A property deed or mineral deed must first be filed in the Jack County Clerk's office. After the deed is filed, the information will be sent to the Jack County Appraisal District. It is, however, the owner's responsibility to make sure that the information gets to the Appraisal District.

All homestead exemptions are processed at the Jack County Appraisal District. This includes regular homestead, over-65, disability and disabled veteran homestead exemptions.

All delinquent taxes stay with real property (land, homes, etc) and minerals. Personal property taxes (such as a mobile home or equipment) do not transfer to the new owner, but stay with the previous owner.

You can apply for your over-65 or disabled homestead exemption on your home. You can also sign up each January to pay your taxes under the Quarterly Installment Agreement. You will not be able to take advantage of the early payment discount, however, this option allows you to pay your taxes on your homesteaded property only in 4 equal installments. Even though your payments will go past the February 1st delinquency date, you will not pay penalty and interest unless you miss a designated payment date on that one payment. Remember, your other properties or minerals can be paid early and take advantage of the discount and will accrue penalty and interest if not paid before February 1st.

You can contact our office and request an installment payment agreement. Certain restrictions apply. The current year taxes must be paid before we will enter into a payment plan with you. If after February 1st, and all taxes are delinquent, a 20% down payment will be required. Most pay agreements are limited to 12 months.

The Jack County Tax Office not only collects Jack County property and mineral taxes, but we also collect all of Perrin-Whitt School taxes. The school district lines cross over the county lines, therefore, even if your real property or mineral is located in Palo Pinto County or Parker County, but is in the Perrin-Whitt School District, you will make your payment payable to Jack County and pay it to our office.

Each year, you should get a green statement from the Jack County Tax Office and a pink statement from the Jack County Appraisal District. Our taxes (green statement) are for jurisdictions of County, County special, Faith Community Hospital, East Keechi Water district, Perrin-Whitt CISD and Graford ISD properties that are in Jack County. If you want paid receipts, you must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The Jack County Appraisal District (pink statement) will also mail out a statement on the same properties and minerals, with the same values, but for different taxing jurisdictions.

Yes. You can pay your taxes without a tax statement either by mail or in person. However, we do suggest that you either bring in your tax statement or mail a copy of the statement in order to make sure that all your taxes get posted. The statements have identifying account numbers that are unique to you and your personal accounts. We can only post by name when we are given all the correct styles that your name could be listed under. It is the taxpayers' responsibility to make sure that all the properties get posted and that nothing is missed. To avoid frustration and delinquent penalties at a later date, please make sure that you look at your receipt after payment to insure that all the taxes are posted that you intended to pay.

We go by the postmarked date when paying by mail. You would pay the amount due on your statement across from the month in which you are mailing your payment. If paying in person, you would pay the amount due for that month. Payments for each month will be accepted on the following business day for any month that the last day of the month falls on a weekend.

In order to receive your tax statement each year, we must have your current mailing address. If you have moved, please notify our office or the appropriate Appraisal District as soon as possible in order to get your statements to you. According to the Property Tax Code, failure to receive a tax notice does not qualify as a justifiable reason for not paying your taxes before the delinquency date.

If your questions about your minerals pertain to the taxes on the mineral accounts, you would call our office. If your questions pertain to your royalty checks or anything else about the mineral lease, you would have to contact either the operator that you signed the mineral agreement with, or contact the Railroad Commission. We do not have any information on the mineral leases other than the property tax information.

Most mortgage companies will not pay property taxes until the end of October. They will pay late in the month, but with the October postmark to insure that they receive the largest discount available. It is a good idea to call our office sometime in early November to verify that your taxes are paid. If they are not paid, you will need to contact your mortgage company. Understand that if your taxes are contracted with your mortgage company to be paid from your escrow account, the only amount you are required to pay is the October amount. If your mortgage company fails to pay on time, they are responsible for any amounts due other than the October amount.

A person is not eligible to bid at a sale of property owned by the County or held in trust unless the county assessor-collector has issued a written registration statement to the person before the sale begins showing the bidder owes no delinquent ad valorem taxes to Jack County or any taxing unit having territory in the County.

Please fill out the following fillable form and submit to Jack County Tax Assessor/Collector to become eligible to bid:
Jack County Tax Bidder Form