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Tex. Tax Code § 21.01

This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 21.01, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.

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§ 21.01. REAL PROPERTY.

Official statutory text

Real property is taxable by a taxing unit if located in the unit on January 1, except as provided by Chapter 49, Education Code.

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