Property Tax Resources · Aransas County, Texas
Aransas County
Property Taxes
Texas Gulf Coast living — where waterfront values and post-Harvey rebuilding have driven appraisals sharply higher and protest rates are rising.
Property Tax Resources · Aransas County, Texas
Texas Gulf Coast living — where waterfront values and post-Harvey rebuilding have driven appraisals sharply higher and protest rates are rising.
Source: 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.
Aransas County stretches along the Gulf Coast near Rockport and Aransas Pass, drawing retirees, fishing industry workers, and coastal property owners who weathered Hurricane Harvey in 2017 only to face surging rebuild-era appraisals. With about 26,000 residents and total market value exceeding $6.8 billion, this is a county where property values are driven heavily by waterfront premiums — and where the gap between CAD estimates and market reality can be wide.
Protest rates have been climbing steadily, reaching over 10% of parcels in 2024. In 2024, 70% of Aransas County protests resolved through the informal process received a value reduction — and 72% of written ARB determinations also lowered values (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). The Aransas CAD offers online protest filing for most residential accounts. Use it. File 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.
Aransas CAD online protest portal — available to most residential property owners with the password on your notice.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Aransas County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Aransas 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 Aransas County Tax Rates →Photo: Aransas County Courthouse, Rockport, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Aransas County | County | $0.3785/$100 |
| Aransas Pass ISD | School District | $0.8088/$100 |
| Port Aransas ISD | School District | $0.7389/$100 |
| Rockport-Fulton ISD | School District | $0.7669/$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 esearch.aransascad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online at the Aransas CAD portal (password on your notice) or in person: 11 Hwy 35 N, Rockport, TX 78382. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable coastal properties, post-Harvey repair costs, flood zone documentation, and photos of property condition 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, 1836Aransas County property owners survived a hurricane and then watched their appraisals climb anyway — in some cases because of the rebuild activity around them, not their own choices. That is not just compensation. The data shows that more than 70% of those who pushed back in informal hearings got results. But most people don’t push back at all. File your protest. Show up. Bring your evidence. The coastline is worth fighting for — and so is the right to afford living on it.
