Form 4-9

Often this information can be obtained from the local taxing authority’s website.

Letter to Taxing Jurisdiction

[Date]

[Name and address of taxing jurisdiction]

Re:   Request for certificate of property taxes

[Salutation]

I represent [name of lienholder], a lienholder on the property described in Exhibit A (attached), which indicates the name and address of the mortgagor that granted the deed-of-trust lien. Also, I have listed the appraisal district tax account numbers for the prop­erty from the bank’s records, if known. These numbers may not be complete or accurate.

I request that you issue and mail to me a tax statement or tax certificate for each taxing jurisdiction for which you collect ad valorem real and personal property taxes against the property. Please indicate on the tax statement or tax certificate any delinquent taxes owing on the property, together with accruing penalties and interest calculated for a payment during the month of [month] or [month]. Also, please calculate and inform me of any court costs and attorney’s fees if a tax suit has been filed against any part of the property.

Please bill me for any statutory cost for the issuance of the tax statement or tax certifi­cate.

Sincerely yours,

   
[Name of attorney]
Attorney for [name of lienholder]
State Bar No.:
[Email address]
[Address]
[Telephone]
[Telecopier]

Enc.

Exhibit A

Property:

Lot [number], block [number], [name of subdivision], a subdivision in the city of [city], [county] County, as shown by the map or plat recorded in [recording data] of the real property records of [county] County, Texas.

Mortgagor:

Mortgagor’s Address [include county]:

Tax Account Numbers (not necessarily correct or complete):