Property Tax Resources · Floyd County, Texas
Caprock High Plains agriculture county — Floyd County’s 2.66% effective rate is one of the highest in Texas, falling on some of the most productive and most overtaxed farmland on the South Plains.
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.
Floyd County sits on the Caprock edge of the South Plains, where Floydada is known as the Pumpkin Capital of the USA and irrigated agriculture — cotton, grain sorghum, and vegetables — defines both the landscape and the economy. The county’s 2.66% effective rate is one of the highest in the state, a burden that has grown as irrigated farmland values have increased while farm income has not kept proportional pace.
At $983 median annually, Floyd County’s bill sounds manageable — but at 2.66% of value, it represents a significant percentage of a farm’s gross income. Agricultural landowners whose ag-use valuations have not been updated, or who are inadvertently taxed at market value rather than productivity value, should check their status carefully. If your appraised value is wrong, the protest deadline is May 15, 2026.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
Floyd 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 Floyd County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Floyd 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 Floyd County Tax Rates →| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Floyd County | County | $0.7121/$100 |
| Floydada ISD | School District | $1.2654/$100 |
| Lockney ISD | School District | $0.8659/$100 |
| Motley County ISD | School District | $0.6189/$100 |
| Petersburg ISD | School District | $1.2705/$100 |
| Plainview ISD | School District | $1.2705/$100 |
| Turkey-Quitaque ISD | School District | $0.9724/$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 floydcad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online, by mail, or in person at Floyd County Appraisal District: P.O. Box 249, Floydada, TX 79235. 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, 1836Floyd County farmers grow pumpkins and cotton on land that was raw Caprock plain when their great-grandparents broke it. The men who signed the Republic’s Declaration of Rights understood that kind of ownership — built through labor, sustained through hardship, defended by law. A 2.66% effective tax rate on farmland is not abstract. It is cash money, every year, extracted from operations that depend on rainfall and commodity markets outside the owner’s control. When that rate is wrong — when values are inflated above productivity — the protest system is the only remedy. Look up your value. File your protest. The founders wrote this right for the Floyd County farmer.
