Help your appraisal district save trees

As part of property tax reform, the State Legislature this year authorized appraisal districts to email your Notice of Appraised Value instead of mailing out a paper copy.

Don't worry if you don't like email, or you prefer paper records. It's on "opt-in" system. What that means is you have to choose email delivery. It won't happen automatically.

In order for you to receive emailed notices, you must make a written request to the Chief Appraiser of your appraisal district. The appraisal office will confirm your email address by sending an email to the address you identified.

As a fail-safe, when the Chief Appraiser sends you the Notice of Appraised Value, you have 30-day to acknowledge receipt. If you don't respond, the appraisal office will mail the notice on the 30th day.

If you want to return to mailed notices, you simply send a written request to the Chief Appraiser to revoke email delivery.