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Three counties: find out which one your house is in

Mansfield had an estimated 80,803 residents in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Most of the city is in Tarrant County, but parts of it lie in Johnson County and Ellis County. When you sell, that county line decides who appraises the house, who sends the county tax bill and which clerk holds your deed.

The city's property tax information page lists all three appraisal districts:

• Tarrant Appraisal District, 2500 Handley-Ederville Road, Fort Worth
• Central Appraisal District of Johnson County, 109 N. Main St., Cleburne
• Ellis County Appraisal District, 109 S. Jackson Street, Waxahachie

The fastest check is your last appraisal notice or tax statement, which names the district that valued the property. No paperwork handy? Search your address on each district's site. Only one of them will carry the account.

County taxes are billed by the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector, the Johnson County Tax Office or the Ellis County Tax Office, depending on the side of the line. The city page names the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector as the contact for city tax questions and Mansfield ISD for school taxes. It also lists the city's exemptions: a 20% local homestead exemption, $50,000 for owners over 65 and $10,000 for disabled persons. You apply for those through the appraisal district for your county, not through City Hall.

Deeds are recorded where the land sits: the Tarrant County Clerk, the Johnson County Clerk (real property is recorded at the Historic Courthouse in Cleburne) or the Ellis County Clerk's recording division.

City of Mansfield rules that can touch a sale

An open code case

Mansfield's Code Compliance program explains its process. A complaint is assigned to an officer, who makes a first inspection within 72 hours. If there is a violation, the owner gets a notice to comply, followed by another inspection. If the problem is still there, the officer chooses between a warrant for involuntary abatement, a written citation or lining up volunteer help. If your house has an open case, ask the department where it stands before you sign a contract, so you and your buyer are working from the same facts.

Shutting off or moving the water account

Mansfield Water Utilities keeps its forms online, including a Utility Account Service Cancellation Form and a Transfer of Service Application. The Water Utilities billing office is at 1200 E. Broad Street, and its phone number is 817-276-4230. Time the cancellation or transfer to your closing date so you are not paying for water at a house you no longer own.

An estate sale before you sell

Emptying out a parent's home? The city's garage and estate sale permit page cites City Ordinance § 98.50, which requires a permit before a garage sale. Permits are issued by address, each address gets two sales per calendar year, and one sale can run no more than three days in a row. You can apply online or at the Building Safety Department in City Hall.

When a foreclosure notice names a Mansfield address

Texas foreclosure sales under a deed of trust are held on the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Notice of the sale must be given at least 21 days ahead, and before that the servicer must give a homeowner at least 20 days to cure the default (Texas Property Code § 51.002). The same section says the notice is posted at the courthouse and filed with the county clerk in each county where the property lies, and land in more than one county may be sold at the courthouse of any of them. So a Mansfield owner watches the county the house is in. Here is what the Tarrant and Johnson County clerks say:

• Tarrant County. The County Clerk's foreclosure page says sales take place at the base of the courthouse steps on the west side of 100 West Weatherford Street in Fort Worth, and notices can be viewed on the county's official record search website.
• Johnson County. The County Clerk's foreclosure page says notices are posted outside Room B15 of the Historic Courthouse and online, and the sale is held on the steps outside the west doors of the courthouse at 2 N. Main St. in Cleburne.

Both clerks say they have no role in the sale itself. Questions go to the trustee or attorney named on the notice, or to your lender. Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas offers free civil legal help to eligible low-income households, foreclosure included, and lists offices in Fort Worth and Waxahachie. Our page on selling before a foreclosure date covers the timing.

Inherited a house in Mansfield

Probate is normally opened in the county where the person who died lived, not where the house sits (Texas Estates Code § 33.001). For a Mansfield family, the county line can matter twice: once for the court and once for the deed.

Tarrant County's probate courts page lists two courts, Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2. The Probate Court No. 1 page says these courts hear will probates, estates of people who died without a will and heirship determinations. In Johnson County, probate papers go through the County Clerk's court section, which says the original will must be filed with the clerk within three days of e-filing the application. A Texas probate attorney can tell you who has authority to sign the deed. Our guide to selling an inherited house in Texas walks through the usual routes.

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Local offices for this area

• Tarrant Appraisal District
• Central Appraisal District of Johnson County
• Ellis County Appraisal District
• City of Mansfield: Property Tax Information
• City of Mansfield: Code Compliance
• Tarrant County Clerk: Foreclosures

ZIP codes we buy in: 76063