Can two counties collect taxes on one producing well?

Robin Brown · 2014-11-04T21:36:46Z

I am a joint royalty recipient in a well that is located in LaSalle County. It is on property where my grandfather retained the mineral rights and sold the land about 50 years ago. The well started producing and my siblings and cousins and I have been receiving royalties for about a year. The oil company withholds an amount out of each payment and I understand that is to pay state severance taxes and each of the royalty recipients is responsible for county taxes. We have received tax bills from Cotulla ISD and LaSalle County Appraisal District and expected those. However we have also received a bill from Frio County Appraisal District that is about 4 times the amount that LaSalle wants. I am nowhere in the area -- I live about 1500 miles away so I can't just hop over to the office and ask for an explanation. Is this typical or has Frio County made a mistake of some sort? How would I go about getting an answer from Frio County? If they have a valid reason for collecting the taxes, I'm fine with it. It just seems odd. Thanks Robin

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