Can I get a homestead exemption?

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If you build your home on the tract and live there as your primary residence, you can apply for a homestead exemption at the appraisal district of the county where the land is located. The county reviews the application and decides under its own rules, so we do not promise it. The exemption is for the home you live in, so land you do not live on does not qualify on its own. Until then you pay property taxes like any other landowner in Texas, on the value the county assigns each year; ask us for the most recent bill of the tract you are considering.