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id: KL-0702
title: "What the Watch will look at"
part: "VII. The Watch"
version: "0.1 (early draft)"
last_checked: 2026-11-08
status: sketch
html: https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0702/
---

# What the Watch will look at

> **SKETCH.** This page is an outline. The real text is not written yet.

Public records that can show a change of owner.

## This chapter will cover

- The yearly Public Information Report
- New sales tax permits
- Which other records, and why
- What we cannot see

## Sources

- [Texas Comptroller, Public Information Report form 05-102](https://comptroller.texas.gov/forms/05-102-a-16.pdf)
- [Texas Comptroller, who files the Public Information Report](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/pir-oir-filing-req.php)
- [Texas Tax Code 171.203, Public Information Report (what it lists)](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.171.htm)
- [Texas Tax Code 171.207, information in the report is open to public inspection](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.171.htm)
- [Texas Comptroller, Recent Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (open data)](https://comptroller.texas.gov/transparency/open-data/recent-sales-tax-permits/)