Selling a Caddo Mills house as-is

Caddo Mills water: the 15th, the 16th and the 26th

Caddo Mills is a Hunt County city of 5,257 residents in the Census Bureau's population estimates. Water is billed through the city's utility billing office at City Hall, 2313 Main Street, and its water and utility billing page lays out the monthly schedule:

1. Bills are mailed by the end of the month and are due on the 15th; payments after 6:00 p.m. that day are past due.
2. A $25 penalty is added on the 16th.
3. Any account not paid in full by 8:00 a.m. on the 26th is subject to disconnection and an additional $25 fee.

The office is open Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (903-527-3116), with a night drop at the police station, 2309 Main St. If you are moving out before a sale, the city's Utility Service Application is a single form for opening, terminating or transferring an account. To terminate, it asks for a forwarding address, the deposit on file, the date to turn service off and how many trash and recycling carts are on the premises. The form says to return it with a $175.00 deposit and a copy of a driver's license.

Selling a registered rental

Caddo Mills registers and inspects rental houses under Ordinance 091024-5, its 2024 rental registration and inspection ordinance. Three parts of it deal with changes in ownership and tenants:

• Change of ownership. The owner or the owner's agent must notify the city within 30 days of the change, and the new owner must file a new Residential Rental Registration Application, with inspection fees, for each unit within 30 days of the change.
• The certificate does not move. A rental certificate of occupancy (RCO) is not assignable or transferrable.
• Tenant changes. Each new tenant triggers a new inspection and a new RCO before move-in, with a nonrefundable $75.00 inspection fee per unit. Letting a tenant occupy without an inspection brings a $100.00 administrative penalty, and failing to register can mean a fine of up to $500 per day per offense.

The building services page posts the rental registration forms and the certificate of occupancy application, and lists the permit coordinator at 903-527-9411.

PIDs and a management district

The city's PIDs page lists four public improvement districts: Caddo Mills Crossing, Enclave of Bahamas, Fox Landing and Preserve at Brushy Creek. Separately, the Comptroller's Hunt County directory shows a Caddo Mills Municipal Management District #1 among the taxing units in the county's appraisal district.

Taxes, deeds and foreclosure in Hunt County

That same Comptroller directory lists the City of Caddo Mills and Caddo Mills ISD among the units whose taxes the Hunt County Tax Assessor-Collector collects, at 2500 Stonewall St., Suite 101, in Greenville. Values come from the Hunt Appraisal District, 4801 King St. In general, a protest is a written notice to the Appraisal Review Board, filed by May 15 or 30 days after the appraisal notice arrives, whichever is later (Tax Code 41.44).

Deeds and probate filings go to the Hunt County Clerk, 2507 Lee St., 2nd floor, (903) 408-4130; probate itself is opened in the county where the owner lived (Estates Code 33.001). If a home loan on the debtor's residence is in default, the servicer must give at least 20 days to cure before notice of sale can be given, and the sale is generally held on a first Tuesday after at least 21 days' notice (Property Code 51.002); the county's Trustee Sales page links the posted sale notices.

Code enforcement and tenant help

Caddo Mills contracts out code enforcement: its code enforcement and animal control page says the city uses All American Dogs/Code Enforcement for both animal services and code enforcement. The page lists the contractor's phone as 972-382-3647.

For tenant disputes, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas's McKinney office page lists a Home Preservation Project eviction clinic for landlord-tenant matters at 112 East Main St. in Quinlan, held every other Wednesday at 8 a.m. with walk-ins accepted. The office serves Hunt County and offers legal help for people who qualify.

How Cash Home Advisors buys in Caddo Mills

Cash Home Advisors buys houses in Caddo Mills as-is, so you can sell without making repairs. We pay all closing costs and can close in 7–14 days.

Start on our get-offer page or read how it works. Landlords can read our post on vacant rental risks, and if you also own acreage nearby, see selling vacant land in Texas.

Local offices for this area

• City of Caddo Mills Water and Utility Billing
• City of Caddo Mills Building Services, Inspections and Permits
• Hunt County Tax Assessor-Collector
• Hunt County Clerk

ZIP codes we buy in: 75135