Lubbock County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 15,400 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 11,960 in 2017. The portion of Lubbock County accounts protested increased from 6.98% to 10.62% in 2016 to 2018. The 2018 property tax protest count was for 6,000 commercial/industrial/other properties and 9,390 for houses (39% commercial vs 61% houses). The total value of Lubbock County property protested in 2018 was $6.74 billion, including $1.6 billion for houses and $5 billion for commercial/other. Lubbock County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 4,000 ARB hearings while Lubbock County Appraisal District coordinated 2,548 hearings. The number of Lubbock County informal settlements for houses fell from 1,500 in 2016 to 1,370 in 2018. Informal settlements for commercial rose from 890 in 2016 to 1,180 in 2018. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $5 million for all types of property at both the informal hearings and the formal / ARB hearings (estimate based on no exemptions and 2.7% tax rate.). Informal protests were successful for 70% of Lubbock County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 69% of ARB appeals.

Lubbock County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

LubbockCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	15,396
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	9,392
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	1,259
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	1,777
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	828
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	57
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	267
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	210
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	59
Number Other Property Tax Protests	1,547

LubbockCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$6,744,135,306
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$1,587,325,919
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$1,493,564,617
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$2,851,877,085
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$240,530,576
$ Value Utilities Protested	$282,356,060
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$6,583,530
$ Value Other Protested	$281,897,519

LubbockCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	14,514

LubbockCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	2,548
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	1,368
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	1,775

LubbockCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	26173660
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	725

LubbockCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	3,609
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	2,649
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	960
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	2,047

LubbockCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$125,630,856
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$28,704,440
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$96,926,416

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

4