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Opinion issued July 16, 2026 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00567-CV ——————————— CHAD HIGGENBOTHAM INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A HICK’S AUTO SALE, Appellants V. HARRIS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR, Appellee On Appeal from the 164th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2025-14725 MEMORANDUM OPINION A notice of appeal is due 30 days after the trial court signs its final judgment. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1. The trial court here signed its final judgment on February 20, 2026, making any notice of appeal due on March 23, 2026.1 See id. Appellants Chad Higgenbotham, individually and doing business as Hick’s Auto Sale, did not file their notice of appeal until May 26, 2026, rendering it untimely. “The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in nature, and absent a timely-filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must dismiss an appeal for lack of jurisdiction.” Harris Cty. Toll Road Auth. v. Sw. Bell Tel., L.P., 263 S.W.3d 48, 53 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, no pet.). We notified appellants that their appeal was subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction unless they responded and demonstrated grounds for this Court’s jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a) (authorizing involuntary dismissal after notice). Appellants did not respond. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See id. We dismiss any pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Rivas-Molloy and Guiney. 1 Appellant did not file either a deadline-extending motion such as a motion for new trial under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1(a) or a plain motion to extend the notice-of-appeal deadline under Rule 26.3. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a), 26.3. 2