Bexar County homeowners pay some of the highest effective property tax rates in Texas. We check whether a protest will actually lower your tax bill, after caps and exemptions, before you pay. If it won’t, we’ll tell you, and we won’t sell you one. If it will, we mail you a ready-to-sign protest kit for a flat $89: Form 50-132 filled in, your evidence, and an envelope addressed to BCAD.
Texas gives you the right to protest your appraised value every single year, at no cost to file. Here's why San Antonio homeowners have especially strong grounds.
BCAD appraises over 700,000 properties annually using mass-appraisal methods that apply broad neighborhood trends rather than assessing each home individually — leading to systematic over-valuation for many homeowners.
San Antonio has been one of America's fastest-growing cities for a decade. BCAD's models often lag market corrections, leaving thousands of homeowners assessed above their property's actual current value.
Under Texas Tax Code §41.41, every Bexar County homeowner has the legal right to protest their assessed value every year. You don't need an attorney — just evidence. TaxAppeal builds it, you sign the protest, and you mail it.
BCAD handles property valuations for all of Bexar County including San Antonio, Helotes, Leon Valley, Converse, Universal City, Schertz, and surrounding communities.
The 2027 deadline is May 17, 2027 (May 15, 2027 falls on a Saturday, so Tax Code § 1.06 moves it to the next business day), or 30 days after the Bexar Central Appraisal District mails your Notice of Appraised Value — whichever is later. Texas Tax Code § 41.44 sets it from the date on your notice, so check that date: if your notice is dated after mid-April, you have longer than May 17, 2027. File early — BCAD informal hearings fill up fast.
We fill in Form 50-132 with your evidence and mail it to you with a return envelope addressed to BCAD. You sign it in ink, add a stamp and mail it before the deadline. Keep a copy for your records.
All Bexar County municipalities: San Antonio, Helotes, Leon Valley, Converse, Universal City, Schertz, Live Oak, Selma, Kirby, and all unincorporated areas.
BCAD writes to you directly to schedule an informal meeting, where many cases settle. If not, your case goes to the Appraisal Review Board (ARB), and you attend. Forward us anything BCAD sends and we'll help you understand it.
On a $1,400 reduction that's up to $560 taken before it reaches you — every single year.
Pay $89 once and keep every dollar of your $1,400 savings. No annual fees.
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TaxAppeal USA is a self-service document-preparation service. We prepare a ready-to-sign appeal kit and mail it to you; you sign it and mail it to the county yourself. In every state we serve, including Florida, we are not property tax consultants, agents, or representatives, we do not provide tax or legal advice, and we do not file appeals or represent customers before any appraisal district, board of assessors, board of equalization, value adjustment board, or review board. Every appeal, protest and petition is prepared for the property owner, signed by the owner, and mailed by the owner in the owner’s name. In Florida your petition is signed by you as the property owner under section 194.011(3), Florida Statutes, and the county’s Value Adjustment Board filing fee is paid by you directly to the county. TaxAppeal USA does not sign as your representative, does not appear before the Board, and does not present evidence or argument at a hearing.