Route a Navarro County Parcel From CAD Search to the Correct Tax or Deed Record
Start with Navarro Central Appraisal District when you need a property ID, geographic ID, appraisal owner, situs address, legal description, acreage, property category, value, exemption, mineral interest, business account or protest record.
Do not stop at the appraisal page. Use Navarro County Tax Assessor-Collector for collected tax bills, balances, payments and receipts, and use the County Clerk when you need a recorded deed, lien, release, plat or certified property document.
1250 N. 45th St., Corsicana.
903-872-6161.
Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM.
601 N. 13th St., Suite 2.
300 W. 3rd Ave., Corsicana.
Sources checked July 28, 2026.
What are you trying to complete in Navarro County?
Use an owner, property ID, Geo ID, address, legal description, abstract, subdivision or lease.
Follow the official search stepsCompare land, improvements, market value, appraised value, exemptions and taxing units.
Understand the value fieldsCheck the statement, tax year, collecting office, balance, payment fee and receipt.
Use the collector routerIdentify the exact value, classification, acreage, exemption or property-detail issue.
Prepare a focused protestReview land-use history, category, acreage, productivity value and application status.
Prepare a land applicationSearch the recorded instrument rather than treating the CAD owner field as legal title.
Search official property recordsSearch Navarro County property records with the correct tab and filter
Use an owner name, owner ID, property ID or address for a quick lookup.
Search owner ID, LASTNAME FIRSTNAME, care-of name or mailing details.
Use property ID, Geo ID, address, legal, abstract, subdivision or lease.
Combine owner and property fields or filter by agent and protest status.
Use more detailed property, owner, value, acreage or account filters.
Use the Navarro CAD search image as a click-by-click guide
Enter owner, owner ID, property ID or a short address.
Switch between Basic, Owner, Property, All Criteria and Advanced.
Choose the exact appraisal year connected to your question.
Select Real Estate, Personal Property or Minerals.
Sort by property ID, property address or owner name.
Use the Navarro CAD interactive map for rural and lake-area property
Map search is useful when a parcel is easier to identify by location than by a mailing address. This commonly applies to Richland-Chambers Reservoir property, rural acreage, timber tracts, mineral parcels, county-road land and newly divided tracts.
Understand what the Navarro CAD property page is showing
| Field | What it identifies | What it does not prove | Best next action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property or Parcel ID | The appraisal account used in Navarro CAD records. | That every collector or county system uses the same identifier. | Save it for CAD, tax, exemption and protest questions. |
| Geographic ID | A parcel-oriented identifier connected with location and legal mapping. | A surveyed boundary or guaranteed acreage. | Compare the map, deed and survey. |
| Owner ID | The owner record used within the CAD database. | Clear legal title or complete ownership history. | Use it to narrow CAD searches, then verify the deed. |
| Owner name | The person or entity carried for appraisal administration. | Absence of liens, heirship issues or title defects. | Search County Clerk property records. |
| Legal description | The subdivision, lot, block, abstract, tract, survey or lease description used by CAD. | That the abbreviated description is sufficient for legal use. | Open the recorded document or plat. |
| Property type | Whether the account is Real Estate, Personal Property or Minerals. | That another related account does not exist. | Search every relevant property type. |
| Category code | The appraisal classification assigned to the property or asset. | That the use, class or special-appraisal status is correct. | Document an incorrect classification. |
| Total acres | The acreage carried for appraisal purposes. | Legal acreage, exact boundaries or access rights. | Compare the survey and recorded deed. |
| Market value | CAD’s opinion of market value as of January 1 for that appraisal year. | A guaranteed sale price or final tax bill. | Review sales, condition and equal-appraisal evidence. |
| Taxing units | The county, school, city, college, ESD or other jurisdictions connected with the property. | That one office collects every tax shown. | Match every statement to its named collector. |
Separate market value, appraised value and taxable value
CAD’s opinion of the property’s market value as of January 1 for the appraisal year.
The value after an applicable homestead limitation, non-homestead limitation or special appraisal.
The value remaining after exemptions and adjustments for each taxing unit.
Read the Notice of Appraised Value before choosing your next step
Confirm the property ID, owner, mailing address, physical address, legal description and property type.
Compare the prior-year and proposed land, improvement, market and appraised values.
Check whether homestead, age, disability, veteran or special-appraisal benefits are present.
Use the date printed on the notice. Do not assume every account has the same deadline.
Keep the owner credentials or request a PIN when the official online protest system requires one.
Treat any estimate as preliminary until taxing units adopt rates and the collector issues the bill.
Fix a missing or incorrect Navarro County property result
| Problem | Likely reason | Practical fix |
|---|---|---|
| Owner name returns nothing | The record may use LASTNAME FIRSTNAME, a spouse, trust, estate, company or different spelling. | Search the surname only, owner ID or one distinctive business word. |
| Address search fails | The account may omit a suffix, direction, city, unit or normal postal format. | Use the street number and main street name only. |
| Lake parcel has no clear address | The property may be indexed by subdivision, legal description, Geo ID or owner. | Use By Property, Advanced Search and the interactive map. |
| Rural acreage is missing | The record may use a county road, abstract, survey or parent tract. | Search the abstract, legal description, owner or property ID. |
| Mineral account is not found | The property-type filter may be set to Real Estate. | Select Minerals and search the owner, lease name or lease number. |
| Business assets are not visible | Business personal property is separate from the land or building account. | Select Personal Property and search the business name or owner. |
| Recently purchased property shows the seller | The recorded deed may not yet have completed processing into CAD. | Confirm the County Clerk filing and save the instrument information. |
| Acreage or map shape looks wrong | CAD mapping is maintained for appraisal rather than surveying. | Compare the deed, plat and professional survey. |
| CAD and tax records do not match | The systems serve different purposes or update on different schedules. | Match the account, tax year and collector before contacting the controlling office. |
Local search tips for Corsicana, lake property, acreage and specialised accounts
Confirm the property address, subdivision, school district, improvements and residence-homestead exemption.
Match the subdivision, lot, Geo ID, parcel map and taxing units instead of relying only on a lake-area street address.
Check the city and school taxing units and verify whether every tax is collected through the same office.
Use legal description, abstract, road information, acreage and map location when the normal address search is unreliable.
Review market value, productivity value, category, acreage, qualifying use and application status separately.
Select Minerals and search every lease or property account connected with the owner.
Review land and improvement values, business personal property and any separate inventory or equipment accounts.
Search the deceased owner, estate, spouse and heirs, then compare probate and County Clerk documents.
Check improvement area, class, condition, completion percentage and the appraisal year in which value was added.
Use Navarro CAD, the Tax Office or County Clerk for the correct question
| Your question | Correct starting point | What to prepare |
|---|---|---|
| Why did my value increase? | Navarro CAD | Property ID, tax year, notice and evidence. |
| Why is my exemption missing? | Navarro CAD | Application, ID, qualification date and filing proof. |
| How do I qualify agricultural or timber land? | Navarro CAD | Land-use history, acreage, maps and production records. |
| How much property tax is due? | Collector printed on the statement | Tax account, taxing unit, year and owner. |
| Did my county tax payment post? | Navarro County Tax Assessor-Collector | Receipt, confirmation, amount, date and year. |
| Who legally owns the property? | County Clerk or title professional | Names, legal description and recording period. |
| Where can I obtain a deed or lien? | Navarro County Clerk Civil Department | Grantor, grantee, date and document type. |
| Is the parcel boundary legally correct? | Surveyor, title professional and County Clerk records | Deed, plat, survey and CAD map. |
| Who sets the tax rate? | Each local taxing unit | Taxing-unit list and TNT property information. |
Correct the system that owns the inaccurate information
Apply for and verify Navarro County property exemptions
Use the home as your principal residence, complete the current form and include the identification or affidavit information required by law.
Review the additional exemption, school-tax ceiling and possible instalment or deferral options.
Prepare the required disability evidence and confirm how the exemption appears for every taxing unit.
Use the official veteran application and attach the required VA documentation.
Use the organisation-specific form and retain ownership, use and qualification records.
The Forms page includes requests for confidentiality and electronic delivery of communications.
Homestead filing micro-steps
Prepare agricultural, timber or wildlife appraisal applications
Agricultural, timber and wildlife benefits are special appraisal methods based on qualifying use. Owning acreage alone does not automatically qualify the land.
| Land situation | Official starting form | Evidence to prepare |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural production | 1-d-1 Open-Space Agricultural Use Appraisal | Use history, livestock or crop records, acreage, leases, maps and photographs. |
| Timber production | Application for Timber Land Appraisal | Timber-management history, stand data, harvesting, reforestation, maps and ownership records. |
| Restricted-use timber | Restricted Use Timber Land Appraisal | Current qualification, deed restrictions, conservation details and required supporting documents. |
| Wildlife management | Annual Wildlife Report and Management Plan | Prior qualifying appraisal, management plan, activities, invoices, logs, maps and photographs. |
| Mixed-use acreage | CAD review of qualified and non-qualified portions | Map or survey separating residence, business, agricultural, timber and other use areas. |
Search business personal property and mineral accounts separately
Select Personal Property in the CAD search. Review equipment, furniture, machinery, inventory and other income-producing assets separately from the land and building.
Select Minerals and search by owner, lease name or lease number. One owner can have several separate interests and property IDs.
The normal business-personal-property rendition deadline is April 15. A timely written request can extend the deadline to May 15, with additional time possible in qualifying circumstances.
Navarro CAD’s Data and Reports page publishes a 2026 business personal property depreciation schedule for current appraisal research.
Prepare a Navarro CAD protest around one documented issue
Evidence packet that is easy to review
Use Navarro CAD’s hearing search before the scheduled protest
The official Protest Hearing Search supports the 2026 protest year and allows searches by owner, owner address, owner ID, parcel ID, protest number, hearing date, agent code or agent name.
Use the Past Protest Hearings filter when checking whether an earlier setting has already occurred.
Use the Future Protest Hearings filter to confirm upcoming hearing information.
Use the Open Protests filter to locate unresolved protest records.
Confirm the tax collector before paying a Navarro County property bill
The Navarro County Tax Assessor-Collector collects for Navarro County and numerous consolidated local taxing units. Other active units may use another collector, so one payment does not automatically prove that every tax attached to the parcel has been paid.
The Comptroller lists the following among the consolidated units served by the county collector:
- Navarro County
- Blooming Grove, Corsicana, Dawson and Rice ISDs
- Cities of Barry, Blooming Grove, Dawson, Emhouse, Frost, Kerens, Corsicana, Rice, Richland and Goodlow
- Navarro College District
- Navarro County ESD #1
These active Navarro CAD units are not listed among the county collector’s consolidated units in the Comptroller directory:
- Ennis, Fairfield, Wortham, Bynum and Hubbard ISDs
- Frost, Kerens and Mildred ISDs
- Fairfield Hospital District
- Henderson County Levee Improvement District #3
Use the Navarro County Clerk for deeds, liens and official property records
Basement Suite 001A at 300 W. 3rd Avenue. Published hours are 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.
Official Public Records filings are accepted until 4:00 PM. Documents submitted later are filed on the next business day.
The County Clerk offers a free property-record notification service to help owners watch for recorded activity using their name.
The Clerk states that checks must include a driver-licence number and phone number or they will be returned.
Use Navarro CAD reports when one property page is not enough
Navarro CAD’s Data and Records page provides broader material for appraisal research, business-personal-property analysis, protest preparation and public oversight.
Useful for reviewing business personal property categories, age and depreciation assumptions.
Use published sales as a research starting point, then verify comparability, conditions and adjustments.
Explains the district’s planned appraisal and reappraisal activities.
Review valuation models, schedules, property categories and appraisal methodology.
Use the 2025 and prior reports to understand operations, values and district workload.
Useful for broad mineral-account research before final certification.
Review certified appraisal totals by year rather than treating them as individual property records.
Review the published countywide lists for context without drawing conclusions about an individual parcel.
Use Navarro CAD’s official Spanish resources for taxpayer explanations and filing assistance.
Complete these checks before buying or relying on a Navarro County record
Match property ID, Geo ID, legal description, map location, acreage and property type.
Confirm current and delinquent balances for every statement and taxing unit.
Review deeds, liens, releases and plats, then obtain a title examination when needed.
Seller exemptions, ceilings and appraisal limitations may not transfer to a buyer.
Review agricultural, timber or wildlife qualification and potential use-change consequences.
Check CAD square footage, construction, class, condition, acreage and improvements against the actual property.
A CAD map does not establish private road rights, lake access, easements or shoreline rights.
Surface ownership and mineral interests may appear in separate records and follow different title chains.
Keep the deed, survey, title policy, closing statement, tax certificate and exemption confirmation.
Important Navarro County appraisal and tax dates
Navarro CAD, Tax Office, County Clerk and taxpayer-assistance contacts
Corsicana, Texas 75110-3172
Phone: 903-872-6161
Fax: 903-872-3157
Email: general.info@navarrocad.com
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM.
Chief Appraiser: Bud Black
Corsicana, Texas 75110
Mailing: P.O. Box 1070, Corsicana, Texas 75151
Phone: 903-654-3080
Fax: 903-874-5675
Email: mdowd@navarrocounty.org
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.
Tax Assessor-Collector: Mike Dowd
Corsicana, Texas 75110
Mailing: P.O. Box 423, Corsicana, Texas 75151-0423
Phone: 903-654-3035
Open-record email: ccor@navarrocounty.org
County Clerk: Sherry Dowd
Civil Department: Basement Suite 001A, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.
Harry Hudson
1250 N. 45th StreetCorsicana, Texas 75110
Email: tlo@navarrocad.com
Main phone: 903-872-6161
The TLO assists with CAD and ARB procedures, public information, complaints and suggestions.
Navarro CAD’s contact page identifies Joe McClure, RPA, as Appraisal Director and Selene Graham for customer service and mailing-address corrections.
Start with the general CAD phone or email and include the property ID and tax year.
- Confirm current hours and holiday closures.
- Ask which identification is required.
- Confirm accepted payment methods.
- Ask whether original or certified documents are needed.
- Verify whether the task can be completed online or by mail.
Navarro County property resources
Search owner, property, address, legal, lease, real-estate, personal-property and mineral records.
Open Navarro CAD searchLocate rural, lake-area and county-road parcels and compare surrounding accounts.
Open interactive mapFind homestead, veteran, agricultural, timber, wildlife, rendition, protest and address-change forms.
Open Navarro CAD formsRegister, sign in, request a PIN and manage an eligible electronic protest.
Open online protestSearch 2026 open, future and past hearings by owner, parcel, protest number or hearing date.
Search protest hearingsReview appraisal rolls, reports, sales, reappraisal plans, tax rates and depreciation schedules.
Open Data and ReportsSearch collected accounts, confirm the tax year and save the payment receipt.
Open tax searchSearch deeds, deeds of trust, liens, releases and other documents from 1974 to the present.
Search Clerk recordsCross-check CAD, tax-office and collecting-unit information.
Open Navarro directoryHow this Navarro County guide was improved and reviewed
Independent research with actionable official-portal guidance
This regenerated version preserves the useful search and editor images from the existing article while replacing brief guidance with complete search instructions, screenshot-based click help, map guidance, field decoding, local property scenarios, exemption preparation, protest evidence, collector routing, payment verification and deed research.
The review used Navarro Central Appraisal District, the Navarro County Tax Assessor-Collector, the Navarro County Clerk and the Texas Comptroller county directory.
AppraisalDistrict.org is an independent informational website and is not operated by Navarro CAD, Navarro County or the Texas Comptroller.
10 common Navarro CAD questions
1. What is the official Navarro CAD property search?
Use the official Navarro Central Appraisal District search. It provides Basic Search, By Owner, By Property, All Criteria and Advanced Search.
2. Can I search Navarro County property by owner name?
Yes. Enter the owner in LASTNAME FIRSTNAME order. Begin with the surname only and add the first name when the results are too broad.
3. Why does a Navarro CAD address search return no result?
Rural, lake-area and county-road properties may use another address format or a legal description. Try fewer address words, property ID, Geo ID, owner ID, abstract, subdivision or the interactive map.
4. Does the Navarro CAD owner name prove legal ownership?
No. Use the Navarro County Clerk property-record search for deeds, liens, releases and other recorded instruments.
5. Does Navarro CAD collect property-tax payments?
No. Navarro CAD handles values, appraisal records, exemptions and protests. The named tax collector handles the bill, payment and receipt.
6. Does the Navarro County Tax Office collect every tax on the CAD account?
Not necessarily. Some active taxing units are not listed among the county collector’s consolidated units. Confirm the collector printed on each tax statement.
7. How do I apply for a Navarro County homestead exemption?
Download the current application from the official Forms page, attach the required identification or affidavit information and submit it to Navarro CAD at 1250 N. 45th Street, Corsicana.
8. How do I apply for agricultural, timber or wildlife appraisal?
Use Navarro CAD’s official 1-d-1, timber or wildlife forms and prepare land-use history, acreage, maps, leases, production or timber records, photographs and the required management plan.
9. What is the Navarro County property-tax protest deadline?
The usual deadline is May 15 or 30 days after the appraisal notice was mailed, whichever is later. The deadline printed on the individual notice controls.
10. Who can help with Navarro CAD or ARB procedures?
Taxpayer Liaison Officer Harry Hudson assists with CAD and ARB procedures, public information, complaints and suggestions. Email tlo@navarrocad.com.