How it works: notice, packet, filing — in that order

A property-tax appeal is a deadline with paperwork attached. Here is the whole process, including the parts most services leave vague.

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Step 0 — the notice starts the clock

Your county mails an assessment notice. The appeal deadline is printed on it or runs from it — 25 days from the TRIM notice in Florida, 45 days in Georgia, May 15 or 30 days after notice in Texas, in the rules we have sourced. Miss it and you generally wait a full year. There is no late filing.

Step 1 — run the free check

Enter your county, assessed value, and tax bill. We show your state's sourced deadline rule and hearing body, whether an appeal can raise your value in your state, and a worksheet that applies your own numbers. We do not invent an over-assessment score from data we do not license — the check is honest about what it is.

Step 2 — complete the intake for your property type

Homes: property facts and comparable sales. Commercial and multifamily: rent roll, leases, and 2–3 years of income and expenses. The commercial evidence is private — no database has it — which is why the intake is guided and why the packet is stronger than a public-data printout.

Step 3 — we generate the packet

A downloadable document: the value argument (sales comparison and uniformity for homes; NOI ÷ cap rate for income property), your evidence organised as exhibits, your appeal form pre-filled where a standard form exists, filing instructions, and a hearing prep sheet.

Step 4 — you review, sign, and file

This is the DIY line, and it is deliberate: filing as your own representative is what keeps the product legal in all 50 states and cheap. We never file, appear, or negotiate. If your entity must appear through an attorney in your jurisdiction, the packet is built to hand to that attorney as organised evidence.

Step 5 — monitoring keeps the next window from surprising you

Assessments recur — annually in Texas, on multi-year cycles elsewhere. Monitoring watches your deadline each cycle and re-checks your property when a new assessment lands.

Two traps we design around: an informal review does not extend your formal deadline, and in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Washington an appeal can raise your assessment. Both are flagged in your check before you pay anything.

Software, not representation. FairAppealPacket is not a law firm, a licensed appraiser, or a licensed property-tax consultant. We do not file, appear, or negotiate for you. You review, sign, and file your own appeal. No result is guaranteed.

See what your deadline and your numbers say

The check is free and uses your own numbers — no score invented from data we do not have. If your worksheet shows no indicated saving, we will tell you not to buy a packet.

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