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Howard County, Texas · Howard County Appraisal District

Howard County: your mineral tax protest is due May 17 or 30 days after your notice

The Howard County Appraisal District sends a value for every mineral interest in Howard County, and you have until a set day to protest it. For 2027 the earliest that day can be is May 17, 2027 (May 15 moved past a weekend); a notice that reaches you late gives you 30 days from delivery.
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MINERAL PROPERTY TAX · 2027

Your last day is the later of two dates

May 17, 2027

is the earliest it can be. It is May 15, moved to the next business day.

  • Notice due out May 1, 2027
  • May 15 rule May 17, 2027
  • 30 days later Jun 1, 2027

The state asks for notices on minerals by May 1 or soon after. A notice that comes then gives you 30 days from the day it was delivered, which ends June 1, 2027 for a notice of May 1.

Find the date printed on your notice.

The deadline

The 2027 protest day in Howard County

Tax Code section 41.44(a)(1), moved past a weekend or federal holiday. The same rule for every Texas county.

The rule

Written notice of protest must reach the appraisal review board by May 15 or the 30th day after the appraisal notice was delivered, whichever is later (Tax Code 41.44(a)(1)). A notice mailed by first-class mail is presumed delivered the day it is deposited in the mail (Tax Code 1.07(c)); if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next regular business day counts (Tax Code 1.06); a protest sent by first-class mail counts as timely if postmarked on or before the due date (Tax Code 1.08). Tax Code §41.44 Tax Code §1.06 Tax Code §1.07

The dates for 2027

  • May 17, 2027: May 15, moved to the next business day.
  • Jun 1, 2027: the last day for a notice mailed May 1, the latest the state asks for notices on minerals.
  • Your day is on your notice: 30 days from the day it was delivered, when that is later.

Want the date for your own notice? The deadline finder takes the date on it and the county.

Free reminder

Get an email before the Howard County deadline

Add the account numbers from your mineral tax bills. We email you 45, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before the 2027 deadline, Monday, May 17, 2027. When your notice of appraised value arrives, add the date it was delivered and the reminders move with your day.

Free with an account, for up to 20 accounts. The number to copy is printed near the top of each bill.

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Emails before the 2027 protest deadline

  1. Apr 245 days before
  2. Apr 1730 days before
  3. May 314 days before
  4. May 107 days before
  5. May 161 day before
  6. May 17the deadline

Your notice can give you a later day.

Howard County Appraisal District

How Howard County Appraisal District takes a protest

Read from the district's own pages, not from a directory.

Where and how

We read these pages on Sep 29, 2026.

Who values minerals

The pages read do not name the mineral appraiser.

The numbers in this county

What Howard County reported

County totals from the Railroad Commission's production reports, and the appraisal roll as totals. Your own account is its own number.
Oil in Howard County, 12 months to 2026/07
127M2024106M202580M2026

Barrels, all leases, each bar the 12 months ending in that year's latest month, whole lease.

  • Oil: 79,868,426 bbl, down 25.0% on the year before.
  • Gas: 411,327,699 mcf, down 0.5% on the year before.
  • WTI averaged $74.28 a barrel, up 6.5% on the year before ($69.73).
  • Two years back: 127,335,603 bbl of oil.

The 2026 certified roll

236,720 mineral accounts appraised at $3.3 billion in total, a median of $190 an account. Royalty interests: 206,914; Overriding royalty interests: 25,979; Working interests: 3,798; Other interests: 29.

Totals from the district’s roll, read Sep 29, 2026. Accounts are not named here.

When the district values a mineral interest by the income it will earn, the statute sets the price basis: the average price of the interest for the preceding calendar year times an adjustment factor. Tax Code §23.175 Set your statements beside the value on your notice to see whether they tell the same story.

What to bring

The evidence that counts

The value came from a model. Your records show what the interest earned.
  • Your royalty statements for the last three years, gross and net for the account.
  • The value on the notice for the same account, and the account number.
  • Your decimal and the lease it comes from, and the state’s monthly production for that lease. RRC, Production Data Query

FAQ

Questions people ask

When is the Howard County mineral property tax protest deadline?

You file a written notice of protest with the appraisal review board not later than May 15 or the 30th day after the appraisal notice was delivered to you, whichever is later (Tax Code section 41.44(a)(1)). For the 2027 tax year May 15 falls on a Saturday, so the day the state's rules count is May 17, 2027 (section 1.06). A notice delivered after April 15 gives a later day: 30 days from delivery.

How do I file a protest with the Howard County Appraisal District?

The district offers Taxpayer Portal (online appeals). It lists these ways to file: online, by mail. Its protest page is linked on this page. A notice of protest does not have to be on an official form: it must identify you, identify the property and say you disagree with a determination of the appraisal office (Tax Code section 41.44(d)).

Who values minerals in Howard County?

The pages read do not name the mineral appraiser.

Has oil output in Howard County gone up or down?

In the 12 months to Jul 2026 the Railroad Commission's reports show 79,868,426 barrels of oil and 411,327,699 mcf of gas from Howard County: oil down 25.0% and gas down 0.5% on the 12 months before. WTI averaged up 6.5% over the same span. Your own account may differ from the county total.

What if I miss the deadline?

An owner who files after the deadline but before the appraisal review board approves the appraisal records is entitled to a hearing if the owner shows good cause for filing late, as the board decides (Tax Code section 41.44(b)). After the records are approved that door is closed.

Related

Other counties

Protest pages for the other mineral counties

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Sources

Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.