Request for Tax Certificate Form – Denton County, TX

The Request for Tax Certificate Form is the Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector form used to ask the Tax Office for a tax certificate on one or more properties. The certificate shows the current status of taxes, penalties, interest and any known costs due on a property.

The form is printed under the heading "Tax Certificate Request" for the Denton County Tax Office. It asks you to check one purpose: Filing a Plat, a request made as a result of a Condemnation/Eminent Domain case (with a space for the case number), or Other. It then provides five numbered entries, each with a property account number and a legal description or owner name. At the bottom you enter the date, who is requesting and the requestor's address and phone number.

The county's Tax Certificates page says three items are needed to produce a certificate: the current tax year property account number, the legal description and the property owner. A fee applies, and the form prints it per account.

The form is not a payment of taxes. The county states that all taxes must be paid on each account at least 10 business days before the request, so the certificate reflects accounts that are already settled.

Anyone who needs a tax certificate on a property in Denton County uses this form to request it from the Tax Assessor-Collector. The form lists the purposes it covers:

• Filing a Plat.
• A request made as a result of a Condemnation/Eminent Domain case. Enter the case number on the form; the county also requires a signed Request for Condemnation/Eminent Domain Accounts form from the appraisal district.
• Other, with the purpose written in on the form.

One form can cover up to five property accounts, each with its account number and legal description or owner name. The form has a "Requested by" line and a requestor address and phone number, so whoever asks for the certificate fills these in. The form and the county page do not describe a representative's authority or any signature requirement.

Accounts with unpaid taxes are the main exclusion in practice: the county says all taxes must be paid on each account at least 10 business days before the request.

Submit the request once all taxes on each listed account have been paid, and at least 10 business days after that payment. The Denton County Tax Office states that all taxes must be paid on each account at least 10 business days prior to the request.

Issuing the certificate may also be delayed if prior years or a suit show on the account. The county asks you to call its office if you are unsure whether a certificate can be processed. The form prints no other deadline, and it has no filing season: you send it whenever you need a certificate for a plat filing, a condemnation or eminent domain case, or another purpose.

You can submit the Request for Tax Certificate Form by mail or by hand delivery. Print the form, complete all blanks and enclose the payment with it.

• By mail: Dawn Waye, Tax Assessor/Collector, Attn: Tax Certificates, P.O. Box 90223, Denton, TX 76202.
• By hand delivery: bring the form and payment to the main office in Denton at 1505 E McKinney Street.

A fee applies to the certificate. Pay by cash, certified funds or a business check; personal checks are not accepted. Credit cards are accepted at the main office in Denton only, and the county adds a convenience fee. For the current fee amount, contact the Tax Office.

For a Condemnation/Eminent Domain request, include the signed Request for Condemnation/Eminent Domain Accounts form from the appraisal district, and note the case number on the form. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.