Property Tax

Who handles property taxes in Ward County

Ward County has two separate offices for property taxes: one appraises your property, and a different one collects the bill.

Ward County Money & Taxes

The Ward County Appraisal District (WCAD) sets the value of your property each year. That value is used to calculate what you owe. WCAD is located at 808 S. Betty St. in Monahans. They can be reached at 432-943-3224 or at wardcad.org.

A separate office, the Ward County Tax Assessor-Collector, sends bills and collects payments. These are two different offices. Knowing this matters because you go to WCAD to dispute your property value, but you pay your tax bill through the Tax Assessor-Collector. The county has nine taxing entities that all draw from the same appraised value: Ward County, three school districts, four municipalities, and a water district. Check the Texas Comptroller's county directory for the full list.

Source to confirm: Texas Comptroller — Ward County Property Tax Directory

More Ward County notes

Homestead Exemption

How to get a homestead exemption in Ward County

If your home is your primary residence, you can apply for a homestead exemption that limits how fast your taxable value can rise.

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Mineral Rights

Surface rights and mineral rights can be owned separately in Ward County

In this Permian Basin county, buying land does not always mean you own the oil and gas underneath it — and the mineral owner often has the right to come onto your land.

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State Park

Monahans Sandhills State Park: dunes you can sled in West Texas

A 4,717-acre park of active sand dunes in Ward and Winkler counties offers camping, horseback riding, and sand-disc sledding year-round.

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Water Supply

Water in Ward County comes from a desert aquifer

Ward County is arid, and the region relies heavily on the Pecos Valley Alluvium Aquifer for water during droughts and shortfalls.

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