Property Tax Information
Please click here to read about topics such as exemptions, taxpayer remedies, & more.
2023 School Tax Freeze Ceiling Reduction
Texas voters passed Proposition 1 on May 7, 2022, which amended the Constitution authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction in the 2023 school tax ceiling (freeze) for property owners with 65 & older exemption, or those qualified disabled persons. Click here to review the top questions being asked of ECAD’s customer service staff about this process.
AG SALES TAX
Edwards CAD DOES NOT issue sales tax numbers.
Property Owners must contact Texas Comptroller's Office!
1-800-252-5555
Truth in taxation is a concept embodied in the Texas Constitution that requires local taxing units to make taxpayers aware of tax rate proposals and to afford taxpayers the opportunity to roll back or limit tax increases. Property owners have the right to know about increases in their property’s appraised value and to be notified of the estimated taxes that could result from the new value. Please click the below link to access this website.
https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/property-tax-transparency/
Edwards Central Appraisal District
Welcome!
Welcome to the
Edwards Central Appraisal District Website
Within this website you will find the forms and applications that the Edwards Central Appraisal District provides as well as the guidelines that govern the exemptions and special valuations. This office is tasked with producing an equal and uniform appraisal roll as well as processing applications for exemptions and special valuations for properties within Edwards County. This is done for ad valorem taxing purposes in accordance to the State of Texas Property Tax Code.
Edwards Central Appraisal District is responsible for the fair market appraisal of properties within each of the following taxing entities:
Office Information
Chief Appraiser
Renn Rudasill Riley
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8 am - 5 pm
**Closed for Lunch 12 pm - 1 pm**
Physical Address
**located in the County Annex Building**
101 E. Main Street
Rocksprings, Tx 78880
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 858
Rocksprings, Tx 78880
Customer Service
(830) 683-4189 (office)
(830) 683-4193 (fax)
Holidays
Our office will be closed on the following dates in observance...
Jan. 2, 2023..(Observed) New Years Day
Jan. 16, 2023.....MLK Jr. Birthday
Feb. 20, 2023......President's Day
April 7, 2023.......Good Friday
May 29, 2023.......Memorial Day
June 19, 2023....Juneteenth
July 4, 2023.......Independence Day
Sept. 4, 2023.........Labor Day
Oct. 9, 2023.......Columbus Day
Nov. 10, 2023.......Veterans Day
Nov. 23 & 24, 2023......Thanksgiving
Dec. 25 & 26, 2023........Christmas Eve (Observed) & Christmas Day
ATTENTION TAXPAYERS
The Edwards Central Appraisal District would like to remind Taxpayers that the 2022 tax will become delinquent on FEBRUARY 1ST .
The Penalty and interest on all current taxes (2022 taxes) are assessed on February 1, 2023. Penalty and interest accrue at the following rates:
February 7%
March 9%
April 11%
May 13%
June 15%
July 18%
The taxes continue to accrue at a rate of 1% per month or portion of a month (for total of 18% in July), plus in July you will also pay an additional 20% collection fee which is applied to the base tax, penalty and interest.
Disclaimer:
TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE 2015 EDITION
Sec. 25.027. Restriction on Posting Information on Internet Website.
(a) Information in appraisal records may not be posted on the Internet if the information:
(1)is a photograph, sketch, or floor plan of an improvement to real property that is designed primarily for use as a human residence; or
(2)indicates the age of a property owner, including information indicating that a property owner is 65 years of age or older.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to an aerial photograph that depicts five or more separately owned buildings.
(Enacted by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 29 (S.B. 541), § 1, effective September 1, 2005; am. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 337 (H.B. 394), § 1, effective September 1, 2015.)
"The Edwards Central Appraisal District is committed to providing excellent customer service and conducting its practices in accordance to the State of Texas Property Tax Code".
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