Smith County CAD Property Search, GIS, Exemptions, Protest & Taxes Find the correct Tyler-area appraisal account using Smith CAD’s current property search, map rural and lake parcels, understand 2026 values and exemptions, manage a protest, verify agriculture or timber qualification, pay taxes and research deeds or liens
Smith County Appraisal District—commonly called Smith CAD or SCAD—handles appraisal values, exemptions, agricultural and timber qualification, business personal property and appraisal protests. The Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector handles most property-tax billing and payment, while the County Clerk maintains deeds, liens and other recorded property documents.
Start With the Current Smith County Systems, Not an Old Bookmark
Smith CAD’s current homepage now separates its primary GSA property search from a legacy search and provides dedicated GSA portals for property-owner protests, agent protests and business-personal-property renditions.
Which Smith County Property System Should You Open?
One “property search” cannot answer every appraisal, tax, map, title or land-use question. Choose the job first, then use the government system that actually controls it.
This selector runs locally in your browser. It does not request an address, Property ID, password, protest evidence, tax-account number or payment information.
Smith CAD
Appraisal value, property characteristics, ownership maintenance, exemptions, agriculture, timber, wildlife, BPP and appraisal protests.
Tax Assessor-Collector
Tax statements, payment status, online payment, receipts, partial payments and most consolidated Smith County tax collections.
County Clerk
Deeds, deeds of trust, liens, releases, easements, mineral documents, restrictions, plats and other official public records.
GIS / Other Authority
Parcel orientation, flood layers, roads and other GIS context may require the Smith County Map Site, FEMA or another responsible local authority.
How to Search Smith County CAD Property Records
Smith CAD’s homepage currently points taxpayers to its GSA property-search system and keeps the previous search as a separate legacy option. Start with the current search unless you specifically need the older interface.
Open Smith CAD’s current Property Search
Use the link supplied directly by smithcad.org rather than a third-party property database or an old saved search URL.
Use the Property ID or appraisal-account number when you already have it
A known identifier is normally safer than relying only on an owner name—especially for trusts, businesses, rural acreage, mineral interests or owners with several Smith County properties.
Simplify owner or address searches when the full entry fails
Try a distinctive surname, business/trust word or the core street address rather than assuming the account is missing because one exact spelling returns no match.
Verify the legal-description and land clues
Rural parcels, lake-area property, acreage, manufactured homes and mineral interests can require subdivision, survey, abstract, acreage or neighboring-parcel clues rather than a normal city-style address.
Confirm the account before filing or paying anything
Match the Property ID, owner, situs, legal description, acreage, improvement data, exemptions and map location. Save the Property ID for later tax, protest and document research.
Smith CAD Search Finds Nothing? Match the Search to the Property Type
| Property situation | Try this | Why it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Full owner name fails | Reduce the search to a surname or distinctive trust/business word. | Initials, spouses, punctuation and entity names may be indexed differently. |
| Recent buyer is missing | Search the seller or prior owner, then check the recorded deed. | A deed can record before every appraisal ownership field is updated. |
| Rural tract has no standard address | Use owner, survey/abstract, acreage, road and neighboring-parcel clues. | Rural accounts are often easier to identify through legal-description information. |
| Lake-area property is confusing | Compare subdivision, lot/block, nearby parcels and actual deed information. | Waterfront, water-view and water-access descriptions do not necessarily mean the same legal rights. |
| Manufactured home appears missing | Check whether land and manufactured home are carried as separate records. | Ownership and taxation of the home can differ from the underlying land. |
| Business equipment is absent | Check the business-personal-property record separately from the real estate. | A building account does not automatically include business furniture, machinery or equipment. |
| Mineral interest cannot be found | Try trust, estate, royalty-owner or company names and research the related recorded instruments. | Surface and mineral ownership can be separate. |
What the Smith CAD Property Record Can—and Cannot—Tell You
| Field | Useful meaning | Do not assume |
|---|---|---|
| Property ID | Main appraisal-account identifier used to keep property research consistent. | That the same number is automatically the County Clerk document number. |
| Owner | Owner carried in SCAD’s appraisal record. | That it proves marketable title or reflects a just-recorded transfer immediately. |
| Situs | Physical location used for appraisal administration. | That it is a substitute for the legal description. |
| Market value | SCAD’s appraisal opinion of market value. | That it equals appraised value, taxable value or the final tax bill. |
| Appraised value | Can reflect an applicable limitation or productivity appraisal. | That a difference from market value means the account is wrong. |
| Exemptions | Approved tax-relief categories shown on the account. | That an application has been approved merely because it was filed. |
| Land / acreage | SCAD’s parcel and land classification information. | That the GIS acreage proves exact surveyed boundary acreage. |
| Improvement data | Building type, size, age and other appraisal characteristics. | That every dimension matches a lender, builder or interior measurement method. |
How to Use Smith County GIS Without Treating the Map Like a Survey
Smith CAD and the Smith County Map Site provide useful parcel and geographic research, but the appraisal district itself warns that its maps show approximate relative property locations and do not represent an on-the-ground survey.
Find the SCAD account
Save Property ID, owner, address, acreage, subdivision and legal-description clues.
Open Smith County Map Site
Use the current consortium mapping environment for parcel and broader GIS research.
Compare neighboring parcels
Useful for rural tracts, subdivisions, lake property and comparable-property research.
Verify critical facts elsewhere
Use deeds, surveys, FEMA data and the responsible authority when the issue is legal boundary, access or flood status.
GIS is useful for
- General parcel location
- Neighboring appraisal accounts
- Subdivision and road context
- Rural tract orientation
- Finding property without a normal address
- Downloading available open GIS data
GIS does not prove
- Exact boundary monuments
- Legal lake or road access
- Clear title
- Mineral ownership
- Timber ownership
- Final flood-insurance classification
Lake Tyler, Lake Palestine and Rural Tracts Need More Than a Parcel Outline
East Texas land research often involves water access, private roads, timber, septic feasibility, minerals and productivity appraisal. Those questions are not resolved merely because a parcel appears on SCAD’s map.
| Question | What to verify | Why SCAD alone is not enough |
|---|---|---|
| Is it truly waterfront? | Survey, deed, shoreline/lease documents and applicable water authority rules. | A parcel can be near water without carrying the same rights as true waterfront property. |
| Does the road provide legal access? | Recorded easement, public-road status and title documents. | Physical use of a road does not by itself prove permanent legal access. |
| Can I build? | Flood data, septic feasibility, utilities, permits, setbacks and applicable local requirements. | Appraisal classification does not certify development feasibility. |
| Do minerals convey? | Mineral deeds, reservations, leases, assignments and title research. | Surface ownership can be separated from mineral ownership. |
| Will the ag/timber value continue? | Use history, current intensity, management records and eligibility after transfer. | A seller’s productivity appraisal does not remove the buyer’s need to satisfy ongoing requirements. |
Smith CAD Market Value Is Not the Same as Your Final Property Tax
A Smith County property can display different market, appraised and taxable values because Texas appraisal limitations, productivity appraisal, exemptions and taxing-unit rules affect the path from appraisal to tax bill.
Important 2026 Texas Property-Tax Numbers
Current mandatory school-district residence-homestead exemption.
Additional mandatory school exemption for a qualifying age-65-or-older or disabled homeowner.
Current exemption amount for qualifying income-producing tangible personal property.
Smith CAD’s published 2026 capitalization rate for qualifying low-income-housing property under the cited Texas Property Tax Code provision.
Apply for Smith County Homestead Through SCAD, Then Verify the Account
Find the correct SCAD Property ID
Verify the owner, physical property, legal description and account before starting an exemption application.
Download the current Form 50-114
Smith CAD’s current Forms page lists the Application for Residential Homestead Exemption and supporting homestead affidavits.
Follow the current identification requirements
Use the identification and ownership information required by the current application. When an exception or heir-property situation applies, use the appropriate affidavit/supporting documents rather than altering the application yourself.
Keep proof of delivery
Retain the completed application, attachments and a portal, mail or in-person filing record.
Recheck the property account
Submitting an exemption application does not itself prove approval. Verify the expected exemption on the appraisal record and later tax statement.
General Homestead
For a qualifying principal residence. Current Texas school-district law provides the statewide general exemption discussed above.
Age 65 / Disability
Can involve additional exemption relief, school-tax ceilings, installment rights and potential tax-deferral rules when requirements are met.
Veteran / Survivor / Heir
Different statutory categories have different eligibility and evidence requirements. Use the form matching the actual situation.
Smith County Ag, Beekeeping, Wildlife and Timber Appraisal: Local Rules Matter
Smith CAD’s currently linked local qualification guide makes one point very clear: rural land does not receive productivity appraisal simply because it is open, wooded or casually connected with agriculture. The landowner carries the burden of showing qualifying principal use, current use, local intensity and required use history.
1-D-1
LAND
Pasture
Beekeeping
Timber
Wildlife
The four questions SCAD’s guide effectively asks
- Is agriculture or timber the property’s principal use?
- Is the qualifying activity happening now?
- Is the intensity typical for a genuine local operation?
- Does the property have the required historical use?
Smith CAD’s Published Agricultural Starting Points
| Use | Published local starting point | Evidence worth keeping |
|---|---|---|
| Native / wooded pasture | Guide recommends roughly 10–20 acres and at least two animal units, subject to actual land carrying capacity. | Livestock ownership, sales, breeding, fencing, water, feed and veterinary records. |
| Improved pasture | Guide recommends roughly 5–10 acres; land under five acres is not eligible under that published pasture standard. | Planted grass, fertilizer, weed/pest control, fencing, hay/livestock production and supplemental feed. |
| Hay | Published guide recommends at least five acres, normal management and production consistent with genuine hay operations. | Cutting dates, bale counts, invoices, equipment and sales. |
| Commercial orchard / vineyard | Guide uses approximately five acres as a recommended minimum and requires a commercial rather than home-use operation. | Plant density, irrigation, pruning, fertilizer, harvest and sales records. |
| Wildlife management | Requires qualifying prior open-space status and implementation of qualifying wildlife-management practices. | Plan, annual report, photographs, habitat work, population counts and management receipts. |
| Timber | Published guide recommends about 10 acres and says standing trees alone do not qualify. | Timber-management plan, planting, thinning, harvesting, forestry records and income intent. |
Smith County Beekeeping: A Particularly Useful Local Rule to Know
Smith CAD’s published beekeeping guideline uses five acres as the minimum qualifying acreage.
Six active hives are the published local intensity starting point for the first five acres.
The published table adds one hive for each additional 2.5 acres, reaching 12 hives at 20 acres.
The guide says hives must be actively managed and maintained on the property for at least seven months of the calendar year.
Timberland: Trees on the Property Are Not Enough
Published qualification concepts
- Currently and actively devoted to timber production
- Timber must be the principal use
- Use must meet local degree-of-intensity expectations
- Owner must intend to produce income
- Required qualifying history must exist
- Application must be timely and valid
Timber management plan
Smith CAD’s published guide specifically states that a Timber Management Plan is required to complete the timber application.
Timber kept primarily for scenery or recreation does not qualify merely because trees are standing on the tract.
Smith County Business Personal Property: 2026 Rendition & Online Portal
Smith CAD separately appraises taxable furniture, equipment, vehicles and other personal property used to produce income. A company’s real-estate account and its business-personal-property account should not be assumed to be the same record.
April 15
The normal Texas rendition deadline for most business personal property is April 15, subject to the extension rules that apply to a timely request.
$125,000
Current Texas law provides an exemption amount for qualifying tangible personal property held or used for income production when the statutory conditions are met.
2026 Schedules
Smith CAD’s current Forms page lists 2026 present-value/depreciation schedules for commercial and industrial BPP.
Smith County CAD Protest Deadline: Read the Notice, Not a Generic Calendar
Smith CAD’s current instructions are more specific than the generic Texas deadline often repeated online. Your exact situation determines which date matters.
📬 I Received a Notice
Smith CAD says a taxpayer generally must notify the appraisal district in writing within 30 days from the date of the Notice of Appraised Value.
Use the filing date printed on your actual notice rather than assuming a statewide calendar date overrides it.
❓ No Appraisal Notice Was Generated
Smith CAD currently states that if no Notice of Appraised Value was generated, a protest may still be filed by May 20.
If you are unsure whether a notice was generated or delivered, contact SCAD before assuming you still have an ordinary protest right.
✓ I Already Filed
Monitor the hearing information, review the evidence exchange requirements and consider an informal review with appraisal staff before the ARB hearing.
Smith CAD also publishes a Hearing Search and provides a Taxpayer Liaison Officer for procedural assistance.
What You Can Protest
Value / Unequal Appraisal
Market value, unequal appraisal and appraisal-record errors that affect value are common protest subjects.
Exemption / Ag / Timber
Denial or qualification questions involving exemptions, agricultural appraisal and timber appraisal can also be protestable.
Ownership / Other Action
The Texas property-tax process also allows protests of certain ownership and other appraisal-district actions that adversely affect the property owner.
Evidence That Works Better Than “My Taxes Are Too High”
| Issue | Useful evidence | Less useful approach |
|---|---|---|
| Property condition | Dated photographs, inspection report and itemized repair estimates. | A general statement that the home needs work. |
| Recent purchase | Closing statement, sales contract and transaction circumstances. | Only quoting an online listing. |
| Comparable sales | Similar location, property type, size, quality, condition and sale period. | Mixing Tyler subdivision homes with unrelated rural acreage or lake property. |
| Rural tract issue | Survey, acreage, access, soil/site limitations, utilities, flood/drainage facts and credible market evidence. | Assuming all acreage sells at one countywide per-acre number. |
| Ag / timber denial | Use history, leases, livestock, hive, crop, timber-management and income evidence. | Showing only that the property is rural or wooded. |
| BPP | Asset ledger, acquisition dates, disposed assets, inventory and current business records. | Unsupported lump-sum estimates. |
Search and Pay Smith County Property Taxes
Smith CAD establishes appraisal values; the Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector collects taxes for the jurisdictions the office serves. Use the Tax Office search when you need the actual bill, paid/unpaid status, payment amount or receipt.
Open the official Smith County tax search
The county’s system can search tax records and distinguish paid, unpaid and inactive accounts.
Use the account number when available
The Tax Office says account numbers can be found on the tax statement. If you do not have one, owner and property-location searches are available.
Follow the County’s search formatting
For owner name, enter last name followed by first name or initial. For property location, use street number and street name and omit street type or direction.
Review every unpaid year
Buyers and owners should not assume the newest statement is the only balance that matters. Verify prior years, penalty, interest and payment status.
Save the payment confirmation and allow processing time
Smith County says electronic payments may require at least three days to process. Do not send a second payment simply because the first one is not immediately visible.
Current Smith County Online Payment Fees
| Method | Current published convenience fee |
|---|---|
| Electronic check | No convenience fee |
| Credit card | 2.50% with a $2 minimum |
| Debit card | 1.5% with a $2 minimum |
Estimate the Current Online Payment Convenience Fee
Enter only the amount you plan to pay. Do not enter an account number, bank information or card details. This tool runs only in your browser.
Always verify the actual fee shown by the official payment processor before authorizing payment because payment-provider charges can change.
Main Tyler Office
1517 W. Front St.
Tyler, TX 75702
903-590-2920
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Noonday
15405 Hwy 155 S
903-590-4824
County currently lists property-tax and auto-registration service here.
Lindale
2616 South Main
Lindale, TX
903-590-4899
County currently lists property-tax and auto-registration service here.
Appraisal Value and Tax Rate Are Separate Decisions
Smith CAD
Appraises property, maintains characteristics, considers exemptions and handles appraisal protests.
Taxing Units
County, city, school, college, emergency-service and other governing bodies propose and adopt their own property-tax rates.
Truth in Taxation
Use the Smith County transparency system to review proposed taxes, rate calculations, hearings and taxing-unit information during adoption season.
Search Smith County Deeds and Official Public Records
The County Clerk’s official public-record search should be the next stop when your question changes from “what does SCAD show?” to “what document was legally recorded?”
Save appraisal clues first
Note the current and former owner, subdivision, legal description and Property ID from the SCAD account.
Open the Smith County Official Public Records search
The current system supports index-only searching as well as an index-plus-full-text OCR option.
Search grantors, grantees and related entities
Try current owners, prior owners, spouses, trusts, estates, lenders and business entities when building a chain of recorded documents.
Match the legal description
A matching person name is not enough when that person owns several parcels or mineral interests.
Read the actual document image
OCR and index text help locate documents but can misread names and legal descriptions. Read the deed, lien, release, easement or assignment itself.
Smith County Property Due-Diligence Checklist
Appraisal
- Correct Property ID
- Owner / mailing address
- Land and improvement data
- Exemption status
Property Tax
- Correct collector
- Current and older balances
- Penalty / interest
- Payment confirmation
Deeds / Title
- Current vesting deed
- Deeds of trust / liens
- Releases / easements
- Mineral reservations
Physical Site
- Survey / legal access
- Flood / drainage
- Utilities / septic
- Lake / timber / ag rights
Smith County Property Offices
Smith County Appraisal District
Chief Appraiser:
Carol McNeil
Address:
245 SSE Loop 323
Tyler, TX 75702
Phone:
903-510-8600
Fax:
903-510-8621
Hours:
Monday–Friday
8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector
Tax Assessor-Collector:
Gary B. Barber
Address:
1517 W. Front St.
Tyler, TX 75702
Mail:
P.O. Box 2011
Tyler, TX 75710
Phone:
903-590-2920
Hours:
Monday–Friday
8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Smith County Clerk
County Clerk:
Karen Phillips
Address:
200 E. Ferguson, Suite 300
Tyler, TX 75702
Phone:
903-590-4670
Use the County Clerk for official public records, including real-property recordings.
Official County Clerk ↗Nearby CAD Guides for Property Outside Smith County
Smith County sits among several East Texas appraisal districts. These links are included for county-boundary, lake-area, rural-land and neighboring-property research—not simply to add internal links.
Official Smith County Resources Used in This Guide
| Official resource | Use it for | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Smith County Appraisal District | Current property search links, forms, exemptions, protest systems, BPP, GIS resources and contact information. | SmithCAD.org ↗ |
| Current SCAD Property Search | Primary current appraisal-record search linked by Smith CAD. | Open ↗ |
| Legacy Property Search | Older SCAD search retained as a fallback by the appraisal district. | Open ↗ |
| Property Owner Protest Portal | Current owner-facing online protest system. | Open ↗ |
| Smith CAD Protest Process | Deadline, informal review, ARB procedure, appeal and TLO information. | Open ↗ |
| Smith CAD Forms | Current homestead, protest, agriculture, wildlife, BPP and other forms. | Open ↗ |
| Smith County Map Site | Current county GIS environment, mapping resources and open data. | Open ↗ |
| Smith CAD Ag / Timber Guidelines | Published local qualification/intensity guidance for pasture, bees, wildlife, crops, orchards and timber. | PDF ↗ |
| 2026 Low-Income Housing Cap Rate | SCAD’s published 7% capitalization rate for qualifying properties. | Open ↗ |
| Smith County Tax Office | Tax collection, fees, office locations and contact information. | Open ↗ |
| Smith County Tax Search | Property-tax account lookup, payment status and online payment. | Search ↗ |
| Truth in Taxation | Proposed taxes, taxing-unit calculations, hearings and rate transparency. | Open ↗ |
| Smith County Clerk Public Records | Official public-record search, property filings and record information. | Open ↗ |
| Smith County Official Record Search | Deeds, liens, releases and other recorded-document research. | Search ↗ |
| Texas Comptroller Property Tax | Current statewide exemptions, rendition rules, forms and taxpayer guidance. | Open ↗ |
Smith County CAD Property Search FAQs
What is the official Smith County CAD website?
The official Smith County Appraisal District website is smithcad.org. The district currently links its main property search to smithcad-search.gsacorp.io and also keeps a separate legacy property-search link.
What is the current Smith County CAD property search?
Smith CAD currently links smithcad-search.gsacorp.io as its primary property-search system. A separate legacy GSA search remains linked from the official SCAD website.
What is the Smith County Appraisal District phone number and address?
Smith CAD currently lists 903-510-8600 as its main phone number. The office is at 245 SSE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75702, and normal published hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Who is the Smith County Chief Appraiser?
Smith CAD currently lists Carol McNeil as Chief Appraiser.
What is the Smith County property-tax protest deadline?
Smith CAD currently says a taxpayer generally must notify the appraisal district in writing within 30 days from the date of the Notice of Appraised Value. If no Notice of Appraised Value was generated, SCAD says a protest may still be filed by May 20. The specific filing deadline printed on the appraisal notice controls.
Where do I file a Smith County appraisal protest online?
Property owners can use the current Smith CAD property-owner protest portal at smithcad-taxpayer.gsacorp.io. Appraisal agents have a separate online protest system.
Can I check my Smith CAD hearing online?
Yes. Smith CAD currently links a Hearing Search from its official website. Owners should also follow the formal hearing notice sent for their specific protest.
Is the Smith County GIS map a legal survey?
No. Smith CAD states that its maps do not represent an on-the-ground survey and show approximate relative property locations. Use a professional survey and recorded documents when exact boundaries matter.
How many acres do I need for beekeeping appraisal in Smith County?
Smith CAD’s currently published local guideline describes beekeeping agricultural use on 5 to 20 acres. Its intensity table starts with six hives for the first five acres and adds one hive for each additional 2.5 acres, up to twelve hives at twenty acres. The district evaluates qualification and history case by case.
Does wooded land automatically qualify for timber appraisal?
No. Smith CAD’s published guideline says land does not qualify simply because standing timber is present. The property must satisfy timber-production, intensity, income-intent, history and filing requirements, and the district’s guide requires a timber management plan to complete the timber application.
What is Smith CAD’s 2026 low-income-housing capitalization rate?
Smith CAD currently publishes a 7% capitalization rate for tax year 2026 for qualifying properties receiving the referenced low-income-housing exemption, subject to property-specific adjustments permitted by law.
Where do I pay Smith County property taxes?
Use the Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector’s official property-tax system at publictax.smith-county.com. Smith CAD appraises property but does not serve as the county’s property-tax payment system.
What are Smith County’s online property-tax payment fees?
Smith County currently publishes no convenience fee for electronic checks, a 2.50% credit-card fee with a $2 minimum, and a 1.5% debit-card fee with a $2 minimum.
How long can a Smith County electronic tax payment take to process?
The Smith County Tax Office currently tells taxpayers to allow a minimum of three days for funds from an electronic payment to be processed.
Where can I search Smith County deeds and liens?
Use the Smith County Clerk’s official public-record search at smith.tx.publicsearch.us. Search the relevant names and document information, then open and read the actual recorded document and match its legal description to the correct property.
What is the current Texas school homestead exemption in 2026?
Current Texas law provides a $140,000 general residence-homestead exemption from school-district taxation. A qualifying age-65-or-older or disabled homeowner receives an additional mandatory $60,000 school-district residence-homestead exemption.
What is the 2026 business personal property exemption amount?
Current Texas law provides a $125,000 exemption amount for qualifying tangible personal property held or used for income production when the statutory requirements are met.
Independent Editorial Notice
County-CAD.us is an independent property-information website and is not affiliated with Smith County Appraisal District, Smith County Appraisal Review Board, Smith County, the Tax Assessor-Collector, County Clerk, any city, school district, college district, emergency-services district or the State of Texas. Property values, exemptions, appraisal procedures, agricultural and timber qualification, tax balances, fees and online systems should be verified with the responsible official source before an account-specific action.
Estimate Taxes, Exemptions, Escrow, Protest Savings and Next Steps
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Choose your main goal. The tool will guide you to the right calculation or next step.
Use Tax, Exemption and Protest tabs to understand your appraisal notice and possible savings.
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Property Tax Estimate Calculator
Estimate annual tax using property value, assessment ratio, exemptions and local tax rate.
Homestead and Exemption Savings
Estimate how much a homestead, senior, disabled, veteran or local exemption may reduce annual tax.
Monthly Escrow / Ownership Cost
Estimate monthly property tax, insurance, HOA and reserve cushion. Useful for buyers and homeowners comparing affordability.
Property Tax Protest Savings
Estimate possible savings if your appraised value is reduced after a protest, evidence review or correction.
Appraised Value Growth / Cap Impact
Estimate how a value increase or appraisal cap may affect taxable value. Rules vary by state, county and exemption status.
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