Request for Condemnation/Eminent Domain Accounts Form – Denton County, TX

The Request for Condemnation/Eminent Domain Accounts Form is a Denton County form that lists the property accounts associated with a condemnation or eminent domain case, with the acres being taken from each, so that tax certificates can be requested on those accounts.

The printed form is headed "Condemnation/Eminent Domain Requests" and starts with a CASE NUMBER line. It has room for four numbered entries. Each entry asks for a property account number and the acres being taken, followed by two Yes or No questions: if the agriculture (AG) exemption is applied, whether the acres being taken come from AG, and whether the AG exemption will remain for the new tax year. At the bottom, the form states that the accounts shown are associated with the case and that tax certificates should be requested on each of them, in accordance with the local property tax code and Texas Property Tax Code Section 26.11. It closes with a date line and a line for the Denton Central Appraisal District representative.

The form is not a tax certificate. The Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector describes a tax certificate as a document showing the current status of taxes, penalties, interest and any known costs due on a property. This form accompanies the separate Request for Tax Certificate form when the request comes from a condemnation or eminent domain case.

Anyone requesting a tax certificate from the Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector on a property because of a condemnation or eminent domain case needs this form. The county's tax certificate page says these requests must include a signed Request for Condemnation/Eminent Domain Accounts form from the appraisal district, noting which accounts are part of the case.

• Requesters in a condemnation or eminent domain case: include the signed form with the Request for Tax Certificate form, which must also show the case number.
• Appraisal district representative: the form has a line for the Denton Central Appraisal District representative, and the county describes the form as coming from the appraisal district.

The county ties this form to condemnation and eminent domain requests only. A tax certificate request that does not come from such a case is not described as needing it. The form covers up to four property accounts; the county's page does not say what to do when a case involves more, so call the Tax Assessor-Collector's office with that question.

Submit this form whenever you request tax certificates on accounts that are part of a condemnation or eminent domain case, together with the Request for Tax Certificate form. No separate due date is printed on it; it travels with the certificate request.

Timing rules from the Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector's page: all taxes must be paid on each account at least 10 business days before the request. Issuing the certificate may also be delayed if prior years or a suit are showing on the account. The county asks you to call its office with any question about whether a certificate can be processed. The form has a date line, which is completed when the form is signed.

You can send the request by mail or hand-deliver it to the Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector's main office. The county asks you to print the form, complete all blanks and enclose the payment with your request.

• Mail: Dawn Waye, Tax Assessor/Collector, Attn: Tax Certificates, P.O. Box 90223, Denton, TX 76202.
• Hand-delivery: the main office in Denton at 1505 E McKinney Street.

The package for a condemnation or eminent domain case is the Request for Tax Certificate form with the case number noted, this signed form, and the payment. A fee applies for each certificate. It is paid by cash, certified funds or a business check; personal checks are not accepted. Credit cards are accepted at the main office in Denton, with a convenience fee added. Ask the Tax Assessor-Collector's office for current amounts. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.