Harris County, Texas property tax appeals

Who hears a Harris County protest?

The stages in order. We are not affiliated with any of these offices.

1. Harris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board

   Filing: protest

   Official site

2. Regular binding arbitration administered by the Texas Comptroller (Tax Code ch. 41A)

   Filing: appeal

3. District Court in Harris County (petition for review, Tax Code ch. 42)

   Filing: petition

Where is the Harris County office?

We are not affiliated with this office. Hours can change, so call before you visit.

Which Harris County filing windows are coming up?

Who decides a property tax appeal in Harris County?

Harris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board: In Harris County, Texas law gives you the right to protest your property's value; HCAD's iFile lets you file the protest online.

What the appeal is calledHarris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board

In Harris County, Texas law gives you the right to protest your property's value; HCAD's iFile lets you file the protest online.[1]

How do I file a property tax appeal in Harris County?

Harris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board · Online: Harris County owners can file a protest online at owners.hcad.org (iFile), and ask for an online settlement offer (iSettle).

How to fileHarris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board · Online

Harris County owners can file a protest online at owners.hcad.org (iFile), and ask for an online settlement offer (iSettle).[1]

Which exemptions can lower my bill without an appeal?

HCAD says all homeowners may receive a $140,000 homestead exemption for school taxes (tax year 2026). HCAD says homeowners 65 or older or disabled may qualify for an additional $60,000 school homestead exemption (tax year 2026).

School homestead exemption

HCAD says all homeowners may receive a $140,000 homestead exemption for school taxes.[2] (latest published: tax year 2026)

Senior or disabled school exemption

HCAD says homeowners 65 or older or disabled may qualify for an additional $60,000 school homestead exemption.[2] (latest published: tax year 2026)

What do homeowners in Harris County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Harris County was worth $276,600, and the median property tax its owners paid was $4,489 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value

$276,600

Margin of error ±$1,878.

Median property tax paid per year

$4,489

Margin of error ±$46.

Median tax as a share of median value

1.62%

A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.

Owner-occupied homes

961,437

Margin of error ±6,862.

These are survey estimates of what owners reported about their own homes. They are not assessed values, not tax rates, and not an opinion of what any home is worth.

They cannot tell you whether your own assessment is fair. That takes a comparison with similar homes, which we offer only in counties we have researched.

Which details are not confirmed yet?

We show a fact only after a person has checked it against the official source. These are still being checked. Until then, ask the Harris Central Appraisal District Appraisal Review Board:

• When a filing counts as on time
• The date the value is based on
• What share of market value is assessed
• How often homes are reassessed
• Limits on evidence
• Which form to use
• Filing fee
• Who can file or appear at a hearing
• Whether an appeal can raise the value
• Whether you must pay the tax while you appeal