{
  "dataset": "deadlines.json",
  "title": "Texas homestead filing deadlines and late-filing windows",
  "description": "Regular, buyer, 65+ and late-filing deadlines, with the last late-filing date for each tax year.",
  "publisher": "ExemptBack",
  "url": "https://exemptback.com/datasets/deadlines.json",
  "landingPage": "https://exemptback.com/data",
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-11-07",
  "lawVerified": "2026-11-05",
  "jurisdiction": "Texas, United States",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "ch11",
      "title": "Texas Tax Code, Chapter 11 (Taxable Property and Exemptions)",
      "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.11.htm",
      "publisher": "Texas Legislature",
      "type": "statute"
    },
    {
      "id": "dcadFaq",
      "title": "Dallas CAD — Reapply Letter FAQ (SB 1801 and HB 2730)",
      "url": "https://www.dallascad.org/FAQ_Website_Reapply_Letter_Request_SB_1801_and_HB_2730_01052026.pdf",
      "publisher": "Dallas Central Appraisal District",
      "type": "government"
    }
  ],
  "rules": [
    {
      "situation": "Qualified on January 1",
      "deadline": "Before May 1 (April 30) of the tax year",
      "statute": "§11.43(d)"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Acquired the home after January 1",
      "deadline": "Before the first anniversary of the acquisition date",
      "statute": "§11.43(d)"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Turned 65 or became disabled",
      "deadline": "No later than one year after qualifying",
      "statute": "§11.43(k)"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Good cause extension",
      "deadline": "Chief appraiser may extend once, up to 60 days",
      "statute": "§11.43(d)"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Late homestead application",
      "deadline": "Up to 2 years after the delinquency date",
      "statute": "§11.431"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Late disabled veteran application (§§11.22, 11.131, 11.132)",
      "deadline": "Up to 5 years after the delinquency date",
      "statute": "§11.439"
    },
    {
      "situation": "Refund after late approval",
      "deadline": "Chief appraiser notifies collector within 30 days; collector refunds within 60 days; no refund request needed",
      "statute": "§11.431(b)"
    }
  ],
  "usualDelinquencyDate": "February 1 of the year after the tax year (Tax Code §31.02); later if the bill was mailed late",
  "lateFilingByTaxYear": [
    {
      "taxYear": 2021,
      "regularDeadline": "2021-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2022-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2024-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2027-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2022,
      "regularDeadline": "2022-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2023-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2025-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2028-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2023,
      "regularDeadline": "2023-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2024-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2026-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2029-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2024,
      "regularDeadline": "2024-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2025-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2027-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2030-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2025,
      "regularDeadline": "2025-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2026-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2028-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2031-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2026,
      "regularDeadline": "2026-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2027-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2029-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2032-02-01"
    },
    {
      "taxYear": 2027,
      "regularDeadline": "2027-04-30",
      "usualDelinquencyDate": "2028-02-01",
      "homesteadLateDeadline": "2030-02-01",
      "disabledVeteranLateDeadline": "2033-02-01"
    }
  ]
}