Property Tax Resources · Cass County, Texas
Cass County
Property Taxes
Deep East Texas pine country — where a 2.1% effective tax rate and under-scrutinized appraisals can quietly drain family budgets year after year.
Property Tax Resources · Cass County, Texas
Deep East Texas pine country — where a 2.1% effective tax rate and under-scrutinized appraisals can quietly drain family budgets year after year.
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.
Cass County covers 938 square miles of timber-country East Texas, with Linden as the county seat and a population of roughly 29,000. The county borders Bowie, Marion, Morris, and Miller County (Arkansas) — part of the Ark-La-Tex region that straddles state lines and carries its own distinct economy. Property values here have been rising alongside broader East Texas trends, and an effective tax rate around 2.1% means the average homeowner is sending a meaningful share of income to entities most of them have never attended a meeting for.
In 2024, 20% of Cass County protests resolved through the informal process received a value reduction (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). Only about 2.4% of parcels were protested in 2024 (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey), meaning the vast majority of property owners accepted whatever value the district assigned. That number should be higher.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
Cass CAD accepts protest filings online, by mail, and in person. Find the protest forms section on the official site.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Cass County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Cass 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 Cass County Tax Rates →Photo: Cass County Courthouse, Linden, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Cass County | County | $0.4620/$100 |
| Atlanta ISD | School District | $0.8154/$100 |
| Avinger ISD | School District | $0.7552/$100 |
| Bloomburg ISD | School District | $0.7552/$100 |
| Hughes Springs ISD | School District | $0.7223/$100 |
| Linden-Kildare CISD | School District | $0.7552/$100 |
| McLeod ISD | School District | $0.6692/$100 |
| Pewitt CISD | School District | $0.9603/$100 |
| Queen City ISD | School District | $0.8136/$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.casscad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online, by mail, or in person: Cass County Appraisal District, 502 N. Main St., Linden, TX 75563. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice.
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. Informal hearings in Cass County have produced solid reductions — review any offer carefully.
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, 1836The families who have worked Cass County timber and farmland for generations deserve an appraisal system that is honest, not one calibrated to make a school budget work. When values come in inflated — and they do — you have the right to challenge them. That right exists by statute and by the plain intent of this state’s founders. 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.
