Good News If You Live in These Texas Cities, Your Property Taxes Can’t Go Up

Looks like over 100 Texas cities failed their audits and because of this, they cannot raise property taxes on their citizens.

Back in December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he was looking into Texas cities illegally raising property taxes on citizens because of Senate Bill 1851. Essentially, if you want to raise the property taxes in your city, you have to go through a financial audit. Well the deadline has passed for those audits and SEVERAL Texas cities have failed to submit the proper paperwork. Good news if you live in the following cities, your property taxes can not go up.

Texas Cities Who Cannot Raise Their Property Taxes in 2026

1. Alpine
2. Aspermont
3. Baird
4. Balch Springs
5. Balmorhea
6. Bedias
7. Berryville
8. Big Spring
9. Bishop
10. Blooming Grove
11. Blue Mound
12. Briarcliff
13. Brookside Village
14. Buffalo Gap
15. Calvert
16. Cameron
17. Campbell
18. Centerville
19. Chico
20. Chireno
21. Clarksville
22. Clear Lake Shores
23. Combine
24. Corrigan
25. Crane
26. Cross Timber
27. Crowell
28. Crystal City
29. Cuero
30. Dalhart
31. Danbury
32. De Leon
33. Eagle Lake
34. Elkhart
35. Eureka
36. Eustace
37. Fairfield
38. Farwell
39. Flatonia
40. Franklin
41. Fritch
42. Fulton
43. Gordon
44. Grandfalls
45. Gregory
46. Groesbeck
47. Groom
48. Hale Center
49. Hamilton
50. Hearne
51. Hempstead
52. Higgins
53. Hillcrest Village
54. Horizon City
55. Howardwick
56. Howe
57. Huntington
58. Industry
59. Ingleside On the Bay
60. Jewett
61. Jonestown
62. Keene
63. Kemah
64. Kenedy
65. Kerens
66. Kermit
67. Lamesa
68. Livingston
69. Lott
70. Lumberton
71. Manvel
72. Marquez
73. McCamey
74. Megargel
75. Menard
76. Mertzon
77. Mexia
78. Miami
79. Midway
80. Miles
81. Mount Enterprise
82. Natalia
83. New Home
84. New Waverly
85. Newcastle
86. Oyster Creek
87. Paducah
88. Panorama Village
89. Pelican Bay
90. Pleak Village
91. Plum Grove
92. Port Lavaca
93. Quanah
94. Red Lick
95. Redwater
96. Rockdale
97. Rocksprings
98. Roma
99. Rusk
100. San Elizario
101. San Felipe
102. San Perlita
103. Seabrook
104. Shepherd
105. Smiley
106. Snyder
107. Somerville
108. Southmayd
109. Spring Branch
110. Spur
111. Sterling City
112. Stinnett
113. Sunray
114. Surfside Beach
115. Taft
116. Tehuacana
117. Texas City
118. Texline
119. Three Rivers
120. Tiki Island
121. Tom Bean
122. Tool
123. Turkey
124. Valley Mills
125. Valley View
126. Victoria
127. Weslaco
128. Weston Lakes
129. Wharton
130. Wickett
131. Wimberley
132. Wolfe City
133. Woodloch
134. Yantis
135. Yoakum

Ken Paxton on Cities Failing to Follow New Senate Bill

Yes, that is correct 135 Texas cities cannot raise their property taxes this year. “I will not allow cities to unlawfully raise taxes on hardworking Texans. That is why I took aggressive action against over 130 Texas cities to hold them accountable and ensure they comply with state law,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Cities cannot fail to abide by state audit requirements without consequences. My office will continue to aggressively enforce Texas law to protect taxpayers across the state.”

We will wait and see if these cities change their ways next year.