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How to Protest Your Property Tax in Coke County, Texas

The county seat is Robert Lee, about 3,412 people live here, spread over 899 square miles. One appraisal district, Coke County Appraisal District, values every property in the county — 13,028 parcels in 2025.

Coke County Appraisal District

Coke County deadlines for 2027

Milestone	Coke County, 2027
Notices of Appraised Value mailed	Typically April through early May 2027
Protest deadline for the 2027 season	Monday, May 17, 2027, or 30 days after your notice was delivered, whichever is later (Tax Code §41.44). May 15, 2027 falls on a Saturday, so §1.06 moves the statutory date to the next business day.
Informal reviews and ARB hearings	May through July 2027 in most districts; the ARB must approve the records by July 20 (§41.12)
Late protest if you never received a notice	Allowed under §41.411 until the taxes become delinquent (Feb 1, 2028)
§25.25(d) motion for a substantial error (one-third over value)	Before the delinquency date, Jan 31, 2028
§25.25(c) correction of clerical errors or non-existent property	Up to five prior tax years
Binding arbitration after an ARB order	60 days after you receive the order (§41A.03)

Texas law sets one statewide protest deadline, but each district mails on its own schedule. If your notice arrives late in May, the 30-day clock from delivery gives you more time than May 17. Write the printed last day on your calendar the day the notice arrives.

How to file a protest in Coke County

1. Read your Notice of Appraised Value. Coke CAD mails notices in April and May. The notice prints your proposed market value, appraised (capped) value, exemptions on file, and the last day to file. That printed date controls.
2. Pull your record and your neighbors’ records. Confirm living area, year built, and condition on your own account. Then collect the appraised values of similar homes nearby. An unequal-appraisal case under §41.43(b)(3) is built from the district’s own numbers, so you do not need sale prices.
3. File Comptroller Form 50-132 before the deadline. Download Form 50-132, Notice of Protest. Check both “incorrect appraised (market) value” and “value is unequal compared with other properties.” Submit it online at the Coke CAD protest portal, by e-mail to [email protected], by mail to 13 E 7th St Robert Lee, TX 76945, or by hand delivery at the district office. Keep proof of the date you filed.
4. Ask for the district’s evidence. Under Tax Code §41.461 you may request the data the appraiser will use at your hearing. Ask in writing when you file. The district must provide it at least 14 days before the hearing.
5. Take the informal meeting first. Most reductions happen in an informal review with a staff appraiser, not in front of the board. Bring your comparables table and photos, and know the exact value you are asking for.
6. Present to the Appraisal Review Board if needed. The ARB hearing runs about 15 minutes. State your requested value, hand over your evidence, and answer questions. You will get a written order; you then have 60 days to seek binding arbitration or 45 days for district court.

Coke County by the numbers

These are the figures Coke CAD reported to the Texas Comptroller in the 2025 Appraisal District Operations Survey. Districts self-report, so treat them as the district’s own account rather than an audit.

Measure	Coke County
Protests filed in 2025	390
Single-family residential protests	36
Parcels in the district	13,028
Filed by designated agents (paid firms)	305 (78%)
Resolved informally (never reached the ARB)	159
Informal resolutions that cut the value	25 (16%)
Single-family informal reviews that cut the value	18 of 20 (90%)
Written ARB determinations	8
Value removed through informal resolutions	$2.9 million
Value removed by ARB determinations	$124,540
Days the ARB held hearings	2
ARB seats	4
Total certified market value, 2025	$1.9 billion ($124.9 million single-family)
Homesteads with the over-65 exemption	541
Homesteads valued under $140,000	733

About 3% of all parcels were protested. 78% of protests came from paid agents. Those firms file the same public-record evidence TaxStand gives you, then keep a share of your savings. Of the cases staff settled informally, 16% ended with a lower value. The informal meeting is where good evidence does most of its work.

Your two legal grounds

Market value (§41.41(a)(1)). The district says your home would sell for more than it would. Evidence: recent sales of similar homes, condition problems, repair bids, and anything that depresses value such as flooding, road noise, or a neglected neighbor.

Unequal appraisal (§41.41(a)(2) and §41.43(b)(3)). The district values your home higher per square foot than a reasonable number of comparable homes, adjusted for size and features. This argument runs on the district’s own appraisal roll, which is public, so it works in non-disclosure Texas without buying sale data. It is the ground TaxStand’s packet is built around. Read the deep dive: What is unequal appraisal in Texas?

Check both boxes on Form 50-132. The ARB must rule on each ground you raise, and the lower result wins.

FAQ — Coke County

When is the Coke County property tax protest deadline in 2027?

Monday, May 17, 2027, or 30 days after Coke CAD delivered your Notice of Appraised Value, whichever is later. Texas Tax Code section 41.44 sets the rule. Use the last-day date printed on your own notice.

Where do I file a property tax protest in Coke County?

File Comptroller Form 50-132 with the Coke County Appraisal District online at https://cokecad.org/home/map, by e-mail to [email protected], by mail to Coke County Appraisal District, 13 E 7th St Robert Lee, TX 76945, or in person at the district office. Keep a dated copy.

Can I file my Coke County protest online?

Yes. Coke CAD offers online protest filing at https://cokecad.org/home/map.

Does Coke CAD offer an informal review before the ARB hearing?

Yes. Coke CAD offers an informal review with a staff appraiser before any Appraisal Review Board hearing. In 2025 the district reported 159 informal resolutions, and 16% of them lowered the value.

Does TaxStand work in Coke County?

Yes. TaxStand builds the full size-adjusted $/sqft equity packet for Coke County homes from the district's appraisal records.

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