Turn a Tyler County Property Search into the Correct GIS Tract, Timber Record, Exemption, Protest, Tax Balance or Recorded Deed
Tyler County appraisal records cover homes and businesses in Woodville, Colmesneil, Warren, Chester, Ivanhoe, Spurger, Hillister and surrounding East Texas communities.
This guide also helps with pine and hardwood timberland, family acreage, wildlife property, manufactured homes, minerals, lake-area parcels and business equipment.
Use Tyler CAD for values, property details, maps, exemptions, timber or agricultural appraisal and protests. Use the Tyler County Tax Office for tax bills and payments. Use the County Clerk for deeds, liens, easements, plats and mineral documents.Important Corrections and 2026 Tyler County Updates
| Issue to Correct | Current Practical Information |
|---|---|
| tylercad.org presented as an official government website | That similarly named website states that it is privately sponsored and is not affiliated with a government agency. The official appraisal district is tylercad.net. |
| Old property-search link or generic lookup directions | The official live search is esearch.tylercad.net and includes Owner, Address, ID, ARB Search and Advanced tabs. |
| Old online-protest login instructions | The former eProtest page now directs taxpayers to the Tyler CAD Taxpayer Portal for property details, communications, documents, applications and online appeals. |
| All property treated as ordinary real estate | The official Advanced Search separates Real, Personal, Mineral, Auto and Mobile Home accounts. |
| Rural land search explained only by owner or address | Search fields also include abstract, subdivision, mobile-home park, Geographic ID, Owner ID, neighborhood, agent, protest status and Doing Business As. |
| Tyler CAD and the Tax Office treated as one office | Tyler CAD is at 806 W. Bluff St. The Tax Assessor-Collector is at 1001 W. Bluff St. and uses a separate tax-payment website. |
| CAD lunch closure omitted | Tyler CAD lists Monday-Friday hours of 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and closes for lunch from 12:00-12:30 p.m. |
| 2026 appraisal value treated as a final tax bill | The Tyler County Tax Estimator currently displays tax year 2025. Proposed 2026 values are not a final 2026 bill in July. |
| County Clerk expected to search by CAD Property ID | The Clerk searches real-property records by grantor, grantee, volume and page or other recording references, not by the appraisal R number alone. |
| Timber qualification described generically | Tyler CAD publishes a county-specific Timber Use Questionnaire and may conduct an onsite inspection for each tract. |
Which Tyler County Office Handles Your Property Task?
Choose Your Tyler County Property Task
How to Search Tyler County CAD Property Records
Use esearch.tylercad.net.
Choose an earlier year only when comparing values, exemptions, ownership or account history.
The account number on an appraisal notice, prior property card or tax statement normally produces the cleanest result.
If the full name fails, use only the first name, surname, company word, trust or estate name.
The official search recommends using less text, such as only the street name, when a complete address fails.
Try the abstract, subdivision, Geographic ID, neighborhood, property type or owner information.
Choose Real, Personal, Mineral, Auto or Mobile Home. The wrong type can hide an otherwise valid account.
The operating business name may differ from the legal owner shown on the appraisal record.
A timber operation, farm, manufactured home, business or mineral owner may have several accounts.
Confirm the abstract, subdivision, tract, acreage and Geographic ID before relying on the result.
Review every listed improvement, land class, productivity value and exemption.
Keep it before filing an exemption, correction, agricultural application or protest.
What to Try When the Tyler CAD Search Returns No Result
| Search Problem | Better Method |
|---|---|
| Full owner name fails | Use only the first name, last name or one distinctive business word. |
| Recent buyer is missing | Search the seller, previous owner or deed grantor. |
| Trust or estate is missing | Search the trustee, decedent, estate, beneficiary and former owner separately. |
| Timber tract has no street address | Use owner, abstract, Geographic ID, legal-description clues or the interactive map. |
| Only one family tract appears | Repeat the owner search and compare every Property ID and acreage amount. |
| Manufactured home is missing | Select Mobile Home and search both the home owner and underlying land owner. |
| Business equipment is missing | Select Personal and search the legal owner and Doing Business As name. |
| Mineral account is missing | Select Mineral and search the mineral owner, company or former owner separately from the surface tract. |
How to Read a Tyler CAD Property Record
| Record Field | What to Verify |
|---|---|
| Property ID | Use the exact number on calls, forms, protests and tax searches. |
| Owner ID | One owner may be connected to multiple property accounts. |
| Geographic ID | Useful for rural land and interactive-map matching. |
| Legal description | Compare abstract, survey, subdivision and tract information with the recorded deed. |
| Acreage | Compare with the deed or survey. Appraisal acreage is not a legal boundary determination. |
| Land class | Check whether the land is residential, timber, agricultural, commercial or another use type. |
| Improvements | House area, age, condition, barns, manufactured home and other listed structures. |
| Market value | The district’s January 1 opinion of market value. |
| Productivity value | Lower special-appraisal value assigned to qualifying agricultural or timber land. |
| Appraised value | May reflect a homestead limitation, circuit breaker or productivity appraisal. |
| Taxable value | Can differ among the county, school, city, hospital, ESD and water districts. |
| Exemptions | Confirm every expected homestead, age, disability, veteran or other exemption. |
How to Use Tyler CAD GIS and Map Downloads
Copy the Property ID, Geographic ID, abstract, subdivision and acreage.
This is helpful for timberland, family acreage, rural subdivisions and tracts without a complete address.
A single ownership or timber operation can include several appraisal parcels.
Add the Property ID and date. Use the map as a research aid, not as a legal survey.
- General parcel location
- Road and subdivision context
- Neighboring appraisal accounts
- Timber-tract orientation
- Property without a normal address
- Exact boundary monuments
- Legal access
- Encroachments
- Mineral ownership
- Clear title
2026 Market Value, Appraised Value and Taxable Value
| 2026 Rule | Practical Meaning |
|---|---|
| Market value | The district’s estimate of the property’s market value as of January 1. |
| Homestead appraisal limitation | Generally limits annual appraised-value growth to 10% plus qualifying new improvements after the limitation becomes effective. |
| Non-homestead circuit breaker | Certain non-homestead real property valued at $5,320,000 or less may receive a 20% annual appraised-value limitation. |
| Circuit-breaker expiration | The current statutory circuit breaker expires December 31, 2026, unless changed by law. |
| Agricultural and open-space cap rate | Texas appraisal districts use a 10.00% capitalization rate in 2026. |
| Timberland cap rate | Texas appraisal districts use a 7.77% timberland capitalization rate in 2026. |
| Taxable value | The value remaining for each taxing unit after applicable limitations and exemptions. |
Tyler County Homestead and Related Exemptions
Confirm the owner, Property ID, address, legal description and existing exemptions.
Use the Residence Homestead Exemption form on Tyler CAD’s official Forms page.
Address differences, inherited property, manufactured homes and special ownership arrangements may require additional proof.
Mailing address: P.O. Drawer 9, Woodville, TX 75979. Keep a complete copy and proof of delivery.
Submitting the form does not prove that the exemption was granted.
Texas law requires appraisal districts to periodically confirm that exempt residential property still qualifies.
Tyler County Timberland, Agriculture and Wildlife Appraisal
What the Tyler CAD Timber Questionnaire Asks
| Questionnaire Topic | What to Prepare |
|---|---|
| Principal timber use | Explain whether the land is currently and actively devoted principally to timber or forest-product production. |
| Location and access | Nearest road, intersection or landmark; locked gates, private drives and permission for an onsite inspection. |
| Boundary identification | Explain how corners and boundary lines are marked, visible or identifiable. |
| Timber type and acreage | Separate pine, mixed and hardwood acreage for the specific appraisal account. |
| Harvest history | Prior harvest year, harvest method and plans for future commercial timber sales. |
| Reforestation | Replanting, natural regeneration, brush control, site preparation and seedling records. |
| Management practices | Roads, culverts, drainage, prescribed burning, firebreaks, boundary maintenance, thinning and harvest activity. |
| Other land use | Open areas, structures, residential use, pasture conversion, well pads, pipelines or utility rights-of-way. |
| Related tracts | Property IDs for adjacent or nearby timber parcels managed with the tract. |
| Tract map | A sketch showing gates, roads, structures, creeks, ponds, open areas and timber types. |
Texas Qualification Framework
Do not assume one application automatically covers nearby family or company tracts.
Separate timber production, livestock, hay, crops, wildlife management, residential areas and idle land.
Keep management plans, leases, invoices, harvest contracts, sales records, photographs and prior-owner evidence.
Tyler CAD provides separate forms for 1-d-1 agriculture, timberland and restricted-use timberland.
Mark access, gates, corners, timber types, open areas and structures clearly.
April 30 is the ordinary deadline for many special-appraisal applications.
Business, Mineral and Manufactured-Home Accounts
Separate inventory, machinery, furniture, computers, tools, vehicles and leased equipment.
Keep invoices and proof of property that was sold, retired, damaged or moved.
Tyler CAD publishes current depreciation and trend factors for business-personal-property appraisal.
Income-producing tangible personal property with a total taxable value of $125,000 or less in a taxing unit may be exempt under current Texas law.
Save the final form, schedules, asset list and delivery confirmation.
How to Protest a 2026 Tyler County Appraisal
Mark the Property ID, proposed value, exemptions and exact protest deadline.
Examples include excessive market value, unequal appraisal, wrong acreage, incorrect improvements, denied exemption or denied special appraisal.
Portal registration may require appraisal-district approval, so do not wait until the deadline day.
Use the portal or submit the official Property Owner’s Notice of Protest by an accepted method.
Ask for comparable properties, schedules, photographs, measurements and other material the district plans to use.
Use dated condition photographs, repair bids, measurements, adjusted comparable records, timber documents or agricultural-use evidence.
State the district’s value, your requested value or correction and the strongest evidence supporting the request.
Ask the appraiser to explain the account and obtain any proposed agreement in writing.
The ARB can consider appraisal and exemption issues but cannot decide tax rates, the amount of taxes due, the ability to pay or how tax money is spent.
Post-ARB appeal deadlines can be short and depend on the available appeal route.
Possible Late Remedies
| Possible Remedy | When It May Apply |
|---|---|
| Good-cause late protest | A qualifying reason caused the missed deadline and the request is made before the ARB approves the appraisal records. |
| Failure to receive required notice | A legally required CAD or ARB notice was not received and statutory payment requirements are met. |
| Late homestead application | The owner qualified for a residence-homestead exemption but missed the normal filing date. |
| Appraisal-roll correction | The account contains a qualifying clerical, ownership or sufficiently large appraisal error. |
How to Search and Pay Tyler County Property Taxes
Confirm the owner, legal description and property type before opening the tax website.
The portal supports account number, owner, mailing address, Owner ID, property address, appraisal-district number, statement number and legal description.
The official portal warns that account-number searches require the dashes printed on the tax statement.
Enter the street number and street name without directions or road types such as Ave., Ln. or Dr.
Filters include Real, Business Personal Property, Mineral, Commercial and Other.
The Tax Office warns that a different online balance may indicate prior years are also due.
Tyler County accounts can include the county, school district, city, hospital district, water district and emergency-services district.
The Texas Comptroller’s consolidated-collection list and the local estimator do not present the City of Ivanhoe entries in exactly the same way. Confirm whether one payment covers every entity on the property.
Keep the account number, tax year, amount, payment date and confirmation number.
How to Find Tyler County Deeds, Liens and Mineral Records
Save the current owner, former owner, Property ID, abstract, acreage, legal description and deed-history references.
The County Clerk searches real-property records by grantor, grantee, volume and page or other official-record information.
Include spouses, trusts, estates, companies, heirs and previous owners.
Tyler County uses different indexes for older deeds, oil and gas records and computerized official records.
Deeds and most other records before 1990 use individual record-type indexes. Records from 1990 forward use the computerized Official Record.
Early records use deed indexes, 1978-1989 records include an Oil and Gas Lease index, and 1990-forward records use the Official Record.
A matching owner name is not enough when the person owns multiple tracts or mineral interests.
A deed may refer to an older plat, easement, restriction, mineral reservation, deed of trust or release.
Ordinary copies may be emailed or mailed. Certified copies cannot be emailed.
The County Clerk records documents but cannot explain their legal effect or provide legal advice.
Currently Posted Clerk Fees
| Clerk Service | Currently Posted Fee |
|---|---|
| Ordinary copy | $1 per page |
| Certified copy | $5 certification fee plus $1 per page |
| Record a real-property document | $25 for the first page plus $4 for each additional page |
| Additional indexed names | $0.25 for each name after the first five names |
| Record search fee | $5 |
Fees and filing requirements can change. Confirm the total with the County Clerk before mailing payment or submitting a document.
Tyler County Buyer and Landowner Checklist
- Match every Property ID to the contract
- Compare appraisal and deed acreage
- Review land and improvement details
- Confirm exemptions and limitations
- Search every open tax year
- Check every expected taxing unit
- Verify timber-appraisal history
- Ask about rollback-tax exposure
- Review easements and road access
- Check mineral reservations and leases
- Match mobile home and land accounts
- Obtain a survey and title commitment
2026 Tyler County Property Calendar
Tyler County Property Office Contacts
| Office | Contact | Handles |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler County Appraisal District |
806 W. Bluff St. P.O. Drawer 9 Woodville, TX 75979 409-283-3736 info@tylercad.net Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Lunch closure: 12:00-12:30 p.m. |
Property search, values, maps, exemptions, special appraisal, renditions, corrections and protests. |
| Tyler County Tax Assessor-Collector |
1001 W. Bluff St. Woodville, TX 75979 409-283-2734 mcarson.tax@co.tyler.tx.us Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
Property-tax statements, balances, payments, receipts, certificates and collection questions. |
| Tyler County Clerk |
116 South Charlton Street Woodville, TX 75979 409-283-2281 Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
Deeds, liens, releases, easements, plats, mineral records, recording and certified copies. |
| Official Public Records Department |
Claire Kenesson 409-283-2281 ckenesson.cc@co.tyler.tx.us |
Real-property record searches, recording references and document-copy assistance. |
Map to Tyler County Appraisal District
Tyler County CAD Property Search FAQs
1. What is the official Tyler County CAD property search?
The official free property search is esearch.tylercad.net. It includes Owner, Address, ID, ARB Search and Advanced tabs.
2. Is tylercad.org the official Tyler County Appraisal District website?
No. That similarly named site identifies itself as privately sponsored. The official appraisal district website is tylercad.net.
3. What are Tyler CAD’s phone number, address and hours?
Call 409-283-3736. The office is at 806 W. Bluff St. and is open Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with lunch closure from 12:00-12:30 p.m.
4. How do I find Tyler County timberland without a street address?
Search by owner, Property ID, Geographic ID, abstract, subdivision, legal-description clues or the official interactive map.
5. Does Tyler CAD inspect land applying for timber appraisal?
Tyler CAD states that field appraisers may conduct an onsite inspection and asks applicants to provide access, boundary, timber-type and tract-map information.
6. What is the 2026 Tyler County property protest deadline?
The general deadline is May 15 or 30 days after the appraisal district mailed the notice, whichever is later. Use the date printed on the notice.
7. Where do I file an online Tyler CAD protest?
Use portal.tylercad.net. The former eProtest page now directs taxpayers to the Tyler CAD Taxpayer Portal for online appeals.
8. Where do I pay Tyler County property taxes?
Use tylercountytax.org or contact the Tyler County Tax Assessor-Collector at 409-283-2734. Do not send tax payments to Tyler CAD.
9. Where can I search Tyler County deeds and mineral records?
Contact the Tyler County Clerk at 409-283-2281 with grantor, grantee, volume, page or recording information. The Clerk does not search by CAD Property ID alone.
10. Is the Tyler CAD GIS map a legal survey?
No. Use the GIS map for general parcel research. Use recorded documents, title research and a licensed surveyor for legal boundaries and access.
Independent Editorial Notice
County-CAD.us is an independent informational website. It is not affiliated with Tyler County Appraisal District, Tyler County, the Appraisal Review Board, any taxing unit or the State of Texas.
Property values, forms, deadlines, exemptions, fees, office hours and online systems can change. Confirm time-sensitive information with the responsible official office before filing, paying or relying on a record for a legal transaction.
Editorial verification: July 20, 2026.
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