Randall County Property Tax & Sales Tax

Randall County Tax Rates - At a Glance

Randall County Current Tax Rates Summary

Tax Type	Rate	Notes
Property Tax (combined)	~1.92% of value	No single county rate - the sum of school district, city, county, and Amarillo College on a City of Amarillo / Amarillo ISD parcel. Representative nominal stack; typical effective rate runs about 1.51% of market value.
Annual Vehicle (Car) Tax	None	Texas levies no annual value-based vehicle property tax
Sales Tax	8.25%	6.25% state + 2.00% local (City of Amarillo/Canyon and local special-purpose components); groceries and most unprepared food exempt
Homestead Exemption	$140,000 school + 10% cap	Statutory school-district homestead; over-65 owners get an additional $60,000 school exemption. Local-option unit exemptions may apply (amounts pending confirmation).
Due Date	January 31	Delinquent February 1; statewide protest deadline May 15

Randall County Property Tax

Randall County property tax comes in two numbers that are easy to confuse. The county's own adopted rate is $0.400990 per $100 of value for the 2025 tax year - and it is only the Randall County government's portion. Your actual bill is the sum of every overlapping taxing unit that covers your parcel: your school district, your city, the county, and (in Amarillo) the community college district. Combined, the typical total effective rate in Randall County is about 1.51% of market value - an estimate from Census ACS 2024 5-year data (median real estate taxes paid $3,610 divided by median home value $238,800). Because the mix of taxing units differs from parcel to parcel, there is no single "Randall County rate" for a full bill; the figures below are worked examples.

Randall County adopted its rate in two components: maintenance and operations $0.346240 plus debt service $0.054750, adopted September 9, 2025. It is one consolidated countywide rate - the county's portion of an Amarillo or Canyon bill is that single number.

How a typical Randall County (Amarillo) bill is built (taxing-unit stack)

School district City County College district

City of Amarillo / Amarillo ISD parcel (Randall side) - adopted rates per $100 (2025 tax year)

Taxing unit	Rate /$100	Type
Amarillo ISD	$0.871200	School
City of Amarillo	$0.430700	City
Randall County	$0.400990	County
Amarillo College (Amarillo Junior College District)	$0.219940	College
Nominal total	~$1.922830	~1.92%

Rates from Randall County's 2025 Truth-in-Taxation notice and each unit's official 2025 adopted-rate source. This example is for a City of Amarillo / Amarillo ISD parcel on the Randall (south) side; your total depends on your city, school district, and any special district. A Canyon / Canyon ISD parcel uses a different stack (see below).

The Canyon side (Canyon ISD)

Randall County is not only Amarillo. Its county seat, Canyon (home of West Texas A&M University), sits in Canyon ISD and carries a different stack. Amarillo College does not levy in the Canyon ISD area, so a Canyon parcel is three units, not four:

City of Canyon / Canyon ISD parcel - adopted rates per $100 (2025 tax year)

Taxing unit	Rate /$100	Type
Canyon ISD	$0.927200	School
City of Canyon	$0.511810	City
Randall County	$0.400990	County
Nominal total	~$1.840000	~1.84%

Canyon ISD is $0.927200 (maintenance and operations $0.666900 plus debt service $0.260300); the City of Canyon is $0.511810 (maintenance and operations $0.394200 plus debt service $0.121410). Canyon ISD's rate is higher than Amarillo ISD's, but with no college-district line the total Canyon stack is a little lower than the Amarillo stack.

Where your property-tax dollar goes (Amarillo side)

Amarillo ISD ~45.3% City ~22.4% County ~20.9% College ~11.4%

On a typical City of Amarillo / Amarillo ISD parcel, Amarillo ISD is about 45.3% of the nominal bill ($0.871200 / $1.922830 nominal total), the City of Amarillo about 22.4%, Randall County about 20.9%, and Amarillo College about 11.4%. Percentages are rounded and use the nominal posted rates before any exemption - after the $140,000 school-district homestead exemption, the taxable amount on the school line drops sharply, which is a big reason the county's typical effective rate (about 1.51%) sits below the nominal stacked rate (about 1.92%).

Who appraises, bills, and collects in Randall County

Randall County shares its appraisal district with Potter County, so the same office values property on both sides of Amarillo:

• The Potter-Randall Appraisal District sets appraised values, processes homestead exemptions, and runs protests for both counties, at prad.org (806-358-1601).
• The Randall County Tax Office collects the property tax and hosts the online payment portal, and also handles vehicle registration and titling, at randallcounty.gov (501 16th Street, Suite 200, Canyon, TX 79015; 806-468-5540).

For value questions, start with the appraisal district; to pay, start with the Randall County Tax Office.

Homestead exemption, the 10% cap, and key dates

If you own and occupy your home as your principal residence on January 1, you can claim a residence homestead exemption, and you generally apply through the Potter-Randall Appraisal District. For an Amarillo ISD or Canyon ISD parcel, the statewide school-district exemption removes $140,000 from the value the school district taxes for the 2025 tax year. If the owner is 65 or older, an additional $60,000 ISD exemption applies.

Several local units (the county, the cities, and the school districts) may also grant their own local-option homestead exemptions. We were unable to confirm the exact Randall County, City of Amarillo, Amarillo ISD, and Canyon ISD local-option amounts from an official per-entity table in this pass (the county's tax-rate site would not load over a secure connection during our checks), so the calculator below models only the statutory school-district homestead and treats its output as the conservative (high) end. Confirm the exact local-option exemptions on your account with the Potter-Randall Appraisal District.

Separately, the 10% homestead appraisal cap limits how much your homestead's appraised (taxed) value can rise to 10% per year, not counting new improvements. The cap applies to the appraised value used for your bill, not the market value the appraisal district sets, and it starts the year after you first qualify for the homestead exemption.

Key dates: payment is due January 31 and unpaid amounts become delinquent February 1. The statewide protest deadline is May 15 or 30 days after your appraisal notice is delivered, whichever is later. Texas Tax Code Section 1.06 rolls any deadline that falls on a weekend or holiday to the next business day. We were not able to extract a Randall County-specific penalty-and-interest schedule from an official source in this pass, so no penalty percentages are stated on this page.

How to protest your appraisal

Protests go to the Potter-Randall Appraisal District, which publishes its protest procedures and deadlines and runs the property search and appeals process. File and track everything at prad.org or call 806-358-1601. Some private firms offer to handle protests for a percentage of any tax savings; such firms exist and charge a contingency fee, but we do not cite any savings figure or success rate as fact - results vary by parcel and year.

Estimate your Randall County property tax

Sources: Randall County 2025 Truth-in-Taxation / current tax rates (county rate and the Amarillo-area unit rates), the City of Amarillo FY2025/26 adopted tax rate, the Texas Comptroller (sales tax), and Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates (typical effective rate). Homestead applications and appraised values: the Potter-Randall Appraisal District (see the tax guides for how Texas homestead, protest, and appraisal-cap rules work).

Vehicle Taxes in Texas

Unlike many states, Texas does not levy an annual value-based property tax on cars or other vehicles. There is no yearly "car tax" bill in Randall County. Instead, vehicle taxes in Texas work two ways:

• One-time motor-vehicle sales/use tax of 6.25% at purchase. For a private-party sale, the tax is charged on the greater of the actual sales price or 80% of the vehicle's Standard Presumptive Value (SPV). A vehicle received as a gift is taxed at a flat $10 instead.
• A flat annual registration fee (plus any local add-ons), which is a fixed fee, not a tax on the vehicle's value. In Randall County you register and title through the Randall County Tax Office.

So if you searched for a Texas car or vehicle sales tax, the answer is the one-time 6.25% charged when the vehicle is titled - there is no recurring vehicle property tax to budget for each year.

Randall County Sales Tax

The combined sales tax rate in the City of Amarillo (and in Canyon) is 8.25% - the Texas maximum. It is made up of the 6.25% state rate plus a 2.00% local share collected by the city and local special-purpose components. Texas law caps that total local portion at 2.0% as a shared ceiling, so once the city and special-district rates reach 2%, no further local rate can stack on top - which is why 8.25% is the maximum combined sales tax here as everywhere else in Texas.

City of Amarillo / Canyon (Randall County) sales tax components

Component	Rate
Texas state rate	6.25%
City and local special-purpose components	2.00%
Combined rate	8.25%

The 2.00% local share is the maximum Texas allows. The exact breakdown of the local components between the general city rate and its economic-development / special-purpose portions is confirmed as totalling 2.00% but its precise split is pending confirmation from the Texas Comptroller's official allocation. Groceries and most unprepared food are exempt from sales tax.

Real Example: a $238,800 Amarillo (Randall) Home

Here is how the numbers flow on a representative $238,800 City of Amarillo / Amarillo ISD home on the Randall (south) side (the county median value) with a homestead exemption (owner under 65), applying only the school-district homestead to the school unit:

• Market value: $238,800.
• Homestead exemption: the $140,000 school-district exemption drops the Amarillo ISD taxable value to $98,800. The other three units tax the full $238,800 in this simplified example.
• Stacked total: school $98,800 × 0.871200% = ~$861; city $238,800 × 0.430700% = ~$1,029; county $238,800 × 0.400990% = ~$958; Amarillo College ~$525.
• Estimated annual bill: about $3,372 per year.
• Monthly equivalent: about $281 per month.
• Effective rate: about 1.41% of market value in this simplified example.

How this compares to the county-wide median. The Census ACS county-wide median bill is about $3,610 (roughly 1.51% effective), a little above this homesteaded Amarillo example because it blends non-homestead parcels and the higher-value Canyon-side stacks. Any local-option homestead exemptions we could not confirm would push a real homesteaded bill lower still.

The Potter-side comparison. Move the same $238,800 home to the north (Potter) side of Amarillo and only the county line changes - Potter County's $0.590240 rate replaces Randall's $0.400990, adding about $0.19 per $100, or roughly $452 a year on this value. Same city, same schools, different county.

Limitations:

• Your total varies by school district, city, and any special district covering your parcel; a Canyon / Canyon ISD parcel or a Potter-side Amarillo parcel uses a different stack.
• Local-option homestead exemptions (and over-65, disability, and disabled-veteran exemptions) vary by unit and were not confirmed from an official per-entity table this pass; this simplified example applies only the school-district homestead.
• Randall County's exact penalty-and-interest schedule was not available from an official source in this pass and is not stated here.
• New-construction homes are often taxed on land only in the first year, then jump once the structure is on the roll.
• This is an estimate, not a parcel-exact bill. The typical effective rate is a Census ACS estimate, not a guaranteed rate.