction is for commercial.

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