Aransas County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 1,100 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 950 in 2017. The volume of property tax protests in Aransas County has been increasing during the last 3 years. The 2018 property tax protest count was for 95,000,000 commercial/industrial / other properties and xxx for 139,900,000 (0.52% commercial vs 0.35% houses). The total value of Aransas County property protested in 2018 was $354,300,000 including $139,900,000 for houses and $95,000,000 for commercial/other. The total value of property appealed in Aransas County in the last two years rose by 43% versus 30.2% statewide. Aransas County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 183 ARB hearings while Aransas County Appraisal District coordinated 1,177 hearings. Aransas County protests settled informally rose from 900 in 2016 to 1,180 in 2018. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $1 million for all types of property at both the informal hearings and the formal / ARB hearings (estimate based on no exemptions and 2.7% tax rate.) Informal protests were successful for 39.34% of Aransas County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 46% of ARB appeals.

Aransas County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

AransasCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	1,099
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	455
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	16
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	100
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	48
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	5
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	1
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	34
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	70
Number Other Property Tax Protests	370

AransasCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$354,310,290
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$139,861,620
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$12,665,140
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$94,976,840
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$3,344,800
$ Value Utilities Protested	$5,598,530
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$37,351,220
$ Value Other Protested	$60,512,140

AransasCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	501

AransasCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	1,177
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	525
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	463

AransasCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	10609237
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	$232

AransasCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	183
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	86
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	97
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	46

AransasCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$3,305,313
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$1,693,603
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$1,611,710

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

2