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Tex. Tax Code § 43.01 (2026)

Authority To Bring Suit

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Sec. 43.01. AUTHORITY TO BRING SUIT. A taxing unit may sue the appraisal district that appraises property for the unit to compel the appraisal district to comply with the provisions of this title, rules of the comptroller, or other applicable law.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2313, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 6, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Carr v. Bell Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 786 S.W.2d 761 (Tex. App. 1990).
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Carr v. Bell Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 786 S.W.2d 761 (Tex. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “ON MOTION FOR REHEARING In his motion for rehearing Carr argues that Tex. Tax Code Ann. § 43.01 (Vernon 1982) authorized the taxing units to attack the action of the Appraisal Review Board in reducing The Breakers appraisal.”
Blue Cactus Post, L.C. v. Dallas Cnty. Appraisal Dist. (In Re Blue Cactus Post, L.C.), 229 B.R. 379 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1999). “Tex Tax Code Ann. § 43.01 (Vernon 1992). 30 .”
Pecos Hous. Fin. Corp., Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp., Maverick Hous. Fin. Corp., & La Villa Hous. Fin. Corp. v. City of Arlington (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 25× “” Tex. Tax Code § 43.01. And it further provides that, in such a suit, “[v]enue is in the county in which the appraisal district is established.”
Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp. & the Bd. Members of the Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp., in Their Off. Capacities v. City of Missouri City, Texas & Sienna Parks & Levee Improvement Dist. (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “See Texas Tax Code § 43.01. The City is a taxing unit for the property at issue, which was appraised by Tarrant Appraisal District.”
Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp., a Texas Nonprofit Corp. & Ismael Gallegos, Joey MacOn, Mark Pinkston, Zachary Pawelek, Scott Ferguson, Lilian Cashmer, & Brandon Hicks, in Their Off. Capacities as Bd. Members of Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp. v. City of Lake Worth, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “See Texas Tax Code § 43.01. The City is a taxing unit for the property at issue, which was appraised by Tarrant Appraisal District.”
Pecos Hous. Fin. Corp., Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp., Maverick Hous. Fin. Corp., & La Villa Hous. Fin. Corp. v. City of Arlington (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “See Texas Tax Code § 43.01. The City is a taxing unit for the property at issue, which was appraised by Tarrant Appraisal District.”
Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp., a Texas Nonprofit Corp. & Ismael Gallegos, Joey MacOn, Mark Pinkston, Zacharay Pawelek, Scott Ferguson, Lilian Cashmer, & Brandon Hicks, in Their Off. Capacities as Bd. Members of Pleasanton Hous. Fin. Corp. v. City of Lake Worth, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “003 and TEX. TAX CODE § 43.01. 3. Defendant Tarrant Appraisal District’s governmental immunity has been expressly waived by TEX.”
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