Hays County Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District

County: Hays
Street Address: 21001 N. IH 35 Kyle, TX 78640-4795
Mailing Address: 21001 N. IH 35 Kyle, TX 78640-4795
Phone: 512-268-2522
Website: www.hayscad.com
Major Cities: Buda, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, Wimberley

Hays County Texas totals 680 square miles, with a 2018 population of about 230,191.  Adjacent counties include Travis, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Blanco County.  The total market value of real property and personal property in Hays County in 2018 was $53,000,000,000.  Hays County 2018 property taxes are estimated to total $1 billion, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions.  Hays County property owners protested the noticed value for 9,080 houses and 9,250 commercial and BPP properties. Hays County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 72% of the owners.   Property owner property tax protests in Hays County results in savings of $15 million in 2018, or $818 per account protested.  The 2018 budget for the Hays  Appraisal District was $3,130,000, including 37 employees. 

Hays County Property Tax Appraisal

O’Connor is the leading representative for the Hays County Appraisal District property owners because:

• For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Hays County Appraisal District and has continuously produced results.
• O’Connor is the most aggressive property tax consultant.
• We know the processes and appropriate contacts at Hays County Appraisal District.
• Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Hays County Appraisal District and the Hays 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 Hays County Appraisal District 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.

Buda, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, Wimberley 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 Hays County Appraisal District to reduce Buda, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, Wimberley 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 appraisal districts 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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