Galveston Central
Local Appraisal District
Property Tax Protection Program™
County: Galveston
Street Address: 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A Texas City, TX 77591
Mailing Address: 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A Texas City, TX 77591
Phone: 409-935-1980
Website: www.galvestoncad.org
Major Cities: Bacliff, Bayou Vista, Clear Lake Shores, Dickinson, Friendswood, Galveston, High Island, Hitchcock, Jamaica Beach, Kemah, La Marque, League City, Port Bolivar, San Leon, Santa Fe, Texas City, Tiki Island
Galveston County Texas totals 211.72 square miles, with a 2019 population of about 50,446. Adjacent counties include Harris, Chambers, Brazoria. The total market value of real property and personal property in Galveston County in 2018 was $75,000,000,000. Galveston County 2018 property taxes are estimated to total $1,000 million, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Galveston County property owners protested the noticed value for 24,700 houses and 9,360 commercial and BPP properties. Galveston County Appraisal review Board appeals were successful for 19% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Aransas County results in savings of $17.02 million in 2018, or $500 per account protested. The 2018 budget for the Galveston was $5,990,000 including 48 employees.
2019
2019 County Appraisal District Statistics
2018
2018 County Appraisal District Statistics
2017
2017 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
10 Year Trend
| Tax Year | Residential Property Valuations | % Change from prior year | Residential Valuations | CPI Annual Change | CPI |
| 2008 | 22,743,583,190 | ||||
| 2009 | 18,299,063,487 | -19.54% | -19.5% | 2.70% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 19,000,599,365 | 3.83% | -16.5% | 1.50% | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 16,167,756,213 | -14.91% | -28.9% | 3.00% | 7.4% |
| 2012 | 16,812,227,608 | 3.99% | -26.1% | 1.70% | 9.2% |
| 2013 | 17,245,967,080 | 6.99% | 2.58% | -24.2% | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 18,200,968,126 | 5.54% | -20.0% | 0.80% | 11.7% |
| 2015 | 20,420,195,379 | 12.19% | -10.2% | 0.70% | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 22,501,724,889 | 10.19% | -1.1% | 2.10% | 14.8% |
| 2017 | 24,631,588,587 | 9.47% | 8.3% | 2.10% | 17.3% |
| 2018 | 25,295,646,776 | 2.70% | 11.2% | 1.90% | 19.5% |
| Tax Year | Commercial Property Valuations | % Change from prior year | Commercial Valuations | CPI Annual Change | CPI |
| 2008 | 4,288,356,074 | ||||
| 2009 | 4,099,603,749 | -4.40% | -4.4% | 2.70% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 4,442,582,086 | 8.37% | 3.6% | 1.50% | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 4,715,777,559 | 6.15% | 10.0% | 3.00% | 7.4% |
| 2012 | 4,785,365,223 | 1.48% | 11.6% | 1.70% | 9.2% |
| 2013 | 4,989,027,678 | 4.26% | 16.3% | 1.50% | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 5,165,884,112 | 3.54% | 20.5% | 0.80% | 11.7% |
| 2015 | 5,401,940,302 | 4.57% | 26.0% | 0.70% | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 5,880,111,542 | 8.85% | 37.1% | 2.10% | 14.8% |
| 2017 | 6,251,150,892 | 6.31% | 45.8% | 2.10% | 17.3% |
| 2018 | 6,384,290,694 | 2.13% | 48.9% | 1.90% | 19.5% |
ENROLL TODAY In the Property Tax Protection Program™
Your property taxes will be aggressively protested every year by the #1 property tax firm in the county. If your taxes are not reduced you PAY NOTHING, and a portion of the tax savings is the only fee you pay when your taxes are reduced! Many FREE benefits come with enrollment.
Galveston County Property Tax Appraisal
O’Connor is the leading representative for the Galveston County property owners because:
- For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Galveston County and has continuously produced results.
- O’Connor is the most aggressive property tax consultant.
- We know the processes and appropriate contacts at Galveston County.
- Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Galveston County and the Galveston County Appraisal Review Board.
Why choose O’Connor?
- We do not charge any fees for market value reductions, unless we reduce your property taxes.
- We take the fight to the Galveston County for you every year, whether your value is up, down or does not change.
- We are the nation’s largest property tax consulting firm.
- For the 2015 tax year, the firm lowered assessed value by more than $1.8 billion, resulting in estimated tax savings of around $49 million* on behalf of its residential and commercial clients. Already increasing in 2016, the firm has filed more than $2.2 billion and 185,000+ protests of assessed value, reducing client taxes by $60 million*.
*Based on average tax rate of 2.7 percent.
Bacliff, Bayou Vista, Clear Lake Shores, Dickinson, Friendswood, Galveston, High Island, Hitchcock, Jamaica Beach, Kemah, La Marque, League City, Port Bolivar, San Leon, Santa Fe, Texas City, Tiki Island homeowners, commercial property owners and business owners hire O’Connor for property tax appeals because of our consistent results and aggressive attitude. Our property tax consultants have the experience in the Galveston County to reduce Bacliff, Bayou Vista, Clear Lake Shores, Dickinson, Friendswood, Galveston, High Island, Hitchcock, Jamaica Beach, Kemah, La Marque, League City, Port Bolivar, San Leon, Santa Fe, Texas City, Tiki Island property tax assessments.
O’Connor is uniquely aggressive and effective in reducing property taxes by:
- Being an effective taxpayer advocate for change, including introducing unequal appraisal and forcing to provide hearing evidence packages when requested by taxpayers.
- Achieving almost double the amount of tax savings compared to other commercial property tax consultants.
- Protesting every property, every year.
- Preparing for informal and formal hearings at an elite level.
- Aggressively seeking settlements at the informal hearing process.
- Aggressively attending and presenting evidence at appraisal review board (ARB) hearings (attending more ARB hearings than the next 10 largest firms combined).
- Uniquely continuing the appeal process beyond the ARB and assertively coordinating lawsuits for property owners.
- Pioneering the use of binding arbitration to achieve equitable results for owners of homes and small commercial properties not able to pursue a judicial appeal.
- Providing contingency fee services to clients regardless of property value as part of our mission to help property owners.
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