Homestead Exemption Scam

Amarillo homeowners beware. Scammers are targeting you.

Scammers are sending letters requesting payment to file for a Homestead exemption.

The Potter-Randall Appraisal District says homeowners should never be subjected to any fee for this service.

The letter is misleading, especially if you do not read the bottom half where it states it’s an advertisement and not an official Texas state form.

The letter’s mailing address is also in Austin, which should signal this is another sign of a scam.

The Potter-Randall Appraisal District says anything they mail directly from our office is going to be postmarked out of Amarillo. Sometimes we do our notices where it’s a huge batch of 100,000 parcels, those sometimes will come out of Dallas, but otherwise, everything comes out of Amarillo that we send and we’ll send it directly from our office.

If you have questions about the legitimacy of a mailed document, the appraisal district says before making any payment, contact their office and ask questions