Comal County

Comal ISD

Chamber of Commerce

City of Garden Ridge

City of Bulverde

City of New Braunfels

New Braunfels ISD

Texas Association of
Appraisal Districts

Window on State
Government

General Telephone:
Local 830-625-8597
San Antonio/Metro
830-606-1407
Bulverde/Metro
830-885-4975
General Fax
830-625-8598

Address:
178 E Mill St, Suite 101
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Mailing Address:
PO Box 311222
New Braunfels, TX 78131

ARB Board Members

Board Members
ARB Panel Members

Comal 2009 Review Board Members

Linda Alexander
Ann Alston
Ralph Lemes
Jim Morgan
Bob Slupik
Larry Schwab
Wayne Tyson

The ARB's Role in the Property Tax System

The appraisal review board (ARB) is the judicial part of the system. The ARB is a separate body from the appraisal office and serves a different function. It hears and resolves disputes over appraisal matters. This is a very broad and important responsibility, but the ARB must be sensitive to its legal and practical limits.

First, the ARB only has authority over matters submitted to it. The ARB has no role in the day to day operations of the appraisal office or in appraising property.

Except where it is deciding a protest, challenge or a correction motion, the ARB has no authority to change a value or correct the appraisal records directly. In a challenge, it must order the chief appraiser to reappraise or correct the records related to the challenge. Only in resolving taxpayer protests can the ARB make changes or set a value on its own. Such a change only affects the property in question.