Selling a House in Euless, TX

One county, three offices for a Euless sale

With 60,010 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate (city and town population totals), Euless is the largest of the three Hurst-Euless-Bedford cities. It sits in Tarrant County, so the paperwork runs through these offices:

Task	Office
Check the appraised value, homestead exemption or file a value protest	Tarrant Appraisal District
Get a tax payoff for the City of Euless and Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, both on the county's list of entities it collects for	Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Record the deed to your buyer ($20 for the first page, $4 for each page after)	Tarrant County Clerk, Room B20, 100 W. Weatherford St., Fort Worth

Your tax statement still lists every unit that taxes the house, so read it before you ask for a payoff. Taxes go delinquent on February 1, according to the county's property tax FAQ.

Water, trash and recycling charges in Euless

The city's Water Utilities page also lists the residential garbage and recycling charges, with twice-weekly trash pickup and weekly recycling, and says each month's charges are due on or before the 20th day after the billing date. When you sell, the Water Office is the place to ask about the account: 817-685-1471, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office is inside the Harold Samuels Finance Building on the City Hall campus at 201 N. Ector Dr., with the entrance off the courtyard, and there are two 24-hour drop boxes for payments, which are processed the next business day.

Your buyer has to open a new account. The city asks for a utility application, a scanned copy of a driver's license, a deposit and an account initiation fee. Give the buyer the Water Office number early so service does not lapse between owners.

Code compliance and the Housing and Structure Board

In Euless, Code Compliance is a division of the Police Department, so code inspectors work alongside police officers and the Municipal Court. The city says its goal is voluntary compliance. Its list of the most common violations reads like a checklist for a house that has been sitting:

• high grass and weeds, littering and items that need a special pickup
• open storage and vehicles parked on an unapproved surface
• property maintenance, health and sanitation
• structural and dangerous conditions, and fencing in disrepair

An officer decides whether a violation exists and notifies the owner. If you receive a notice, the city points you to its online ordinances to read the exact rule, or you can call 817-685-1507.

Serious building problems can go further. The Housing and Structure Board hears appeals under the city's housing and substandard building codes (Chapter 14), holds public hearings on the abatement of substandard buildings and issues orders about them. It meets as needed. If your house has an open structural case, ask the city where it stands before you agree to a closing date.

Short-term rentals in Euless need a permit

Euless does not ban short-term rentals, but it regulates them closely. The city's short-term rental page defines one as renting all or part of a home in a residential zoning district for overnight stays of 30 days or less. Its rules cover registration and permitting, minimum and maximum stays, occupancy limits, parking, inspections, density limits and hotel occupancy tax. The permit application and tax filings go through the city's Localgov portal. An owner who does not comply can face an immediate citation or lose the permit. Questions go to 817-685-1630.

If you were thinking of renting nightly while you wait to sell, weigh the permit and tax work against a plain lease or a sale.

Selling a Euless house from an estate

When a Euless house belongs to someone who has died, Texas Estates Code section 33.001 places probate in the county where the person who died lived. If that was Tarrant County, the will goes to one of the county's two statutory probate courts, Probate Court No. 1 or No. 2, which probate wills and supervise the administration of estates (Tarrant County probate courts). Where the person lived in another county, the case is filed there even if the house is in Euless.

While the estate is open, someone still has to keep the water account current and the yard within code. For legal questions, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas has a Fort Worth office at 600 East Weatherford St. (817-336-3943). Our guide to selling an inherited house in Texas and our post on how long an executor has to sell cover the next steps.

How Cash Home Advisors buys in Euless

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Learn how it works or request an offer on your Euless house.

Local offices for this area

• Tarrant Appraisal District
• Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector: property tax
• Tarrant County Clerk: real estate records
• City of Euless: Water Utilities
• City of Euless: Code Compliance
• Tarrant County probate courts

ZIP codes we buy in: 76039, 76040