Texas Tax Lock charges one flat fee per property, based on the 2026 Notice of Appraised Value the county appraisal district mailed you. No contingency. No percentage of your savings. No surprise charges. The fee is the same whether we reduce your value by $5,000 or $500,000.
Every Texas county we serve. Every fee bracket. Tap your tier to begin signup.
Flat fee per property based on your 2026 Notice of Appraised Value — not Zillow, not what you paid, not market value. Two or more properties qualify for 15% off your total at checkout. Fee is charged once at signup via Stripe; refundable if we cannot represent you or miss the deadline.
Contingency-fee firms charge a percentage of your first year's tax savings — which means they take a cut of every dollar you save, every time. Our flat fee means you pay once, up front, and everything you save beyond that is yours to keep.
On a $50,000 value reduction at a 2.3% Texas effective property tax rate, you save approximately $1,150 per year — and every year after, until the next protest cycle. A 25% contingency firm takes $288 from year one alone. Our fee: $199. You keep $951 more in year one — and every year after.
Contingency firms charge a percentage of your first year's tax savings — which means they take a cut of every dollar you save, every year. Our flat fee means you pay once at signup, and everything you save beyond that is yours to keep. The math is in the homeowner's favor for any meaningful reduction. On a $50,000 reduction at 2.3%, you save ~$1,150/year. A 25% contingency firm takes $288 from year one alone. Our fee: $199.
Filing your protest with the appropriate county appraisal district before the May 15 deadline. Pre-filled Appointment of Agent form (Texas Comptroller Form 50-162). Comparable sales analysis pulled from the appraisal district's own records and MLS data. Unequal-appraisal analysis where applicable. Informal negotiation with the appraisal district. Formal Appraisal Review Board (ARB) hearing representation where the case warrants. Written summary of the final certified value and reduction achieved. You don't appear at any hearing.
By the 2026 Notice of Appraised Value the county appraisal district mailed you. Not Zillow, not what you paid, not market value — the specific number on your notice. The fee tiers run from $99 (under $150K) to $299 (over $600K) in five brackets. The fee is the same whether we reduce the value by $5,000 or $500,000.
Each property is priced separately based on its own notice value. Two or more properties automatically qualify for a 15% discount on your total at checkout. The signup form handles all your properties in a single transaction.
We don't guarantee a reduction. No honest agent does. What we guarantee is that a qualified agent files your protest before the deadline and prepares evidence to negotiate informally with the appraisal district. Most years, most properties get some reduction. Some don't. The flat fee is charged regardless because the work is the same either way. Contingency pricing creates bad incentives — agents chase the biggest fish and skip the rest. Flat fee means we work every case the same.
At signup, via Stripe. The fee is charged once. There is no recurring billing, no percentage of savings, and no surprise invoices after the protest concludes.
You sign a Texas Comptroller Appointment of Agent form (Form 50-162) authorizing us to represent you for the 2026 tax year only. There is no multi-year contract. After the 2026 protest concludes, the agent appointment expires automatically. You decide every year whether to use us again.
Yes, in two cases. Full refund if you cancel before we file the protest. Full refund if we cannot represent you for any reason (e.g., we miss the deadline, a conflict surfaces). Once the protest is filed, the fee is non-refundable because the work is done. Full refund policy is in our Terms of Service.
Sign up takes three minutes. Pre-filled Appointment of Agent form within one business day. May 15 deadline.
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