Property Tax Resources · DeWitt County, Texas
DeWitt County
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South Texas cattle and energy country — DeWitt County property owners saw accelerating appraisal increases as Eagle Ford development drove up land values.
Property Tax Resources · DeWitt County, Texas
South Texas cattle and energy country — DeWitt County property owners saw accelerating appraisal increases as Eagle Ford development drove up land values.
Sources: Population — U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 estimates; County Debt — Texas Bond Review Board (FY2025)
🔴 2026 Protest Deadline: May 15, 2026 — or 30 days after your Notice of Appraised Value is mailed, whichever is later. Miss this date and you waive your right to protest.
DeWitt County straddles the South Texas coastal plain between Victoria and Gonzales, with Cuero at its center. The county bills itself the Turkey Capital of the World and carries a heritage stretching back to Green DeWitt’s original colonist grant of the 1820s. The Eagle Ford Shale play brought investment and value increases that appraisal districts were quick to capture — and slower to adjust when energy prices cooled.
DeWitt County’s effective rate of 1.51% sits above the state median. Property owners who protest typically achieve informal settlements reducing their taxable values by several thousand dollars per account. Your right to protest exists regardless of the market — if the assessed value is wrong, file.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
DeWitt County Appraisal District protest procedures, online filing portal, and deadline information for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for DeWitt County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in DeWitt County — your school district, city, county — must publish its proposed rate and hold a public hearing before adopting any rate exceeding the no-new-revenue rate. These meetings are open. Your voice is on the record.
View DeWitt County Tax Rates →| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Dewitt County | County | $0.3858/$100 |
| Cuero ISD | School District | $0.9236/$100 |
| Meyersville ISD | School District | $0.6669/$100 |
| Nordheim ISD | School District | $0.8604/$100 |
| Westhoff ISD | School District | $0.6669/$100 |
| Yoakum ISD | School District | $1.0438/$100 |
| Yorktown ISD | School District | $0.6669/$100 |
2025 adopted rates per Texas Comptroller Tax Rates & Levies (source). City, MUD, college and other special-district rates may also apply depending on your parcel. Your total depends on which districts your property falls in — verify current rates at your county appraisal district.
What your Notice means and exactly what to do — and by when — after it arrives.
How the Texas homestead exemption lowers your taxable value, including recent changes.
When a property tax consultant is worth it for protesting your appraisal.
Lesser-known special valuations that can cut the taxable value of qualifying land.
The state office that oversees appraisal districts and protects taxpayers.
Who sets your county’s values and why that role matters to your bill.
Search your account at dewittcad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online, by mail, or in person at DeWitt County Appraisal District: 103 E. Bailey Street, Cuero, TX 77954. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable properties, your purchase price, photos of condition issues, and repair estimates all strengthen your case.
Before your ARB hearing, a CAD appraiser may offer to settle. Review any offer carefully before accepting — you can accept or proceed to the formal hearing.
The Appraisal Review Board is independent of the CAD. Present your evidence clearly and concisely. Most hearings run 15–30 minutes.
Disagree with the ARB ruling? You may appeal to district court, binding arbitration, or SOAH (properties over $1 million).
“No person’s particular services shall be demanded, nor property taken or applied to public use, unless by the consent of himself or his representative, without just compensation being made therefor.”
— Section 13, Declaration of Rights, Republic of Texas, 1836DeWitt County sits where some of the earliest Texas colonists carved ranches out of land that had never been surveyed. Green DeWitt himself came here under a grant from the Mexican state government — not by permission of a taxing district. The men who signed the Republic’s Declaration of Rights in 1836 did so in part to protect exactly what those colonists had built: their land, their improvements, their right to own property without arbitrary exaction. When your appraisal jumps without justification, that principle is at stake. Look up your value. File your protest. Attend the hearings. These are your rights — exercise them.
