Denton Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
Property owners select O’Connor to represent them in property tax protests more often than any other firm because:
- O’Connor’s aggressive approach is well aligned with the property owners’ interest. We pay the fees and costs regardless of the level of appeal. Many competitors require the property owner to pay the binding arbitration deposit or costs related to judicial appeal such as legal fees, expert witness fees and court costs. We will not ask you to pay any of the costs or fees related to your property tax protest.
- O’Connor has spent years developing relationships with Denton CAD staff and well understands the information needed to win your property tax appeal.
- We know the processes and appropriate contracts at Denton Central Appraisal District.
- While relationships are important, so is having credible evidence. Proprietary software and databases with over 50 million sales format evidence partially based on the appraisal districts thinking on evaluating evidence.
- O’Connor has the experience and expertise necessary to assemble uneven appraisal data and sales to satisfy the guidelines set by the Denton County ARB and Denton CAD.
Denton Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) holds both formal and informal hearings where property owners and their agents provide evidence to argue for lower property values. The results of these hearings are displayed below :
- Due to protests, property owners in Denton County saw a total of $562 million in tax savings in 2023, up from $429 million in 2022. As many as 133,780 accounts in Denton County were protested by property owners in 2023.
- In Denton County, 63% of informal property tax protest and 89% of ARB protests were successful.
- At Denton CAD, homeowners saved about $28 million via informal protests, and at ARB, they saved $45 million through property tax protests.
- A total of 28% of Denton County’s property parcels were subject to an appeal in 2023, up from 20% in 2021. As a result of protests raised at the informal hearings, owners in Denton County saved $129 million in property taxes.
- Formal protests resulted in a savings of $432,720 million in taxes in 2023.
Save With O’Connor
1,148
Average HCAD Tax Savings

Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
Residential Property
94
Commercial Property
2,964
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
2023 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
Denton -
Street Address:
3911 Morse St. Denton, TX 76208-6331 -
Mailing Address:
P.O Box 2816 Denton, TX 76202-2816 -
Phone:
940-349-3800
Major Cities:
Argyle, Aubrey, Bartonville, Carrollton, Copper Canyon, Corinth, Corral City, Cross Roads, Dallas, Denton, Double Oak, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Hackberry, Haslet, Hebron, Hickory Creek, Highland Village, Justin, Krugerville, Krum, Lake Dallas, Lakewood Village, Lewisville, Lincoln Park, Little Elm, Marshall Creek, Northlake, Oak Point, Pilot Point, Ponder, Providence Village, Roanoke, Sanger, Shady Shores, Southlake, The Colony, Trophy Club, Westlake
Denton County Texas totals 953 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 906,422. Adjacent counties include Cooke, Grayson, Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, Wise. The total market value of real property and personal property in Denton County in 2020 was $135,000,000,000. Denton County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $2,000,000,000 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Denton County property owners protested the noticed value for 66,080 houses and 30,670 commercial and BPP properties. Denton County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 85% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Denton County results in savings of $98,110,000 in 2020, or $1,014 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Denton was $14,220,000 including 83 employees.
Denton Property Tax Values
