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Ellis Appraisal District Board of Directors Election
Now Accepting Applications for the 2024 Ellis Appraisal Review Board



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View our Property Taxpayer Remedies PDF to learn about filing a protest.

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Tax Transparency

Proposed Tax Rate Information is now available for Ellis County Property Owners.

http://www.ellistaxes.com

A Message from the Chief Appraiser

The Board of Directors, Management and Staff welcome you to use the information
on this website. We want you to be informed about the responsibilities of the
appraisal district and your rights as a property owner.

Appraisal districts were created and are governed by the Texas Property Tax
Code. The Property Tax Code was created in 1979 by legislation known as the
Peveto bill. Prior to the creation of appraisal districts all taxing entities
had their own appraisal staff. Properties were often listed on different taxing
entities rolls at dramatically different appraised values and assessment ratios
were also applied with no uniformity between entities. The Peveto bill created
one appraisal district within each county to appraise properties for all taxing
entities at 100% market value with fairness and equity and abolished assessment
ratios. The plan was to create a level playing field where no one would be
subject to paying taxes based on more or less than their fair share.

Market values change and because the appraisal district has the responsibility
to reflect the market, we work diligently to accurately appraise properties
fairly and equitably.

If you believe your property is appraised above your opinion of its market value
and it is prior to the certification of the appraisal roll in late July, we want
to talk to you to insure the accuracy of your market value. There are certain
circumstances where changes to the roll can occur after certification, but they
are limited. Please refer to the Topical Information button for a pamphlet on
Property Taxpayer Remedies for a more thorough explanation.

The appraised value is only one component of your taxes. The other component is
the tax rate. The taxing entities, once an appraisal roll is certified to them,
go through a process to adopt a tax rate. It is important for you to understand
that if values increase then there are more dollars for the entities to spread
their budget over. Increases in value can mean decreases in rates. If overall
values increase and the rate stays the same as last year, it is a tax increase.
You may have a voice in rate adoption by attending the adoption hearings for
your taxing entities. With both components, your value divided by $100 times the
adopted tax rate, your taxes or levy is calculated.

We as the appraisal district have many responsibilities and must be good
stewards making sure we do our jobs well. You as a property owner have many
rights and it is important that you are involved in the process of both value
and rate. With all of us, the appraisal district, taxing entities and you,
working together we can accomplish the fair and equitable distribution of the
taxes that fund our public education and community services.

In service to you,

Chief Appraiser

Kathy Rodrigue

This website only contains information about values. For information on
estimated taxes, tax rates, and tax rate adoption, visit www.ellistaxes.com.

For information on current or delinquent taxes, please visit the Ellis County
Tax Office at https://actweb.acttax.com/act_webdev/ellis/index.jsp.

Chief Appraiser:

Kathy Rodrigue




Address:

400 Ferris Avenue

Waxahachie, Texas, 75165




Mailing Address:

PO Box 878

Waxahachie, Texas 75168

Contact Information:

Phone: 972-937-3552

Fax: 972-937-1618




Email Inquiries:

ecad@elliscad.com




Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Holidays:

Our office will be closed

in observance of:

New Years Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

President’s Day

Good Friday

Memorial Day

Juneteenth

Independence Day

Labor Day

Veteran’s Day

Thanksgiving Day

Day after Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

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