Upton CAD 2025-2026 Plan Date-Control Register: July 2024 Print, January 1 Snapshot, and a 2020-2022 Appendix

Direct answer for mineral owners

The Upton plan contains four different date layers: 2025-2026 coverage, a July 2024 print label, a recurring January 1 appraisal snapshot, and an older embedded appendix framed for 2020-2022. Each date answers a different source-control question; none alone proves an account history, deadline, current value, or transaction timeline.

Key takeaways for mineral owners

• The outer plan covers 2025-2026 and carries a July 2024 print label.
• An embedded report begins at physical page 31 and states a 2020-2022 applicability frame.
• Physical pages 56-57, embedded printed pages 26-27, describe January 1 as the effective appraisal snapshot.
• Current Comptroller sources independently confirm the general January 1 appraisal-date rule.
• The embedded appendix is not evidence of a current account result, deadline, appraisal, private value, or transaction timeline.

Date register, not an account timeline. This page separates date labels inside one Upton County Appraisal District plan. It does not identify a person, account, lease, well, or property; prove when an account was appraised or changed; supply a notice or protest deadline; validate an appraisal; or establish title, ownership, taxable status, tax, legal effect, private mineral value, an offer, or a transaction result. MRX provides educational information and resources only and does not buy mineral rights.

The direct answer is: the reviewed Upton CAD file contains four date layers, and each has a different role. The outer plan is labeled for 2025-2026 and says it was printed in July 2024. An embedded older report uses a January 1 effective-date snapshot and states a 2020-2022 applicability frame. Do not collapse those labels into one timeline.

The official Upton CAD 2025-2026 Reappraisal Plan is the controlled source object. The Upton CAD Data and Records page is its current publisher route and displays the plan link. Publisher provenance does not make every embedded page current or prove how a particular account was handled.

Four date layers, four source-control questions

Layer	Observed label	What it answers	What it does not answer
Outer coverage	2025-2026	Which years the plan says it covers	Whether a procedure occurred for one account
Print state	July 2024	When the outer plan says this version was printed	An appraisal, notice, protest, or transaction date
Appraisal snapshot	January 1	The effective-date concept described in the appendix and current state sources	When later analysis, notice, or review occurred
Embedded appendix	2020-2022	The older report’s stated applicability frame	Current 2025-2026 procedure or account evidence

This register resolves a common document-reading problem: a file can have a planning period, a print date, a legally relevant valuation date, and an older embedded report without those dates being interchangeable.

Layer 1: the outer plan says 2025-2026

The title page identifies the object as Upton County Appraisal District’s 2025 and 2026 reappraisal plan. That is a coverage label. It tells a reader which plan period the outer document claims to address.

Claim ID	Source statement preserved	Inference stop
C307-01	The outer document is labeled as a 2025-2026 reappraisal plan.	Do not infer that every embedded page was newly authored for those years.
C307-02	Upton CAD currently links the plan from its Data and Records page.	Do not infer current account treatment, approval, completeness, or correctness.

For the neighboring question about sources, calibration, individual review, and state-study terminology, use the Upton CAD mineral appraisal review chain. That page owns the methodology-section map. This page owns only date control.

Layer 2: the plan says it was printed in July 2024

Core pages in the reviewed scan carry a July 2024 print label. A print label identifies the document state visible in those bytes. It does not prove adoption, implementation, an appraisal event, or a later revision date.

Claim ID	Safe observation	Stop state
C307-03	The reviewed plan says it was printed in July 2024.	Do not rewrite July 2024 as an account-appraisal date.
C307-04	July 2024 precedes the plan’s 2025-2026 coverage years.	Do not infer a contradiction; a plan may be prepared before its coverage period.

The source-control response is to retain both labels. If Upton CAD replaces the PDF, a reviewer should record the new retrieval date, byte count, hash, page count, visible print label, and changed claims rather than overwriting the prior state.

Layer 3: January 1 is the appraisal snapshot

Physical page 56 of the 94-page PDF, embedded printed page 26, describes January 1 as the effective date for the appraisal and explains that the work may be completed months later. Physical page 57 / embedded printed page 27 describes lien-date value as a snapshot in time.

Current official sources independently preserve the general rule. The Texas Comptroller’s Valuing Property page says that, with limited exceptions, taxable property is appraised at market value as of January 1 under Texas Tax Code Section 23.01. The Property Tax System Basics page says appraisal districts appraise property value as of January 1 each year.

Claim ID	Evidence layer	Safe conclusion
C307-05	Older embedded Upton report	It describes a January 1 effective-date snapshot.
C307-06	Current Texas Comptroller guidance	The general appraisal-date rule remains January 1.
C307-07	Current official statute route	Section 23.01 is the cited governing reference for the general market-value date.

The January 1 snapshot does not tell a reader when source data was downloaded, when calculations were run, when a notice was mailed, or when an owner received a document. It also does not determine a private mineral-rights sale value. For the separate statewide labels used in data files, see Tax Year, Production Month, and Download Date in Texas Mineral Records.

Layer 4: the embedded appendix is framed for 2020-2022

An embedded appraisal report begins at physical page 31. Its cover identifies an effective date of January 1, 2020 and says the report is applicable to 2020, 2021, and 2022. That older frame matters because the report sits inside a plan labeled 2025-2026.

Claim ID	Source statement preserved	Required handling
C307-08	The embedded report starts at physical page 31.	Keep the outer-PDF locator separate from embedded printed locators.
C307-09	The cover states a January 1, 2020 effective date and 2020-2022 applicability.	Label it as an older appendix, not current 2025-2026 proof.
C307-10	The appendix contains general date explanations on physical pages 56-57.	Use them as attributed source statements, then verify the current general rule separately.

No inference appendix is currently needed. The article makes no claim that the older report controlled a 2025 or 2026 account, remained unchanged, was applied to a reader’s property, or produced a correct result.

Discrepancy register

Register ID	Observed difference or uncertainty	Required handling
D307-01	The outer plan covers 2025-2026 but carries a July 2024 print label.	Preserve both; do not turn the print date into an appraisal date.
D307-02	A 2020-2022 report is embedded in the later plan.	Label source age and do not represent it as current account evidence.
D307-03	The embedded report uses January 1 while appraisal work may occur later.	Separate the effective snapshot from work, notice, review, and publication dates.
D307-04	Current official pages confirm a general January 1 rule but do not validate the embedded report.	Keep current verification and document attribution in separate columns.
D307-05	No account-specific date record is in scope.	Maintain the no-inference state.

Preserve the exact source object

The controlled plan copy was retrieved on August 31, 2026. It is 7,275,413 bytes, contains 94 physical PDF pages, and has SHA-256 216ea3d58ddc8117385a8c8338250460d39bcc91020f2306affeaf59cd071daf. The PDF is a scan without an extractable text layer, so relevant pages were rendered and visually inspected.

The hash identifies the reviewed bytes. It does not prove authorship, completeness, adoption, current application, account treatment, appraisal accuracy, or legal effect. If the publisher changes the file, preserve the new object as a new source state and recheck each affected claim.

Stable claims and source evidence

Claim ID	Supported statement	Stop state
C307-01	The outer plan is labeled 2025-2026.	Not proof every embedded page is new for those years.
C307-02	Upton CAD publishes the plan link.	Not an account or quality finding.
C307-03	The reviewed plan carries a July 2024 print label.	Not an appraisal or notice date.
C307-04	The print label precedes the coverage years.	Not a contradiction or implementation finding.
C307-05	The embedded report describes a January 1 snapshot.	Not a private-value or transaction date.
C307-06	Current Comptroller guidance states the general January 1 rule.	Not a reader-specific appraisal result.
C307-07	Section 23.01 is the governing reference cited by the Comptroller.	Not legal advice or a deadline determination.
C307-08	The embedded report starts at physical page 31.	Not proof of current application.
C307-09	Its cover states a 2020-2022 frame.	Not current 2025-2026 evidence.
C307-10	Later appendix pages explain effective-date timing.	Not an account chronology.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Upton CAD plan date-control register?

It is a source-reading map that keeps the plan’s coverage years, print date, appraisal snapshot, and embedded appendix period separate. It is not an account timeline or valuation.

Does July 2024 mean the plan appraised every property in July?

No. July 2024 is the print label observed in the reviewed plan. It does not prove when a particular account was appraised, reviewed, noticed, or changed.

Why is January 1 in the register?

The embedded report describes a January 1 effective-date snapshot, and current Texas Comptroller pages independently describe January 1 as the general annual appraisal date.

Is the 2020-2022 appendix current evidence for 2025 or 2026?

No. Its older applicability frame must remain visible. It cannot be silently treated as proof of current procedures or a current account result.

Does this register provide a tax, protest, or sale deadline?

No. It does not calculate or advise on a deadline, tax, protest, private mineral value, offer, or transaction timing.

Practical conclusion for mineral owners

The citation-ready answer has four columns: 2025-2026 is the outer plan’s coverage label; July 2024 is its visible print state; January 1 is the appraisal snapshot described in the appendix and current official guidance; and 2020-2022 is the embedded report’s older applicability frame. Keeping those roles separate prevents an old appendix, print label, or effective date from becoming an unsupported current account claim.

For the broader state framework, continue with the Texas Mineral Rights Guide. If a later decision concerns a possible sale, MRX can explain its process through the next-step page while preserving the distinction between public tax-appraisal records and a private transaction.

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This article is educational and source-control oriented. It is not legal, tax, appraisal, title, protest, or investment advice and does not determine ownership, taxable status, an account result, private mineral value, an offer, a deadline, or a transaction outcome.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Upton CAD plan date-control register?

It is a source-reading map that keeps the plan’s coverage years, print date, appraisal snapshot, and embedded appendix period separate. It is not an account timeline or valuation.

Does July 2024 mean the plan appraised every property in July?

No. July 2024 is the print label observed in the reviewed plan. It does not prove when a particular account was appraised, reviewed, noticed, or changed.

Why is January 1 in the register?

The embedded report describes a January 1 effective-date snapshot, and current Texas Comptroller pages independently describe January 1 as the general annual appraisal date.

Is the 2020-2022 appendix current evidence for 2025 or 2026?

No. Its older applicability frame must remain visible. It cannot be silently treated as proof of current procedures or a current account result.

Does this register provide a tax, protest, or sale deadline?

No. It does not calculate or advise on a deadline, tax, protest, private mineral value, offer, or transaction timing.

Sources reviewed for this article

• Upton CAD 2025-2026 Reappraisal Plan (accessed 2026-08-31)
• Upton County Appraisal District Data and Records (accessed 2026-08-31)
• Texas Tax Code Section 23.01 (accessed 2026-08-31)
• Texas Comptroller Valuing Property (accessed 2026-08-31)
• Texas Comptroller Property Tax System Basics (accessed 2026-08-31)