Wildlife Tax Appraisal Forms
Applying for wildlife tax valuation on land requires several forms to be submitted. Forms Submission of forms goes through the Central Appraisal District office in the Texas County where the property is located. Remember, a tract of land must have a 1-d-1 ag tax valuation to be converted to a wildlife management tax valuation.
In order to convert an existing ag appraisal on a tract from a traditional agricultural use over to wildlife management, two forms are required. Again, these wildlife tax valuation forms go to the county’s Central Appraisal District Office.
Wildlife Use Application Form
The first required form is an Application for 1-d-1 (Open Space) Agricultural Use Appraisal Application. This form can often be found below or obtained from your county’s office. Of the wildlife tax valuation forms, this one is fairly straight forward. It notifies the appraisal district that use of the land is changing. In this case, it’s a change from one ag use to another, wildlife management use. It is absolutely necessary that this form be filed.
This application provides instructions and explains that agricultural use includes producing crops for human food, floriculture, horticulture, raising or keeping livestock, raising or keeping exotic animals for the production of human food or fiber, planting cover crops, producing or harvesting logs and posts, wildlife management, and beekeeping.
The application form explains that wildlife management is defined as actively using land to propagate a sustaining breeding, migrating or wintering population of native wildlife. In addition, the form states that at least three of seven wildlife management practices must take place on the tract of land annually.
Wildlife Management Use: Form Two
The second form is a Wildlife Management Plan that details the goals and objectives for your land that specifically outlines the qualifying management practices that will be implemented on the land to maintain a wildlife tax valuation. Landowners must implement at least three of the seven management practices annually. All forms must be completed and submitted to your county’s Chief Appraiser before May 1 of each year.
These wildlife tax valuation forms are overwhelming for many land owners. It is recommended that property owners not familiar with wildlife management and/or the wildlife management use tax valuation consult with a wildlife professional to ensure that the forms are properly completed to ensure a successful transition, as well as to prevent the loss of the ag tax property appraisal.