Texarkana Equipment Appraisal
Heavy equipment valuations for Texarkana and Bowie County. Starting at $295.
Texarkana equipment appraisal is a certified valuation, unit by unit, of the heavy equipment a business keeps in Texarkana or elsewhere in Bowie County: semi trucks and trailers, vacuum trucks and other trucks with working bodies, a contractor’s excavators, dozers and cranes, a plant’s forklifts, and a farm’s tractors. Texarkana, Texas sits against Texarkana, Arkansas, and a fleet can have units in both, so the report states which side each unit is kept on when your list says so. It is signed by a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) and written to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
- Units kept in Texas and units kept in Arkansas can go in one report, each marked with the side your list gives.
- Desktop work is done from photos and records while the trucks keep running their routes.
- When a lender or a court requires an inspection, one is scheduled.
- A truck and the body mounted on it get separate lines and values when you send the body’s details.
- The quote, emailed ahead of any decision, states the fee and when the report will be delivered.
- USPAP-compliant
- Signed by a CMEA
- Rated 5.0 on Google
How does a Texarkana equipment appraisal get underway?
1. Name the equipment
The form opens with two things: the kind of equipment and how many units.
2. Three quick answers
Desktop or on-site, and the city. The date you need the report. The email address for your quote.
3. Mark the side of the line
Once the quote is approved, send the list with Texas or Arkansas written beside every unit, along with each unit’s serial number, meter reading and photos.
What should a Texarkana equipment owner know first?
- Texas side, Arkansas side
- In Texas an appraisal district values business equipment for property tax. Texas Tax Code section 21.02 makes equipment taxable where it is located on January 1 for more than a temporary period, with other tests for equipment that is away only for a time. For the Texas side of Texarkana the appraisal district is the Bowie Central Appraisal District on Plaza West. Across the line in Arkansas, the county assessor does the job. Bowie Central Appraisal District
- Two filing dates
- A Texas business lists its equipment for its district every year on a rendition form, and state law makes it due April 15, or May 15 if the owner asks in writing. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration says personal property should be reported to the county assessor by May 31 to avoid a late penalty of 10 percent.
- Two ways of taxing the value
- The University of Arkansas extension service says Arkansas assesses personal property at 20 percent of market value. Texas works from market value as of January 1. Both start from what the machine is worth, which is the figure an appraisal gives.
- The Bowie district’s table
- The Bowie district’s reports page lists a percent good schedule for business personal property, the table a district uses to mark equipment down for age. Its latest schedule names no excavator, dozer or crane, so ask the district which class it applied to each of your machines.
- Report timing
- A desktop report is a matter of 7 to 10 business days once nothing is missing from the records and photos. A rush cuts that to 24 to 48 hours for a list of one or two units. Travel is added when someone has to see the equipment.
- Fee
- Starting at $295. Extra units, an inspection trip or a rush raises it.
What does a Texarkana equipment appraiser need to know about the state line?
Where each unit is kept, who built the body on a truck, and which yard a job-site machine returns to.
A yard or a fleet on both sides
Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas are two cities with separate governments, and the state line runs between them. A machine kept on the Texas side is in Bowie County, and one kept on the Arkansas side is in Miller County, Arkansas. A market value does not change at the line, but the office that receives it and the rule applied to it do. A list that says where each unit is kept lets one report serve both.
Trucks that carry a built-on body
Ledwell, on Waco Street in Texarkana, says it manufactures truck bodies and trailers, and its product list includes vacuum trucks. A truck of that kind is two machines of two makers: the chassis, which is the cab, engine and frame from a truck builder, and the body, such as a vacuum tank or a dump bed, from a body builder, sometimes of a different age. Buyers price both. The truck needs its vehicle identification number (VIN) and its miles. For the body, send the maker, the model and the serial number.
Contractor machines away from the yard
A contractor in Texarkana can have a crane or an excavator at work on a job in Arkansas on January 1 and bring it back to a Texas yard afterward. Tax Code section 21.02 looks at where a machine sits on January 1, and also at where it normally is located or returns to between uses elsewhere, so say which yard each machine comes home to and where it is working. A crane’s price rests on its capacity, its boom, the long arm that reaches out, and its inspection record. An excavator’s rests on its hours, its undercarriage, meaning the tracks and the parts they run on, and its buckets.
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What equipment is appraised in Texarkana?
Trucking, construction, plant and farm equipment in Bowie County, for a single unit or for a fleet.
Semi trucks and trailers
Semi trucks, flatbeds and lowboys, which are trailers whose deck sits low so a machine can be driven on.
Trucks with working bodies
Vacuum trucks, which use a pump to draw liquid into a tank, and dump trucks. Give the body’s maker as well as the truck’s.
Earthmoving
Excavators, dozers, wheel loaders and motor graders. Hours and a clear photo of the undercarriage or tires are needed.
Cranes
Truck cranes and crawler cranes, with the boom sections and the latest inspection.
Forklifts
Warehouse and plant forklifts. The capacity is on the data plate, and the hours are on the meter.
Farm machinery
Tractors with their loaders, and hay equipment.
Have something else? Put it on the form.
How do I choose an appraiser for Texarkana equipment?
Do they ask which state each unit is kept in?
Texas and Arkansas use different offices, dates and rules for the same machine. An appraiser who records the side of the line for every unit gives you a list you can hand to either.
Do they know where the bankruptcy office is?
The bankruptcy court for the Eastern District of Texas says there is no bankruptcy office at the Texarkana courthouse and that its Plano office serves the Texarkana Division. If the report is for a bankruptcy case, give the date the court set and ask for delivery ahead of it.
Will they set the market beside the Bowie district’s class for each machine?
The Bowie district’s percent good schedule puts autos, trucks and trailers in a 5-year class, machinery and equipment in a 10-year class, and forklifts in a 12-year class. Ask for each unit’s market value to be set beside its class, with the reason for any gap.
Which offices and courts take a Texarkana equipment file?
The appraisal district and the assessor. The Bowie Central Appraisal District values equipment on the Texas side. Its own pages point owners to the state comptroller’s calendar for dates. An owner who disputes its value can file a protest, which is a formal objection. The appraisal review board, a panel of district residents, decides protests. On the Arkansas side, the Miller County assessor’s office is in Texarkana, Arkansas. Bowie Central Appraisal District
The federal courts. Federal law puts Bowie County in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas and says court may be held anywhere in the federal courthouse that stands astride the state line. The Texas court’s clerk is in that building, the United States Courthouse and Post Office at 500 North State Line Avenue. The Western District of Arkansas uses the same building for Miller County and says its office there is unstaffed, with inquiries directed to Fort Smith.
Lending offices. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) puts Bowie County on the list of its Dallas/Fort Worth office at Euless, and its Arkansas District Office in Little Rock serves all of Arkansas. Lenders use two measures. Fair market value is the price a seller and a buyer agree on freely. Orderly liquidation value is less, because the seller has a fixed period to sell. Your lender picks one.
What do I send for a Texarkana appraisal?
- The unit list, with Texas or Arkansas beside each line.
- Year, make and model, and the serial number or VIN.
- For a truck with a body: the body’s maker, model and serial number.
- Miles for trucks and hours for machines.
- Photos of each unit, its plates and its meter.
- Any deadline a court or a lender has given you.
Which Bowie County towns are covered?
Texarkana and the rest of Bowie County, including:
- Texarkana
- Nash
- Wake Village
- Red Lick
- Hooks
- Leary
- New Boston
- Redwater
- Maud
- De Kalb
The SBA handles Bowie County from its Dallas/Fort Worth office. equipment appraiser in Dallas
Tyler and Texarkana are divisions of one federal district, the Eastern. Tyler heavy equipment appraisal
The Plano bankruptcy office that serves Texarkana serves the Sherman Division too. equipment appraisal in Sherman and Denison
What else do Texarkana equipment owners ask?
Who sells heavy equipment and trucks in Texarkana?
HOLT CAT Texarkana, in Nash, sells, services and rents Caterpillar equipment. United Ag & Turf on East Loop Drive is a John Deere dealer, and MHC Kenworth is on the same road. Ledwell builds truck bodies and trailers on Waco Street. On the Arkansas side, Hugg & Hall Equipment Company on East Broad Street rents and sells equipment.
Is the federal courthouse in Texas or in Arkansas?
Both. The statute describes it as located astride the state line, and the Texas and Arkansas federal courts each list it at 500 North State Line Avenue. Which court has your case depends on the county, so ask your attorney.
Can one appraisal cover equipment on the Arkansas side too?
Yes. Mark each unit Texas or Arkansas on the list, and the report states that beside the unit, so the Texas units and the Arkansas units can be read apart.
Do you appraise equipment in Mount Pleasant?
Yes. Mount Pleasant is in Titus County, which is in the Texarkana Division and on the list of the same SBA office in Euless. Titus County has its own appraisal district.
Get your Texarkana equipment appraisal quote
Semi trucks, trailers, vacuum trucks, dump trucks, excavators, cranes, forklifts and tractors in Texarkana and Bowie County, appraised for fleets, contractors, plants, lenders and courts. You answer four questions on the form and receive the quote by email.