Welcome to the website for the Bandera County Appraisal District (Bandera CAD) and Bandera County Tax Office! Within this site, you will find general information about each office and the ad valorem property tax system in Texas. You will also find information about specific properties within the county.

The CAD

Bandera CAD is responsible for fair market appraisals and the administration of exemptions for properties within each of the taxing jurisdictions listed below. Additional responsibilities include change of address and public information requests. The appraisal information is then forwarded to the Tax Office.

The Tax Office

The Tax office calculates the taxes (levies), applying tax rates as adopted by each of the governing bodies of the entities, based on the market appraisal of each property, and then collects the taxes for these entities, with the exception of the Utopia ISD.

Thanks for visiting with us and we hope you’ll find all the information you need right here on the site, but please don’t hesitate to email, call or come by – we’re here to help!

Sincerely,

Wendy M. Grams, RPA, CCA
Chief Appraiser - Bandera CAD

Gwenda Tschirhart, RTA
Tax Assessor-Collector - Bandera County Tax Office

Bandera CAD Mission Statement:

To courteously and efficiently serve the citizens, property owners and taxing units of Bandera County by timely producing an accurate, complete, and equitable appraisal roll.

We expect excellence in the services we provide, and recognize that excellence shall be achieved through individual and team effort on the part of well-trained, motivated personnel. Accordingly, we are committed to creating and maintaining a work environment that provides and supports innovation and change as essential to effective performance in a constantly changing society.

We are also committed to earn and keep the public’s trust and confidence in the work we perform, striving to provide quality services and demonstrating a professional attitude. This professional attitude will include:

Always being respectful and courteous

  • Communicating with understandable language
  • Being honest with the people we meet
  • A willingness to correct errors to the allowable extent of the law
  • Respecting taxpayer and entity concerns or problems
  • Providing comprehensive and accurate information
  • Treating everyone in the manner we would like to be treated
  • Using good judgment!
Bandera County* City of Bandera
Bandera ISD Bandera County River Authority and Ground Water District
Medina ISD Flying 'L' Ranch Public Utility District
Northside ISD Utopia / Vanderpool Area ESD #1
Utopia ISD  

* Includes 2 road taxes.

Utopia ISD Tax Office Information can be obtained at:

PO Box 880
UTOPIA, TX 78884
PH# 830-966-1928