College Station and Bryan Equipment Appraisal
Heavy equipment valuations across Brazos, Burleson and Robertson counties. Starting at $295.
College Station and Bryan equipment appraisal is a written, certified value for the heavy equipment a business in Brazos, Burleson or Robertson County owns: the excavators, cranes and pavers on highway and campus jobs, the trucks of an oilfield service company, a plant’s forklifts, and the tractors, hay equipment and stock trailers on a farm. The report is signed by a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) and meets the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
- A job site in College Station, a yard in Bryan and a farm near Hearne can be covered together.
- Desktop appraisals run on your photos and records, and the machines never leave the job.
- On-site inspection is available for lenders and courts that insist on it.
- Every value in the report is tied to one machine and one date.
- The quote, with its fee and its delivery date, is in writing.
- USPAP-compliant
- Signed by a CMEA
- Rated 5.0 on Google
How do I start an equipment appraisal in College Station or Bryan?
1. What and how many
The form’s first screen asks what kind of equipment you have and how many pieces.
2. Three more answers
It then asks whether you want a desktop appraisal or one with an inspection, where the equipment is, and when you need the report. Add your name and email and the form is done.
3. Records by county
After the quote is approved, send your list grouped by county. Each line needs a serial number, the hours or miles, and photos. Three appraisal districts and three court divisions meet here.
What should an equipment owner in the Brazos Valley know first?
- Three counties, three districts
- An appraisal district is the county office that puts a value on property for tax. College Station and Bryan are both in Brazos County, home of the Brazos Central Appraisal District on Pendleton Drive in Bryan. Burleson County has the Burleson County Appraisal District in Caldwell, and Robertson County has the Robertson Central Appraisal District in Franklin. Brazos Central Appraisal District
- More time to file
- A rendition is the yearly list of equipment that a business owner sends the appraisal district, and the state makes it due April 15. State law moves the date to May 15 when the owner asks in writing, and the chief appraiser may add 15 days, to May 30, for a reason given in writing. The Brazos district has a form for the request and asks that renditions and extension requests be emailed.
- How the Brazos district ages equipment
- The Brazos district’s percent good table puts forklifts and construction equipment in a 12-year class, and its field guide lists farm equipment at 8 years. Percent good is the figure the district uses to mark a machine down for age. The table also lists an index from 1.0000 to 1.2900 by year of age, which it says applies to all equipment except computers.
- Three federal court divisions
- Brazos County belongs to the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. Burleson County is in the Western District, in its Austin Division, and Robertson County is in that district’s Waco Division. A fleet spread over two of these counties can have a file in two divisions.
- Report timing
- Delivery of a desktop report comes 7 to 10 business days after the full set of photos and records. Ask for a rush and one or two machines can be done in 24 to 48 hours. Add time for travel if an inspection is needed.
- Fee
- Starting at $295. It goes up with the size of the list, with an inspection and with a rush.
What is different about equipment around College Station and Bryan?
Three schedules that class excavators in their own ways, firms that value some accounts, and a tax exemption for farm machinery.
Construction equipment and the districts’ classes
Brazos and Robertson both put construction equipment in a 12-year class. Robertson’s schedule also has a 15-year line for excavation equipment, and the Brazos schedule has no such line. Burleson’s schedule is a table posted on the Kimble County appraisal district’s website, with the same two lines as Robertson’s. Which line a district uses for an excavator is for that district to say, so ask it, then put a market value on each machine and hold it against the answer.
Mineral and industrial accounts
The Railroad Commission of Texas names Brazos, Burleson and Robertson among the Eagle Ford Shale’s affected counties. The Brazos district’s contact page tells owners of mineral and industrial accounts to review those valuations on the website of Capitol Appraisal Group, LLC. The Burleson district says Pritchard & Abbott, Inc. in Houston appraises its mineral, utility and industrial accounts and that the district appraises personal property accounts itself. If an account of yours carries one of those labels, ask which firm sets its value, and list the equipment on it machine by machine.
Hay and farm machinery
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest farm count lists hay first among crops by acres in each of the three counties. Section 11.161 of the Texas Tax Code exempts machinery that goes into producing a farm’s or ranch’s products from property tax, and the Brazos district’s field guide lists farm equipment with an 8-year life. Ask your district how it treats each tractor and baler before you file, and say which machines work a farm or ranch and which do not.
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What equipment is appraised around College Station and Bryan?
Construction, oilfield, plant and farm equipment in the three counties, from one piece up to a full fleet.
Earthmoving
Excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, motor graders and scrapers. Send the hours and a photo of the tracks or tires.
Cranes
Tower cranes, crawler cranes and truck cranes. List the sections and the last inspection.
Paving
Asphalt pavers, rollers and concrete pavers from road and parking work.
Oilfield trucks
Winch trucks, which pull heavy gear onto a bed with a winch cable, and vacuum trucks, which pump liquid into a tank and haul it away.
Forklifts
Plant and warehouse forklifts. Give the hours, the capacity and the fuel.
Farm
Tractors, hay equipment and stock trailers from farms and ranches in Burleson and Robertson counties.
For anything else, describe it on the form.
What should I ask an equipment appraiser in College Station or Bryan?
Do they sort your list by county?
Brazos, Burleson and Robertson counties each work from a schedule, and the lines on them are not the same. An appraiser who asks for the county can sort your list the way the districts will.
Do they ask who set the value on your account?
Brazos County points mineral and industrial account owners to Capitol Appraisal Group, and Burleson County uses Pritchard & Abbott for the same kinds of account. Find out whether the district or a firm valued yours, and ask for a report that describes each machine fully enough to send to either.
Do they ask which of the three courts?
Brazos County belongs to the Houston Division, Burleson County to the Austin Division and Robertson County to the Waco Division. Name the court and the date it set in the form’s deadline box, and ask for the delivery date in the quote.
Which offices and courts handle a College Station or Bryan equipment file?
The appraisal districts. The Brazos Central Appraisal District takes renditions and extension requests by email. If a district’s value looks wrong, the owner can file a protest, which the district’s appraisal review board hears, and bring an appraisal as evidence. Brazos Central Appraisal District
The federal courts. The law says court for the Houston Division is held at Houston and College Station. The court’s own Houston Division page gives one address, the Bob Casey United States Courthouse on Rusk Avenue in Houston. For Burleson County the Western District’s district court clerk sits on West Fifth Street in Austin, and for Robertson County the clerk sits on Franklin Avenue in Waco. Its bankruptcy clerk in Austin is on San Jacinto Boulevard.
Lenders and the SBA. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lists all three counties under its Houston District Office. A lender usually wants fair market value, the price a buyer and a seller would agree on with no pressure, or orderly liquidation value, a lower price for a sale that must be done in a limited time. Ask the lender which.
What records does a College Station or Bryan appraisal need?
- A list of the equipment by county, with year, make and model.
- Serial numbers, and the VIN, or vehicle identification number, of each truck and trailer.
- Hours for machines and miles for trucks.
- Photos of each piece, and close-ups of the serial plate and the meter.
- Your notice of value, the district’s yearly letter stating the value, and the name of the firm if one valued the account.
Which Brazos Valley towns are covered?
Brazos, Burleson and Robertson counties, including:
- College Station
- Bryan
- Kurten
- Wixon Valley
- Caldwell
- Snook
- Somerville
- Hearne
- Calvert
- Franklin
- Bremond
Brazos County cases belong to the federal court’s Houston Division. Houston equipment appraiser
Burleson County is in the Austin Division. Austin equipment appraisal
Robertson County is in the Waco Division. equipment appraisal in Waco
What else do owners in College Station and Bryan ask?
Where do people in Bryan and College Station buy equipment and trucks?
Mustang Cat calls its store on Highway 21 in Bryan a full-service Cat dealership with new and used construction equipment and rentals. Doggett sells John Deere construction and forestry equipment in Bryan, and United Ag & Turf is a John Deere dealership on Highway 21 West. Rush Truck Centers names its store College Station, though it stands on North Earl Rudder Freeway in Bryan, and sells new and used Peterbilt and Isuzu trucks.
Is there a federal court in College Station?
The statute names College Station as a place where the Houston Division holds court. The court’s own page for the division lists only the Houston courthouse, so ask your attorney where a hearing will be and write that date in the form’s deadline box.
Which district do Hearne and Caldwell fall in?
Hearne is in Robertson County, so its equipment is listed with the Robertson Central Appraisal District and its federal cases belong to the Waco Division. Caldwell is in Burleson County, with the Burleson County Appraisal District and the Austin Division.
Can a report cover equipment in more than one of the three counties?
Yes. Send the county for each machine, and the list can be grouped by county so each district sees only its own.
Request a College Station or Bryan equipment appraisal quote
Excavators, cranes, pavers, oilfield trucks, forklifts, tractors and hay equipment in Brazos, Burleson and Robertson counties, appraised for builders, oilfield companies, farms, banks and courts. Answer the form’s four questions and the quote is emailed back.