Search and Pay Johnson County Property Taxes

This page helps users handle Property Tax tasks in Johnson County, Texas, including tax searches, appraisal lookups, exemptions, protests, and office contacts.

For tax bills and payment status, use the Johnson County Tax Office online tax search. For property value, ownership, exemptions, and appraisal records, use Johnson CAD Property Search or contact the Central Appraisal District of Johnson County.

Johnson County Tax Office online tax search

Use the Johnson County online taxes search to look up Property Tax accounts and check payment status.

Have one of these search details ready:

• Account number, including dashes when required
• Owner name, entered as last name followed by first name or first initial
• Owner mailing address
• Property location address

For property location searches, enter the street number and street name. Do not include street type or direction such as Ave., Ln., or Dr.

• Select the search type that matches the information you have.
• Choose the account type and whether to include inactive accounts.
• Filter by pay status, such as both, paid, or unpaid.
• Complete the security check and submit the search.

Johnson CAD Property Search

Use the Johnson CAD Property Search for appraisal district records, including owner, address, property ID, property type, subdivision, neighborhood, geographic ID, and tax year search options.

The search page also includes owner, address, ID, and advanced search tabs. If an address search gives too many results, try a simpler entry such as only the street name. If a name search is difficult, try only the first or last name.

Important: Legal descriptions and acreage amounts are for appraisal district use and should be verified with the Appraisal District before being used for legal purposes or documents.

Property values, exemptions, and protests

The Central Appraisal District of Johnson County handles property value, owner or mailing address changes, exemptions, renditions, value protests, and notices of appraised value. The Johnson County Tax Office states that those matters should be directed to the Central Appraisal District where the property is located.

JCAD lists 2026 property values as available online and gives a protest deadline of July 2, 2026. Property owners can use the JCAD site for informal review, owner protest portal access, agent protest portal access, and taxpayer liaison officer contact options.

The JCAD exemptions page includes residential homestead, over 65, disabled person, and 100% disabled veteran homestead information. The online residence homestead application asks for a Property ID, and users can look that up through the JCAD search.

Tax estimator and tax rates

The Johnson County Tax Office provides a tax estimator with fields for tax year, taxing units, exemption types, and property value. Exemption options shown include homestead, over 65, disabled person, surviving spouse, and disabled veteran percentage categories.

JCAD also publishes tax rates for county, lateral road, emergency services, school districts, cities, special districts, and Hill College jurisdictions. Use the tax rate information to understand which taxing entities may affect a property’s total tax calculation.

For adopted rates and property tax database updates, the Truth in Taxation page states that Johnson County property owners may request tax rate adoption information from the Johnson County Tax Assessor-Collector.

Maps, forms, and public improvement districts

The JCAD Public Map lets users search for parcels and view map layers such as parcels, streets, subdivision blocks, subdivision boundaries, and 911 address layers.

JCAD forms include homestead exemptions, other exemptions, agricultural applications, renditions, special inventory forms, confidentiality requests, and appraisal review forms such as protest forms and motions to correct appraisal roll issues.

JCAD also lists Public Improvement District information. PID fees are not ad valorem property taxes and are not subject to property tax exemptions under the Texas Property Tax Code.

Johnson County Property Tax contacts

Use these contacts for the office that matches the Property Tax issue.

• Johnson County Tax Office, mailing address: PO BOX 75, Cleburne, TX 76033; physical address: 2 N Mill St, Cleburne, TX 76033
  Phone: (817) 558-0122
  Fax: (817) 556-0826
  Property Tax email: propertytax@johnsoncountytx.org
  Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:45 pm
• Central Appraisal District of Johnson County, 109 N. Main St., Cleburne, TX 76033
  Phone: (817) 648-3000
  Fax: (817) 645-3105
  Email: customerservice@johnsoncad.net
  Exemptions: exemptions@johnsoncad.net
  ARB: arb@johnsoncad.net
  Agricultural: ag@johnsoncad.net
  Feedback: feedback@johnsoncad.net
  Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
  Drop box: available in front door
• Taxpayer Liaison Officer, Amy Lingo
  Phone: (817) 240-4058
  Email: taxpayerliaison@johnsoncad.net