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§ 25.08. IMPROVEMENTS.  (a) Except as provided by 
Subsections (b) through (f), an improvement may be listed in the 
name of the owner of the land on which the improvement is located.
	(b)  If a person who is not entitled to exemption owns an 
improvement on exempt land, the improvement shall be listed in the 
name of the owner of the improvement.
	(c)  When a person other than the owner of an improvement 
owns the land on which the improvement is located, the land and the 
improvement shall be listed separately in the name of the owner of 
each if either owner files with the chief appraiser before May 1 a 
written request for separate taxation on a form furnished for that 
purpose together with proof of separate ownership.  After an 
improvement qualifies for taxation separate from land, the 
qualification remains effective in subsequent tax years and need 
not be requested again.  However, the qualification ceases when 
ownership of the land or the improvement is transferred or either 
owner files a request to cancel the separate taxation.
	(d)  Within 30 days after an owner of land or an improvement 
qualifies for separate taxation or cancels a qualification, the 
chief appraiser shall deliver a written notice of the qualification 
or cancellation to the other owner.
	(e)  A manufactured home shall be listed together with the 
land on which the home is located if:
		(1)  the statement of ownership and location for the 
home issued under Section 1201.207, Occupations Code, reflects that 
the owner has elected to treat the home as real property;  and
		(2)  a certified copy of the statement of ownership and 
location has been filed in the real property records in the county 
in which the home is located.
	(f)  A manufactured home shall be listed separately from the 
land on which the home is located if either of the conditions 
provided by Subsection (e) is not satisfied.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2271, ch. 841, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  
Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 158, ch. 13, § 100, 
eff. Jan. 1, 1982;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, § 45, eff. Jan. 
1, 2004.

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