Property Tax Resources · Anderson County, Texas
Anderson County
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East Texas timber and oil country — where appraisal values climbed faster than incomes and most property owners never pushed back.
Property Tax Resources · Anderson County, Texas
East Texas timber and oil country — where appraisal values climbed faster than incomes and most property owners never pushed back.
Source: County debt — Texas Bond Review Board, FY2025.
🔴 2026
Anderson County stretches across 1,071 square miles of East Texas pine country, centered on Palestine, the county seat. The county economy blends agriculture, timber, oil and gas, and a growing retiree population — all of which have faced accelerating appraisal pressure in recent years. The Anderson County Appraisal District reports total market value now exceeding $8 billion, a figure most working property owners would find hard to reconcile with what they see around them.
In 2024, only about 3% of Anderson County parcels were protested, and 27% of protests resolved informally ended in a value reduction (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). The data is clear: most people who fight back, win something. Most people who don’t protest, don’t. File your protest before 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.
Anderson CAD protest procedures, filing portal, and deadline information for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Anderson County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Anderson 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 Anderson County Tax Rates →Photo: Anderson County Courthouse, Palestine, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | County | $0.4939/$100 |
| Athens ISD | School District | $1.0569/$100 |
| Cayuga ISD | School District | $1.0752/$100 |
| Elkhart ISD | School District | $0.9911/$100 |
| Frankston ISD | School District | $0.9204/$100 |
| LaPoynor ISD | School District | $0.8125/$100 |
| Neches ISD | School District | $0.9610/$100 |
| Palestine ISD | School District | $1.0378/$100 |
| Slocum ISD | School District | $0.9139/$100 |
| Westwood ISD | School District | $1.0016/$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 andersoncad.net. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online or in person at Anderson Central Appraisal District: 801 North Perry St., Palestine, TX 75801. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable homes, your purchase price, photos of property 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, 1836Anderson County sits in the heart of East Texas — a place where people have worked the land for generations and expect their government to deal with them straight. When an appraisal district mass-models values upward to feed school and county budgets, that is not straight dealing. It is the system operating against the people it is supposed to serve. You have a right to push back — and the numbers show that pushing back works. Look up your value. File your protest. Show up. The people setting these rates are your neighbors. Make sure they know you’re watching.
