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Bandera County
Comptroller PTD
Medina ISD
Utopia ISD
Texas Dept. of Housing

Appraisal District:
1206 Main Street
P.O. Box 1119
Bandera, TX 78003
Phone: (830) 796-3039
Fax: (830) 460-3672

Tax Office:
403 12th Street
P.O. Box 368
Bandera, TX 78003
Phone: (830) 796-3731
Fax: (830) 796-8140
tax office email

ARB Board Members

Bandera CAD Staff Members / Bandera Tax Office Staff Members
Board Members
ARB Panel Members

The ARB's Role in the Property Tax System

The appraisal review board (ARB) is the judicial part of the system. The ARB is a separate body from the appraisal office and serves a different function. It hears and resolves disputes over appraisal matters. This is a very broad and important responsibility, but the ARB must be sensitive to its legal and practical limits.

First, the ARB only has authority over matters submitted to it. The ARB has no role in the day to day operations of the appraisal office or in appraising property.

Except where it is deciding a protest, challenge or a correction motion, the ARB has no authority to change a value or correct the appraisal records directly. In a challenge, it must order the chief appraiser to reappraise or correct the records related to the challenge. Only in resolving taxpayer protests can the ARB make changes or set a value on its own. Such a change only affects the property in question.