Property Tax Resources · Bexar County, Texas
San Antonio and 81 taxing entities — 774,000 parcels worth $316 billion, and one of the most active protest dockets in Texas, with more than 185,000 protests filed in 2024.
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.
Bexar County is home to San Antonio — Texas’s second-largest city and a metropolitan area of over two million people. The Bexar Central Appraisal District (BCAD) manages 774,100 parcels with a combined market value exceeding $316 billion, serving 81 separate taxing entities. Your BCAD notice drives your school district bill, your city bill, and your county bill all at once. If it is wrong, every one of those entities benefits at your expense.
185,673 ARB protests were filed in Bexar County in 2024; 99% of protests resolved through the informal process received a value reduction, and 92% of written ARB determinations lowered the appraised value (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). If you have not protested your 2026 notice, you are almost certainly leaving money on the table. The deadline is May 15, 2026, or 30 days after your notice was mailed — and BCAD mails notices in April. Act now.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information for San Antonio and Bexar County.
Search your property record, file your protest online, and manage your account at BCAD’s e-services portal.
BCAD protest procedures — file online at bcadonline.org, by mail, or in person at 411 N. Frio St., San Antonio, TX 78207.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Bexar County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Bexar County — all 81 of them, including San Antonio ISD, the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and University Health — must publish proposed rates and hold public hearings before adopting any rate exceeding the no-new-revenue rate. These meetings are open. Your voice is on the record.
View Bexar County Tax Rates →Photo: Bexar County Courthouse, San Antonio, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Bexar County | County | $0.3000/$100 |
| Alamo Heights ISD | School District | $0.9572/$100 |
| Boerne ISD | School District | $1.0109/$100 |
| Comal ISD | School District | $1.0748/$100 |
| East Central ISD | School District | $0.9319/$100 |
| Edgewood ISD | School District | $0.9861/$100 |
| Floresville ISD | School District | $0.8549/$100 |
| Harlandale ISD | School District | $1.2575/$100 |
| Judson ISD | School District | $0.9796/$100 |
| Medina Valley ISD | School District | $1.1527/$100 |
| North East ISD | School District | $0.9822/$100 |
| Northside ISD | School District | $1.0049/$100 |
| San Antonio ISD | School District | $1.1552/$100 |
| Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD | School District | $1.0769/$100 |
| Somerset ISD | School District | $1.0755/$100 |
| South San Antonio ISD | School District | $1.1959/$100 |
| Southside ISD | School District | $1.0805/$100 |
| Southwest ISD | School District | $1.1598/$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.
Go to bcadonline.org and search your property. Your Owner ID and PIN are printed on your Notice of Appraised Value.
File online at bcadonline.org, by mail, fax, or in person at BCAD: 411 N. Frio Street, San Antonio, TX 78207. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Comparable sales from BCAD’s own search showing similar San Antonio homes selling below your appraised value, your purchase price, and photos of condition issues all strengthen your case.
BCAD offers informal settlement before the formal ARB hearing. Most Bexar County protests are resolved informally — and in 2024, 99% of those informal resolutions ended in a value reduction (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey).
If no settlement is reached, you’ll appear before the Appraisal Review Board at 411 N. Frio St. You may appear in person, by phone, by Zoom, or by written affidavit.
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, 1836San Antonio was founded before Texas was Texas. The Alamo stands in Bexar County — the very place where men died for the principle that a government does not have unlimited claim on the property of its citizens. BCAD now manages over 774,000 parcels serving 81 taxing entities. The system is large, complex, and designed to be navigated without a lawyer if you are willing to show up. About 88% of those who file get a reduction. Look up your value. File your protest. Attend the hearings. The people setting your rates are your neighbors. Hold them to account.
