Tex. Tax Code § 25.027 · Chapter 25. LOCAL APPRAISAL
RESTRICTION ON POSTING INFORMATION ON INTERNET WEBSITE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Information in appraisal records may not be posted on the Internet if the information:
(1) is a photograph, sketch, or floor plan of an improvement to real property that is designed primarily for use as a human residence; or
(2) indicates the age of a property owner, including information indicating that a property owner is 65 years of age or older.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to:
(1) an aerial photograph that depicts more than one separately owned building;
(2) a street level photograph of only the exterior of a building; or
(3) a field record or overhead sketch of the property that depicts only:
(A) the outline of one or more buildings on the property;
(B) the general landscape features of the property, including ponds, pools, and walls; and
(C) the dimensions of or distances between the buildings and features depicted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 29 (S.B. 541), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 394), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (S.B. 973), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.25.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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