Hays County has officially requested the Hays Central Appraisal District (HCAD) to reappraise homes damaged by the Memorial Weekend tornadoes, floods and high winds to help lessen the tax burden on victims who pay County taxes.
The HCAD has the authority to automatically reappraise those homes if a taxing entity, such as the County, City, School District, Emergency Services District, etc., requests it for its own taxing purposes.
“We want to help our storm victims as much as possible,” said County Judge Bert Cobb, M.D. “This means that the HCAD will average two appraisals for damaged homes for County government taxation – the appraised value from January 1 through May 23, and the new appraisal for May 24-December 31. Those homeowners will get a break on their County government taxes.”
The reappraisal will apply to homes on the official damaged list that the County will supply to the HCAD. Homeowners do not need to request the reappraisal; it is automatic. However, each taxing entity must request the reappraisal from the HCAD to have it apply to its tax roll. For instance, if a school district does not request the reappraisal, a home’s appraised value in that school district would not change for the school district’s taxation.
“Each taxing entity needs to make that request to the HCAD in order to have the reappraisal apply for that specific taxing entity. For instance, because the County has requested it, this will apply to Hays County Government taxes, not countywide taxing entities. Each school district, ESD, city, etc., will need to make its own request for the reappraisal to apply to that taxing entity if it chooses to do so,” said Laureen Chernow, Hays County Communications specialist.
Tax rates will be not be affected, only the appraised value of damaged homes.
If you are not living at the property that is reappraised, please make sure the HCAD has your correct, current address as soon as possible so that the reappraisal information reaches you. Please send via email to
info@hayscad.com, by mail to Hays Central Appraisal District, 21001 N. I-35, Kyle, TX 78640 or fax to 512-268-1945.