Collin County residents who want a seat on the panel that decides property tax appeals have until Thursday, Oct. 15, to apply.
The Collin Central Appraisal District's board of directors is taking applications for the Collin County Appraisal Review Board, the citizen board that hears protests from owners who disagree with the district's appraisals and could not settle them informally. New members start Jan. 1, 2027, on terms of one or two years. Applications must be received by Oct. 15 to be considered.
A heavy spring and summer
The review board's posting is direct about the workload. It says the board held more than 75,000 hearings in 2026 and describes the job as a full-time commitment in spring and summer. Members may not be scheduled every day, but they must be available any weekday, plus some Saturdays and evenings, from May through July.
The board asks members to avoid trips during its busiest stretch.
The posting lists a typical year: a day or two of training in January, a few days in spring, at least two weeks at the end of May, every day in June, the first two weeks of July, and shorter stretches in late summer, fall and December. Members are paid per diem for meetings, reimbursed for expenses and required to attend training.
Who qualifies
Applicants must be at least 18 and must have lived in Collin County for at least the past two years. They must pass a criminal background check run by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The posting lists a long set of disqualifications, among them:
