Property Tax Resources · Brooks County, Texas
Brooks County
Property Taxes
Deep South Texas ranch country — a small county with modest values, but the same rights to protest and the same ARB process as every other county in the state.
Property Tax Resources · Brooks County, Texas
Deep South Texas ranch country — a small county with modest values, but the same rights to protest and the same ARB process as every other county in the state.
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.
Brooks County is situated in the South Texas brush country north of McAllen, with Falfurrias as the county seat. The economy is rooted in ranching, oil and gas, and agriculture — citrus and other specialty crops thrive in the mild climate. The county is small by every measure: roughly 7,000 residents, a modest tax base, and a Brooks County Appraisal District that serves just a handful of taxing entities. Mineral rights ownership can significantly affect property tax exposure in this area.
Very few protests are filed in Brooks County each year — 463 in 2024, with 79% of informal resolutions ending in a value reduction (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). That isn’t because the values are always accurate. It’s because most property owners in small, rural counties don’t know their rights or don’t believe the process is accessible to them. It is. Your protest is heard by an independent ARB, and the process is the same as in any of Texas’s largest counties.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
Brooks CAD protest forms, procedures, and deadline information for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Brooks County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Brooks County — the county, Brooks County ISD, the City of Falfurrias — must publish its proposed rate and hold a public hearing before adopting any rate exceeding the no-new-revenue rate. These meetings are open to every taxpayer in the county.
View Brooks County Tax Rates →Photo: Brooks County Courthouse, Falfurrias, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks County | County | $0.9008/$100 |
| Brooks County ISD | School District | $1.2453/$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 brookscad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File in person or by mail at Brooks County Appraisal District: 221 S. Calixto Mora Ave., Falfurrias, TX 78355 (P.O. Drawer A, 78355-5500). Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable properties, your purchase price if recently acquired, photos of condition issues, and mineral/ag-use documentation if applicable.
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, 1836Brooks County is quiet South Texas brush country — ranch families, small-town life, and land that has been worked hard through every market cycle. Property taxes represent a recurring cost on land that has never been sold, assessed by a district with limited comparable data and significant room for error. Every Texas property owner — in Falfurrias or Dallas — has the same rights before the ARB. The founders of this Republic wrote those rights down in 1836. They still apply. Show up. Look up your value. File your protest. Attend the hearings. The people setting these rates are your neighbors. They work for you — as long as you hold them to it.
