Leon County, Texas · Centerville, Buffalo, Jewett, Normangee, Oakwood, Marquez, Hilltop Lakes and rural property
Search Leon CAD Records and Separate the Rural Tract, Mineral Interest and Tax Bill
Leon County property research can involve a Centerville home, Buffalo business, Hilltop Lakes property, ranch land, timber acreage, agricultural use, a mobile home, inherited family tracts or mineral and utility accounts.
This guide explains the official Leon CAD search fields, parcel map, exemptions, agricultural and timber forms, 2026 protest process, tax-payment system, County Clerk records and the exact office to contact for each task.
Property or parcel IDGeographic IDOwner, trust or estateAbstract or subdivisionLease name or number
CAD, tax and deed records answer different questions.
Leon CAD handles values, property characteristics, exemptions, agricultural or timber appraisal and protests. The Tax Assessor-Collector handles bills and payments for the entities served by that office. The County Clerk maintains deeds, liens, plats and recorded land documents.
Live search fields
Owner, property ID, geographic ID, address, abstract, subdivision and lease.
CAD office
141 W. Saint Mary’s Street, Centerville, Texas 75833.
CAD contact
903-536-2252 and leoncentralappraisal@gmail.com.
Tax Office
155 N. Cass Street; 903-536-2543; open 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.
Official review
Search, forms, hearings, tax and Clerk resources reviewed July 28, 2026.
Start with the right record
Which Leon County property task are you completing?
VALUE OR PROPERTY DETAILSUse Leon CAD
Find the parcel, owner display, legal description, acreage, values, exemptions and property type.
Search and account verification come first. Forms, rural-land evidence, protests, taxes and deeds follow.
Official appraisal and account lookup
Search Leon CAD by owner, property ID, geographic ID or legal description
Fastest search order:
Use the property ID or account when available. Otherwise search the owner surname or a shortened address, then switch to By Property, All Criteria or Advanced Search.
Prepare these identifiers
Property or parcel ID from a notice or prior statement
Geographic ID when shown on an existing property page
Current owner, prior owner, trust, estate or company
Street, county road or farm-to-market road
Abstract, survey, tract, subdivision or acreage
Lease name or lease number for mineral property
Open the official Leon CAD homepage
The live property search appears directly on the district’s homepage.
Open Leon CAD Property Search
Select the correct appraisal year
The CAD search currently includes 2026 and prior years. Match the year to the appraisal notice, exemption, protest or value-history question.
Choose the correct property type
Use Real Estate, Personal Property or Mineral Property to remove unrelated results.
Start with Basic Search
Enter an owner in “LASTNAME FIRSTNAME” format, an owner ID, property ID or property address.
Use By Owner when the taxpayer is known
Search the surname, trust, estate, partnership or business and reduce the number of words when no result appears.
Use By Property for rural or legal information
Enter the property ID, geographic ID, street, legal description, abstract, subdivision, lease name or lease number.
Use Advanced Search for difficult acreage
Add reliable details such as a previous owner, deed reference, survey, tract, acreage, category or value range.
Open every plausible account
One owner may have separate residence, pasture, timber, mineral, mobile-home, business or utility accounts.
Verify at least three property identifiers
Compare the parcel ID, geographic ID, owner, physical location, legal description, acreage and property type.
Save the complete account page
Keep the selected year, property facts, market value, exemptions, taxes due and appraisal-notice information before acting.
Local search tip:
A property near Hilltop Lakes, Flo, Flynn, Leona, Robbins, Concord, Clear Creek or another rural community may use a Centerville, Buffalo, Jewett, Normangee, Oakwood or Marquez mailing address that differs from the parcel’s legal or taxing-unit description.
Property-result decoder
Understand the fields displayed in a Leon CAD account
Use the appraisal account to identify the property, then verify title and payment information separately
Field
What it helps identify
What it does not prove
Best next step
Parcel or property ID
The appraisal account used for values, exemptions, protests and tax-account research.
The County Clerk document number or legal ownership by itself.
Save it before contacting CAD or the Tax Office.
Geographic ID
The district’s geographic reference for the parcel.
A surveyed boundary or recorded acreage.
Compare the CAD map, deed and survey.
Owner name
The taxpayer currently displayed for appraisal administration.
Complete title, heirship, lien priority or mineral ownership.
Search County Clerk official records.
Physical location
The situs or assigned address connected with the account.
The full legal description, boundary or legal access.
Compare legal and map information.
Legal description
The abstract, survey, tract, subdivision, lot, block or acreage.
That abbreviated CAD wording is sufficient for a legal instrument.
Match it with the recorded deed or plat.
Category or description
Residential, commercial, agricultural, timber, mineral or another appraisal classification.
That the property’s actual use or every characteristic is correct.
Document a classification or property-data error.
Total acreage
The acreage maintained in the appraisal account.
The surveyed or legally conveyed acreage.
Use the deed and licensed survey.
Market value
The district’s January 1 open-market value estimate.
The purchase price, lender value or final tax bill.
Review appraisal evidence and comparable property.
Exemptions or special value
Homestead, veteran, agricultural, timber or other approved treatment.
That every taxing unit grants the same reduction.
Review unit-level taxable values and the tax bill.
Base tax due
A tax amount shown in the search result for the selected year.
A current payoff including all penalty, interest or attorney charges.
Verify the balance through the Tax Office.
The live property-detail page can include the Notice of Appraisal, a Truth in Taxation link and a File a Protest option for the selected account and year.
No-result troubleshooting
Fix common Leon CAD search problems
Change the search field before assuming the account is absent
Problem
Likely reason
What to try next
Full owner name returns nothing
The account may use surname-first order, initials, a spouse, trust, estate, company or prior owner.
Search the surname or main entity word alone.
Rural address returns nothing
The property may be indexed by county road, legal description, abstract, survey or owner.
Use By Property, Advanced Search and the map.
Hilltop Lakes property is unclear
The account may use a subdivision, lot, owner or geographic ID rather than the normal mailing address.
Search subdivision, property ID or map location.
Timber or agricultural tract is missing
The tract may be listed under an abstract, previous owner or separate property ID.
Search every related owner and legal description.
Mineral interest is missing
Mineral ownership, lease and surface ownership can be maintained separately.
Select Mineral and search the lease name, number and owner variations.
Business equipment is not with the building
Equipment and inventory normally use a Personal Property account.
Select Personal Property and search the business or DBA.
Recent buyer is not displayed
Deed recording and CAD ownership maintenance are separate processes.
Confirm the deed and contact Leon CAD with the instrument information.
2026 value and tax bill do not match
The CAD search can display 2026 appraisal information before a 2026 tax bill is issued.
Match the year in both systems and use the Tax Office for billed amounts.
Useful office call script:
“I am trying to identify the account for [owner, address or legal description]. I searched by [methods]. Can you confirm the property ID, geographic ID, property type and whether an ownership, mapping or account update is pending?”
Use the Leon CAD interactive map without treating it as a survey
Find the property account first
Save the parcel ID, geographic ID, owner, legal description, acreage and map ID.
Open the official interactive map
Use the district-linked map for approximate parcel location and nearby-property context.
Open Leon CAD Interactive Map
Locate the general area
Use Centerville, Buffalo, Jewett, Normangee, Oakwood, Marquez, Hilltop Lakes, highways, FM roads and county roads.
Select the likely parcel
Compare the map result with the property ID, geographic ID, abstract, survey, tract and acreage.
Check adjoining accounts
A homesite, pasture, timber tract, access parcel or mineral interest may have its own appraisal account.
Use controlling records for legal decisions
Obtain the deed, recorded plat and licensed survey before relying on a boundary, acreage, easement, road access or fence line.
Map limitation:
The CAD map supports appraisal research. It does not establish title, mineral rights, exact acreage, easements, surveyed boundaries or legal access.
Appraisal value, exemptions and adopted rates
Follow a Leon County value from January 1 to the tax bill
Market valueJanuary 1 appraisal estimate
Appraised valueApplicable limitation or special value
Taxable valueExemptions applied by taxing unit
Tax billTaxable value multiplied by adopted rates
Leon CAD appraises
The district determines market value and administers exemptions and special valuations.
Local entities set rates
The county, cities, school districts and emergency-services districts adopt their own rates.
Collectors issue bills
The Tax Office or another listed collector applies the certified value, exemptions and adopted rate.
Texas school districts currently provide a $140,000 general residence-homestead exemption. A qualifying owner who is age 65 or older or disabled can receive an additional $60,000 school exemption.
No single countywide tax rate exists.
Leon County properties can involve Buffalo, Centerville, Normangee, Oakwood or Leon ISD; the cities of Buffalo, Centerville, Normangee, Jewett, Marquez or Oakwood; and an applicable emergency-services district.
The county Tax Office does not necessarily collect every local tax account.
The Texas Comptroller directory lists the county, Normangee ISD, the cities of Normangee and Marquez and Leon County ESDs among the consolidated units served. Follow the collector shown on each official statement.
Use current Leon CAD forms and retain filing proof
Homestead identification rule:
Leon CAD states that every homestead application must include a copy of the applicant’s driver licence and that the licence address must match the physical address of the homestead site.
Find the correct property account
Save the property ID, geographic ID, owner, physical location and legal description.
Open the official forms page
Download the current form instead of using a prior-year copy from another website.
Open Leon CAD Forms
Select the matching application
The official library includes homestead, disabled-veteran, address-change, confidentiality, deferral and homestead-removal forms.
Read the complete eligibility section
Do not assume a general residence form automatically covers every veteran, surviving-spouse, trust, heir-property or manufactured-home situation.
Prepare identification and ownership evidence
Include the required driver licence and any deed, trust, probate, statement-of-ownership or disability evidence requested by the form.
Mail forms to the correct address
Send mailed applications to Leon Central Appraisal District, P.O. Box 536, Centerville, Texas 75833-0536.
Keep a complete submission copy
Retain the signed form, attachments, mailing receipt, email confirmation or stamped office copy.
Verify the exemption later
Reopen the property page and confirm the exemption and taxable values for the correct year.
Late homestead question:
Do not abandon an application merely because the normal filing period has passed. Texas provides late or prorated residence-homestead routes in some circumstances. Ask Leon CAD which rule applies to the acquisition and qualification date.
Agricultural, timber and wildlife appraisal
Document how Leon County rural land is actually used
Rural location, acreage, trees or livestock does not automatically qualify land for productivity appraisal. The application must establish the required use history, intensity, acreage and current activity.
Every property ID in the operation
Deed, legal description, survey and acreage
Agricultural or timber-use history
Livestock, crop, hay or timber records
Leases, receipts, invoices and production records
Dated photographs showing actual use
Wildlife-management plan and annual report
Evidence of soil, access, flooding or unusable acreage
Identify every tract separately
One ranch, farm, timber operation or wildlife property can include multiple legal descriptions and property IDs.
Choose the correct official form
Leon CAD publishes separate 1-d-1 agricultural, 1-d-1 timber, wildlife-management and annual wildlife-report forms.
Explain the actual qualifying use
State what is produced or managed, how much land is involved and how the activity meets local intensity.
Organise evidence by tax year
Create a dated timeline rather than submitting an unlabelled group of photographs and receipts.
File by the applicable deadline
April 30 is the normal deadline for many agricultural, timber and related special-appraisal applications.
Review market and productivity values separately
Qualifying land can have a higher market value while receiving a lower productivity-based appraisal.
Change-of-use warning:
Developing, subdividing or ending a qualifying agricultural or timber use can trigger additional taxes. Investigate the current rule before changing use or buying property based on the seller’s prior valuation.
Separate taxable business assets from the land and building
Most business-personal-property renditions are due April 15. A timely written extension request generally extends the deadline to May 15, with another limited extension possible for good cause.
Personal-property account or property ID
Legal business name, DBA and owner
Physical location of taxable assets
Inventory held on January 1
Furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment
Original cost and acquisition year
Leased, disposed or relocated assets
Rendition and extension confirmation
Search Personal Property separately
Try the legal business name, DBA, owner, address and property ID.
Separate real estate from business assets
The building account normally does not include all inventory, machinery, furnishings or equipment.
Reconcile assets as of January 1
Document property added, disposed of, sold, moved or leased before the appraisal date.
Use the current rendition form
Leon CAD provides the Business Personal Property Rendition through its official forms library.
Retain cost and condition evidence
Purchase records, depreciation schedules and photographs can support the filed information.
Compare the notice with the rendition
Check the account, owner, business location, property description and proposed value.
Penalty risk:
A late rendition can result in a penalty equal to 10% of the taxes ultimately imposed on the property. More severe penalties can apply to a fraudulent report.
Mineral, utility and industrial property
Search beyond the surface real-estate account
Leon CAD states that real estate and personal property are appraised locally. Mineral, utility and industrial accounts are appraised for the district by Pritchard & Abbott, Inc.
Mineral interests
Select Mineral Property and search the owner, property ID, geographic ID, lease name, lease number and legal information.
Utility property
Use the exact account and notice because utility accounts may be appraised through the district’s contracted appraisal firm.
Industrial property
Search the property type separately and prepare account-specific cost, income, production or operating information.
Search every relevant property type
Finding the surface tract does not prove that a mineral, utility or business account does not exist.
Try owner and lease variations
Search an individual, estate, trust, operator, company, prior owner, lease name and lease number.
Save each account separately
Record the property ID, geographic ID, owner, property type, legal description and appraisal year.
Verify legal ownership through recorded documents
Mineral deeds, reservations, assignments, leases and probate filings—not the CAD owner display alone—control legal ownership.
Check each tax account
A mineral or utility interest can have a separate tax bill and payment status from the surface land.
Online filing, PIN access and ARB hearing
Build a Leon CAD protest around a specific appraisal problem
Normal protest deadline:
Most protests are due May 15 or 30 days after the Notice of Appraised Value is delivered, whichever is later. Use the account-specific date printed on the notice.
Leon CAD published its 2026 ARB hearing procedures on June 1, 2026 and provides a public search for past hearings, future hearings and open protests.
Open the correct property account
Verify the year, property ID, owner, legal description, market value and exemption information.
Select “File a Protest”
The link appears on the property-detail page for the selected account.
Register or sign in
The official online protest service requires an account. Register with an email address when you are a first-time user.
Open Leon CAD Online Protest
Request a property PIN when necessary
Use the official Request a PIN option and connect the property to the correct online account.
Select the precise protest reason
Separate market value, unequal appraisal, incorrect property data, exemption, ownership, agricultural, timber, mineral and BPP issues.
File before waiting for perfect evidence
Preserve the deadline first, then add evidence in the manner allowed by the portal and ARB procedures.
Save proof of filing
Keep the submission date, confirmation, account number, protest reason and uploaded-document list.
Request and review the district’s evidence
Compare the sales, comparable accounts, land class, property characteristics and appraisal adjustments.
Prepare a one-page case summary
State the requested value or correction and list the strongest exhibits first.
Track the hearing
Use the official hearing search to check past hearings, future hearings and open protests.
Search Leon CAD Protest Hearings
Evidence checklist
Notice of Appraised Value
Saved property-detail page
District evidence packet
Closing statement or sales evidence
January 1 condition photographs
Repair estimates and defect explanation
Survey, acreage or classification evidence
Filing confirmation and hearing notice
Current-date warning:
Most standard 2026 protest deadlines have passed. A later appraisal notice, supplemental notice, exemption denial or another qualifying action can carry a different deadline, so review the exact document before assuming no remedy remains.
Tax search, authorised payment and receipts
Move from the 2026 CAD value to the correct Leon County tax bill
Check the year before paying.
The Leon CAD search can show 2026 appraisal values, while the Tax Office portal currently provides billed 2025 and prior-year accounts. A proposed 2026 appraisal is not the same as an issued 2026 tax bill.
Save the CAD account information
Record the property ID, geographic ID, owner, legal description and appraisal year.
Open the official Leon County Tax Office website
Use its property search and payment links rather than a search advertisement.
Open Leon County Tax Office
Search by the strongest tax identifier
Use the parcel ID, owner, street, account, legal information or property type.
Select “Show only Properties with Tax Due”
Use this filter when you need an unpaid balance rather than general property information.
Verify the exact year and property
Compare the parcel ID, account, owner, property address, legal description and amount due.
Check the collector for every tax line
Some school, city or special-district taxes may use a different collector from the county office.
Use the officially authorised payment link
The Leon County Tax Office links to Certified Payments using Bureau Code 3286799.
Open Authorised Certified Payments
Review the processor charge
Check the payment amount, convenience fee, bank or card details and effective date before confirming.
Save the payment record
Retain the account, tax year, amount, method, date, processor confirmation and bank evidence.
Verify that payment posted
Reopen the tax account after processing or call the Tax Office when the balance remains.
Tax Office hours:
Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM. The office is open during lunch. Vehicle and boat title processing ends at 4:00 PM.
General Texas tax timing:
Property taxes are normally payable after statements are issued and become delinquent February 1 when unpaid, subject to the exact statement and any authorised installment or deferral rule.
Use the Leon County Clerk when the CAD owner display is not enough
The County Clerk states that deed and official records are available online and that in-office public search stations include deeds and official records dating from 1828 forward.
Save the CAD owner and legal description
Use them as search clues rather than proof of ownership.
Open the official County Clerk page
Confirm office hours, recording cutoffs, fees and current public-access instructions.
Open Leon County Clerk
Search the grantor and grantee
Try the buyer, seller, current owner, prior owner, spouse, trust, estate or business.
Use additional search criteria
Search the subdivision, document type, document number or recorded-date range.
Choose the search scope
Index Only searches indexed information. Index and Full Text uses OCR to search words inside document images.
Match the legal description
Compare the abstract, survey, tract, subdivision, lot, block and acreage with the CAD account.
Read the entire document
Distinguish a deed from a deed of trust, lien, release, mineral lease, easement, affidavit, probate filing or plat.
Published County Clerk record fees
Verify the current total with the Clerk before recording or ordering copies
Service
Published amount
Practical note
Official-record filing
$15 first page; $4 each additional page
Additional statutory fees can apply to particular instruments.
Indexed names
$0.25 per name beginning with the sixth name
Count grantors, grantees and other indexed parties before filing.
Certified copy
$5 certification fee plus $1 per page
Ask whether the receiving party requires certification.
Credit-card payment
2.85% service charge or $2 minimum
The processor charge is separate from the Clerk’s filing or copy fee.
The County Clerk cannot provide a title opinion.
The Clerk explains that staff cannot determine surface or mineral ownership, perform a guaranteed lien search or provide legal advice.
Purchase, inheritance and ownership updates
What to check after acquiring Leon County property
Confirm the recorded ownership document
Search the County Clerk system for the deed, probate, heirship or other transfer instrument.
Find every appraisal account
The transaction can include a residence, pasture, timber tract, mineral interest, mobile home or business property.
Match the legal descriptions
Confirm that the CAD account and recorded document identify the same abstract, survey, tract or lot.
Review the CAD owner and mailing address
Contact Leon CAD when a recorded transfer remains unreflected or the notice address is incorrect.
Review the seller’s exemptions
Homestead, age, disability, veteran and appraisal-limitation treatment may not transfer to the buyer.
Investigate agricultural or timber treatment
Confirm use history, application requirements and possible additional taxes before relying on the seller’s productivity value.
Search for mineral interests separately
Determine whether mineral rights were conveyed, reserved, inherited or held under a different account.
Monitor the next appraisal notice and tax statement
Check the owner, values, exemptions, filing deadline, taxing units, collector and payment status.
Buyer, heir and investor due diligence
Check more than the seller’s current Leon County tax bill
Correct property ID and geographic ID
Recorded deed and complete legal description
Survey, acreage, boundaries and access
Market, appraised and productivity values
Seller exemptions and appraisal limitations
Current and prior-year tax balances
Collector for every taxing jurisdiction
Mineral deeds, leases and reservations
Agricultural, timber or wildlife qualification
Pending protest, correction or ownership update
Centerville residence
Verify Centerville ISD, city status, county and the correct emergency-services district.
Buffalo property
Check Buffalo ISD, City of Buffalo, rural or city location and the collector shown on each bill.
Jewett or Marquez property
Confirm city boundaries, Leon ISD, ESD treatment and whether the county Tax Office collects every line.
Normangee-area property
A Normangee mailing address can cross county lines. Verify Leon County, the appraisal district and school jurisdiction.
Oakwood property
Check Oakwood ISD, city status, rural road, legal description and exact parcel location.
Hilltop Lakes property
Use subdivision, lot, map, road information and legal description rather than only the postal address.
Timber or ranch land
Separate market value from productivity value and review use history and change-of-use exposure.
Mineral interest
Search Mineral Property and match the account with recorded deeds, reservations, leases and probate records.
Inherited family land
Create a table for every tract showing owner, property ID, legal description, acreage, exemption, value and taxes due.
Verified local office routing
Contact the Leon County office that maintains the record
Leon Central Appraisal District
Use for property search, values, characteristics, exemptions, agricultural or timber appraisal, maps, renditions and protests.
141 W. Saint Mary’s Street
Centerville, Texas 75833-3456
Mailing: P.O. Box 536, Centerville, TX 75833-0536
The existing editorial image remains in the updated article
The previous page’s useful image was retained. Generic navigation and sitewide calculator content were replaced with Leon County-specific property search, rural-land, mineral, protest, tax-payment and deed-record instructions.
The current review covered Leon CAD search fields, forms, online protest access, hearing procedures, tax records, the authorised payment route, County Clerk official records and verified office contacts.
Last official-source review: July 28, 2026. Values, tax balances, forms, deadlines, fees, office notices and portal functions can change after publication.
10 county-specific answers
Leon County Appraisal District FAQs
What is the official Leon County Appraisal District website?
The official Leon Central Appraisal District website is
leoncad.org.
Its homepage includes the live property search and links to forms, the interactive map, online protest, hearing searches and district records.
How do I search Leon County property records?
Use the property search on the official CAD homepage. Search by owner, owner ID, property ID or address, or use By Property, All Criteria or Advanced Search for a geographic ID, legal description, abstract, subdivision or lease.
Why can I not find rural Leon County property by address?
Rural, ranch, timber and county-road property may be indexed by owner, property ID, geographic ID, abstract, survey, tract or legal description rather than a standard postal address. Use Advanced Search and compare the map.
Can I search Leon County mineral property separately?
Yes. Select Mineral Property and search by owner, property ID, geographic ID, lease name, lease number or legal information. Mineral and surface accounts can be separate.
Does Leon CAD collect property taxes?
Leon CAD determines appraisal values and administers exemptions and special valuations. The Leon County Tax Assessor-Collector handles bills and payments for the entities served by that office. Check each statement for the correct collector.
How do I pay Leon County property taxes online?
Start at
leoncountytax.org,
verify the property and tax year, then use the authorised Certified Payments link. Review the processor charge and save the confirmation.
How do I apply for a Leon County homestead exemption?
Download the current application from the
Leon CAD forms page.
Include a copy of the applicant’s driver licence. Leon CAD requires the licence address to match the physical homestead address.
What are the main Leon CAD agricultural and rendition deadlines?
Most business-personal-property renditions are due April 15, with a May 15 extension available after a timely written request. Many agricultural, timber and other special-appraisal applications have an April 30 deadline.
How do I file a Leon CAD property protest?
Open the correct property account, select File a Protest and sign in or register. The normal deadline is May 15 or 30 days after the notice is delivered, whichever is later. Save the confirmation and hearing information.
