Tex. Tax Code § 25.12 · Chapter 25. LOCAL APPRAISAL
MINERAL INTEREST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, each separate interest in minerals in place shall be listed separately from other interests in the minerals in place in the name of the owner of the interest.
(b) Separate interests in minerals in place, other than interests having a taxable value of less than $500, shall be listed jointly in the name of the operator designated with the railroad commission or the name of all owners or any combination of owners if the designated operator files with the appraisal office before May 1 a written request for joint taxation on a form furnished for that purpose. A qualification pursuant to this subsection for joint taxation remains effective in subsequent tax years and need not be requested again. However, the qualification ceases when the designated operator files a request to cancel joint taxation.
Text of subsec. (c) as added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 22
(c) If a written request for joint taxation has been filed under Subsection (b), the notice of appraised value provided for by Section 25.19 for the owners included in the request for joint taxation shall be delivered to the operator, owner, or owners of the mineral interest in whose name the mineral interest is designated for joint taxation. The chief appraiser is not required to deliver a separate notice of appraised value to each owner included in the request for joint taxation. However, the chief appraiser shall deliver a separate notice of appraised value to an owner of an interest in the property who before May 1 files a written request to receive a separate notice of appraised value with the chief appraiser on a form provided by the appraisal district for that purpose. The request is effective for each subsequent year until revoked by the owner or until the owner no longer owns an interest in the property.
Text of subsec. (c) as added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1
(c) If a written request for joint taxation has been filed under Subsection (b), the notice of appraised value provided for by Section 25.19 for the owners included in the request for joint taxation shall be delivered to the operator, owner, or owners of the mineral interest in whose name the mineral interest is designated for joint taxation. The chief appraiser is not required to deliver a separate notice of appraised value to each owner included in the request for joint taxation. Provided, however, a mineral interest owner may request a separate notice of appraised value and the chief appraiser shall deliver a separate notice of appraised value to such owner.
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History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2272, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 159, ch. 13, Sec. 104, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1299, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
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