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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:
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Office Information
Chief Appraiser
Renn Rudasill Riley
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Physical Address
**located in the County Annex Building**
101 E. Main Street
Rocksprings, Tx 78880
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 858
Rocksprings, Tx 78880
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Customer Service
(830) 683-4189 (office)
(830) 683-4193 (fax)
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Holidays
Our office will be closed on the following dates in observance...
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Jan. 20, 2025.....MLK Jr. Birthday
Feb. 17, 2025......President's Day
March 3, 2025....TX Independence Day
April 18, 2025.......Good Friday
May 26, 2025.......Memorial Day
July 4, 2025.......Independence Day
Sept. 1, 2025.........Labor Day
Oct. 13, 2025.......Columbus Day
Nov. 11, 2025.......Veterans Day
Nov. 27 & 28, 2025......Thanksgiving
Dec. 24, 25, 26, 2025..........Christmas
Dec. 31, 2025....New Year's Eve
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TRUTH AND TAXATION
Click the link above to visit the Edwards County site for Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes, on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes. Including information regarding the amount of taxes that each entity, that taxes your property, will impose if the entity adopts its proposed tax rate. The Edwards County property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials propose and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay in property taxes.
If you would like more information from each taxing unit, you may request their contract information from your local Tax-Assessor-Collector
Edwards Central Appraisal District
Renn R Riley, RTA/RTC
PO Box 858/101 East Main Street
830-683-4189
Please click on the link above and search your property in order to subscribe to notifications.
Electronic Communication
Texas Tax Code Section 1.085(a-1) requires that a chief appraiser deliver communications to you or your designated representative electronically if requested. The election remains in effect until rescinded, in writing, by your or your designated representativ.
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Steps to enroll:
1)Fill out Form 50-843 Request for Electronic Delivery of Communications with a Tax Official
2)Submit via "Submit Form(s)" Tab or email ecad@swtexas.net
3)Await written confirmation of enrollment.
ATTENTION TAXPAYERS
The Edwards Central Appraisal District would like to remind Taxpayers that the 2024 tax will become delinquent on FEBRUARY 1ST .
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The Penalty and interest on all current taxes (2024 taxes) are assessed on February 1, 2025. Penalty and interest accrue at the following rates:
February 7%
March 9%
April 11%
May 13%
June 15%
July 18%
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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.
The Edwards Central Appraisal District is subject to a bi-annual review by the Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD) of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
“Tax Code Section 5.102 requires the Comptroller of Public Accounts to review each appraisal district’s governance, taxpayer assistance, operating procedures and appraisal standards, procedures and methodology at least once every two years.
The Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD) performs Methods and Assistance Program (MAP) reviews of approximately half of all appraisal districts each year. School districts located in counties that do not receive MAP reviews in a year will receive a school district property value study instead.
The number of questions for each appraisal districts is determined based on a three-tier system based on population. Certain appraisal districts may be eligible for a limited scope review if they have received the International Association of Assessing Officer’s Certificate of Excellence in Assessment Administration.” Methods and Assistance Program(texas.gov)
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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