You will receive a Notice to Appear before the Appraisal Review Board. The Notice and the Taxpayers' Rights and Remedies contain detailed information and examples of the type of evidence you should prepare for your hearing. You may:

• Attend your hearing in person
• Authorize, in writing, someone to appear for you.
• Provide your written evidence or argument by affidavit. An affidavit is a notarized document.

Attendance at your Hearing:

• Please be on time and prepared. Other cases have been scheduled at the same time. You will be heard in the order of sign in.
• The Appraisal Review Board will decide such issues as valuation, open-space, exemption and situs.
• Be direct, concise and factual.
• Your written materials to be submitted to the panel must be provided to the appraiser before or immediately after the hearing begins. The appraiser must do the same.

For more detailed information, please see Taxpayer's Rights and Remedies