Williamson Central Appraisal District outlines 2025 values, homestead audit process and state bills affecting Georgetown taxpayers

Alvin Lankford of the Williamson Central Appraisal District told the Georgetown City Council at a workshop presentation that WCAD's 2025 appraisal roll shows preliminary market and taxable values for the City of Georgetown and described how the district verifies homestead exemptions.

Lankford said the appraisal district's online tools now publish sales-comparison information and maps for each property and that WCAD sends new homestead applications only to properties it can reasonably flag for review. "There was a law change, last session, that changed tax code 11.43 h dash 1," he said, describing the new five-year verification authority.

The presentation matters to Georgetown residents because the appraisal roll determines the taxable base for city services and schools and because state legislation Lankford described would change the size and recipients of some exemption programs. Lankford urged homeowners to file homestead exemptions themselves and described new transparency features on the WCAD website, including a QR code on the notice of appraised value and a public-facing sales-comparison…