Property Tax Resources · Hale County, Texas
High Plains cotton and agriculture country — Hale County’s 1.31% effective rate falls on Plainview homeowners and South Plains farm and ranch operations in the heart of the Texas Panhandle.
Sources: Population — U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 estimates; 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.
Hale County sits in the heart of the South Plains, with Plainview as its county seat — the commercial hub for a wide stretch of High Plains agriculture. The county’s economy is built on cotton, grain sorghum, and beef production, with irrigated agriculture dependent on the Ogallala Aquifer that underlies the region. Hale County has one of the highest concentrations of agricultural acreage in Texas, and the valuations placed on that land directly determine the tax burden on farming operations.
At 1.31%, Hale County’s effective rate sits above the national median. For agricultural landowners, ensuring productivity valuations are current and correctly filed is the most important lever available — market-value appraisals on farmland can dramatically overstate what the land actually produces. Half of those who protested in 2024 achieved reductions. Your deadline is 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.
Hale County Appraisal District protest procedures, online filing portal, and deadline information for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Hale County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Hale 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 Hale County Tax Rates →| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Hale County | County | $0.6998/$100 |
| Abernathy ISD | School District | $1.1005/$100 |
| Cotton Center ISD | School District | $0.7592/$100 |
| Hale Center ISD | School District | $1.0606/$100 |
| Lockney ISD | School District | $0.8659/$100 |
| Olton ISD | School District | $0.7381/$100 |
| Petersburg ISD | School District | $1.2705/$100 |
| Plainview ISD | School District | $1.2705/$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 halecad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online, by mail, or in person at Hale County Appraisal District: P.O. Box 29, Plainview, TX 79073. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable properties, your purchase price, photos of condition issues, and repair estimates all strengthen your case.
Before your ARB hearing, a CAD appraiser may offer to settle. Review any offer carefully — 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, 1836Hale County farmers irrigate the same Ogallala water their grandparents tapped, raise the same crops on the same land, and depend on thin margins that market-value appraisals can destroy when commodity prices don’t follow land valuations upward. The Republic’s founders understood this relationship between land, labor, and livelihood — and wrote explicitly that no property shall be taken without consent and just compensation. When an agricultural appraisal reflects speculative market values rather than productive capacity, the protest system is the correction. Look up your value. File your protest. The High Plains built this state — it deserves fair treatment.
