Harris County Tax Office

Ann Harris Bennett
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar

All Tax Assessor-Collector Offices will be closed on December 24-25, 2024 in observance of Christmas Holiday.

• Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) printed approximately 200,000 renewal notices in error for Texas automobile owners living in emissions counties. The fee's are correct if renewing online or in person in December. Harris County is an emissions county. Click here for more information.
• Automobile appointments are required for vehicle transactions such as title transfers, homemade trailers, new residents (vehicles that have never been registered in Texas). An appointment is NOT required for vehicle registration renewals, special plates, replacement registration/plates, disabled placards, or disabled plates.
• The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) handles apportioned registrations, lost or destroyed vehicle titles, and oversize/overweight permits. Please visit www.txdmv.gov or call 1(888)-368-4689.
• If you have questions pertaining to commercial procedures/transactions, please visit: www.hctax.net/HarrisCounty/CommercialFL.

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CONTACT THE HARRIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE

Main Telephone Number:
713-274-8000

Military Help Desk:
713-274- HERO (4376)

Address Downtown:
1001 Preston St.
Houston Texas 77002

Hours:
Downtown and Branch Offices normal hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM through 4:30 PM

Location of Branch Offices:
All branch locations can be found on our homepage

Customer Service E-mail Address:
tax.office@hctx.net (Property tax questions only)

Automobile Title/License:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4089 Houston, Texas 77210-4089
Autotdmv@hctx.net

Property Tax Payments:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4622 Houston, Texas 77210-4622

Harris County Holiday Schedule

Property Tax Correspondence:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4663 Houston, Texas 77210-4663

Open Government

In our commitment to open government, we invite open records requests in writing. Click here to access an Open Records Request form.
Once you have completed the form listing the requested information, you may mail it to:
Harris County Tax Office,
P.O. Box 2109.
Houston, Texas 77210-2109.

Please do not include open records requests with any other Tax Office correspondence.