Denton Central Appraisal District

You must complete this application in full and file it no later than April 30th of the year you are applying for agricultural appraisal. If your application is granted, you do not need to file again in later years unless the chief appraiser requests a new application.

11 Texas Property Tax Code, Section 23.54 Application
(d) The form must be filed before May 1. However, for good cause the chief appraiser may extend the filing deadline for not more than 60 days.

(e) If a person fails to file a valid application on time, the land is ineligible for appraisal as provided by this subchapter for that year. Once an application is filed and appraisal under this subchapter is allowed, the land is eligible for appraisal under this subchapter in subsequent years without a new application unless the ownership of the land changes or its eligibility under this subchapter ends. However, the chief appraiser if he has good cause to believe the land’s eligibility under this subchapter has ended, may require a personal allowed appraisal under this subchapter in a prior year to file a new application to confirm that the land is currently eligible under this subchapter by delivering a written notice that a new application is required, accompanied by the application form, to the person who filed the application that was previously allowed.

(h) A person whose land is allowed appraisal under this subchapter shall notify the appraisal office in writing before May 1 after eligibility of the land under this subchapter ends or after a change in the category of agricultural use. If a person fails to notify the appraisal office as required by this subsection a penalty is imposed on the property equal to 10 percent of the difference between the taxes imposed on the property in each year it is erroneously allowed appraisal under this subchapter and the taxes that would otherwise have been imposed.

For additional information you can access the Texas Property Tax Code by going to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website.
Texas Property Tax Code - 2009

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Under Comptrollers' Rule 9.2002 Denton County falls into the Cross Timbers & Prairies region as designated by Texas Parks and Wildlife. In determining the minimum number of acres in order to qualify for wildlife management Comptrollers' Rule 9.2005 gives us a formula to use to determine what that number should be. Using the prescribed formula 14.25 acres is the minimum number of acres needed to qualify for agricultural appraisal based on wildlife management.

Texas Parks and Wildlife "Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management"
Texas Parks and Wildlife Wildlife Management Activities and Practices

Under Comptrollers' Rule 9.2002 Denton County falls into the Cross Timbers & Prairies region as designated by Texas Parks and Wildlife. In determining the minimum number of acres in order to qualify for wildlife management Comptrollers' Rule 9.2005 gives us a formula to use to determine what that number should be. Using the prescribed formula 14.25 acres is the minimum number of acres needed to qualify for agricultural appraisal based on wildlife management.

Per "Texas Property Tax Rules and Forms" Subchapter G. Special Appraisal Rule 9.2003 Wildlife Management Plan
(g) An appraisal district may require, for each tract of land qualified for agricultural appraisal based on wildlife management use, that an annual report be filed showing how the wildlife management plan was implemented in any given year.

Denton Central Appraisal District requires that an annual report be filed.

Texas Parks and Wildlife "Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management"
Texas Parks and Wildlife Wildlife Management Activities and Practices

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