Dallas County Property Tax Assessment

Dallas County property values are determined by the Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD), the appraisal district responsible for appraising property across the county for the taxing units that serve it. Texas statewide rules — the same statutes and deadlines described in our Texas property tax section — govern what DCAD does; this page is the Dallas County starting point.

What this page is — and is not

This is an independent guide published by AssessCheck. It explains how Dallas County appraisal and property tax works and links to official sources. AssessCheck is not DCAD and not affiliated with any government agency: we do not keep property records, cannot look up an individual account, do not issue tax bills, and do not set values. Your official records live with DCAD, and the links below take you there directly.

What DCAD determines (and what it does not)

Like every Texas appraisal district, DCAD discovers and appraises property for ad valorem tax purposes and prepares the appraisal roll for its taxing units. It does not set tax rates and does not collect property taxes — the taxing units and the county tax offices do that. Value disputes go to DCAD and the Appraisal Review Board (ARB); rate and billing questions go to your taxing units.

Protests in Dallas County

The statewide protest deadline applies, and DCAD states it with two details worth noting: the protest must be filed by May 15, or no later than 30 days after DCAD delivers your Notice of Appraised Value, whichever is later — and if that date falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline is the first business day after it. If you mail the protest, it must be postmarked by the deadline date.

DCAD accepts protest filings through uFile, its online protest system, beginning April 15, or in written form — the district states that protests are not accepted by fax or email. uFile allows only one protest per account, so an owner with several accounts who wants them scheduled together must file by mail or in person. See our protest process and deadlines pages for the statewide rules behind all of this.

Key dates for the current tax year

• Protest filing: In most cases, a property owner has until May 15, or 30 days after the date the appraisal district delivered the notice of appraised value, whichever is LATER. (verified 2026-09-17)
• Protest filing: A late-filed protest may still be heard if the owner shows good cause before the ARB approves the appraisal records. Certain offshore workers and full-time military members outside the U.S. may file after the deadline under statutory exceptions. (verified 2026-09-28)
• Exemption application: The general deadline for filing a property tax exemption application is before May 1. (verified 2026-09-17)
• Tax payment: Property taxes can generally be paid any time after the tax bill is mailed; taxpayers have until January 31 of the following year to pay without penalty and interest, which begin accumulating February 1. (verified 2026-09-17)

Dallas-specific dates — such as when the DCAD ARB begins hearing protests — appear on your notice of appraised value and on DCAD's official site. We link to DCAD rather than restating those dates, because we cannot verify a local calendar daily.

Official property information (DCAD)

DCAD's official Search Appraisals service lets you look up a property by owner name, by account number, by street address (including address-range search), by business name, or on a map. The search — and the values and parcel details it returns — is an official DCAD service; AssessCheck does not host or mirror it. DCAD also notes that the residence homestead exemption application form is available from the account details page of a property you look up.

Official DCAD property search →

Evidence and hearing preparation

Dallas County ARB hearings follow the adopted procedures described on our ARB hearing page. Build your evidence with the evidence guide, and screen candidate comparables with our comparable-properties methodology.

Methodology and update date

This page reflects DCAD and Comptroller sources verified on September 28, 2026. See our methodology and corrections policies. DCAD-specific procedures beyond what DCAD's own pages state have not been verified and are not presented here.