Searcy County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Searcy County property taxes are calculated
Arkansas assesses real property at 20 percent of market value, and one mill raises $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Searcy County applies the total millage for the parcel's school district and city, and its 2026 collection rates run from 39.91 mills in the rural Mountain View district to 55.5 mills in the rural Hector district, the widest spread in this batch of counties.
A $200,000 home in Marshall inside the Searcy County School District shows the arithmetic. That combination carries 52.55 mills: 36.55 school, 5 city and 11.0 county.
- $200,000 times 20 percent equals $40,000 assessed value.
- $40,000 times 52.55 divided by 1,000 equals $2,102 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 homestead credit for an estimate of $1,502 per year.
Move the same home to Leslie, in the same school district, and the city levy drops from 5 mills to 2, so the rate falls to 49.55 mills and the tax before credit to $1,982. That $120 gap is the price of one city boundary inside a single school district.
Searcy County millage rates by district and city
Each row is a taxing combination published for Searcy County for 2026 collections. Five school districts and five millage-levying cities produce ten combinations, and the spread from 39.91 to 55.5 mills is the widest in this batch of counties. Every row reconciles across the school, city and county columns. The Arkansas millage rates page shows where Searcy's average sits statewide.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Searcy County District | Rural | 36.55 | 0 | 11 | 47.55 |
| Searcy County District | Leslie | 36.55 | 2 | 11 | 49.55 |
| Searcy County District | Marshall | 36.55 | 5 | 11 | 52.55 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | Rural | 36.5 | 0 | 11 | 47.5 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | Gilbert | 36.5 | 2 | 11 | 49.5 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | Pindall | 36.5 | 2 | 11 | 49.5 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | St. Joe | 36.5 | 2 | 11 | 49.5 |
| Hector #59 | Rural | 44.5 | 0 | 11 | 55.5 |
| Mountain View #30 | Rural | 28.91 | 0 | 11 | 39.91 |
| Yellville Summit #4 | Rural | 36.98 | 0 | 11 | 47.98 |
| County average | 36.60 | 2.60 | 11.00 | 48.9 |
Rows taken from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report, covering 2026 collections and issued March 2026. The report lists 10 taxing combinations for Searcy County.
Why Searcy County rates differ by address
- Marshall and its neighbours split on the city levy. Marshall levies 5 mills while Gilbert, Leslie, Pindall and St. Joe each levy 2, and all five sit inside either the Searcy County or Ozark Mountain school district. That single difference produces 52.55 mills for Marshall against 49.55 for Leslie in one district, and 49.5 for the other three in the second.
- Mountain View is the cheapest row by far. The Mountain View #30 district carries 28.91 school mills, the lowest figure in the county, for 39.91 mills rural. That is 7.64 mills below the county average and 15.59 mills below rural Hector.
- Hector is the dearest row, with no city levy at all. Hector #59 carries 44.5 school mills and only appears as a rural tier, so 55.5 mills is the top of the table without a single mill of city tax.
- The county levy is 11.0 mills and includes 3.0 mills for libraries. Searcy County's county levy is the highest of the five counties in this batch.
Several districts cross county lines. Searcy County School District reaches into Van Buren and Marion counties, Ozark Mountain #69 into Marion and Newton, Mountain View #30 comes in from Stone County, Yellville Summit from Marion, and Hector #59 comes in from Pope County. Across Searcy County, 15.59 mills separate the cheapest and dearest combinations, which is why the county average is the weakest guide to an individual bill here.
Marshall, Leslie, Gilbert and the rest of Searcy County
Marshall
Marshall is the county seat and the highest-rate town in Searcy County at 52.55 mills. The city levy is 5 mills, the largest in the county. The assessor's office is at 106 Nome Street and the collector's office is at 106 West Nome Street, both reached by mail through Marshall addresses.
Leslie
Leslie sits in the same Searcy County School District as Marshall but levies only 2 mills, producing 49.55 mills. The 3 mill difference in city tax is the entire gap between the two towns.
Gilbert, Pindall and St. Joe
All three are 2 mill cities inside the Ozark Mountain #69 district, so all three pay 49.5 mills. Gilbert sits on the Buffalo River, and Pindall and St. Joe are the county's northern communities.
Rural tiers
Country addresses span the whole band. Rural Mountain View at 39.91 is the cheapest, followed by Ozark Mountain #69 at 47.5, Searcy County at 47.55, Yellville Summit at 47.98 and Hector at 55.5. City levies do not exist on these rows, and the rural county breakdown carries 2.0 mills of road against 1.0 for city parcels.
Searcy County Assessor
The Searcy County Assessor's Office locates taxable property, establishes taxable values, maintains the assessment roll and applies legal exemptions, including the Amendment 79 homestead benefits. Personal property can be assessed in person, by phone, by mail or online.
The assessor's office states that personal property must be assessed by May 31 to avoid a 10 percent penalty, and that vehicle assessments need VIN numbers while business assessments cannot be completed by phone. The office also notes that any remodels or additions to real estate should be reported. The assessor directory lists this office with the other 74 counties.
Sources: the Searcy County Assessor page and the DFA county officials directory.
Searcy County Collector
The Searcy County Collector bills and collects all county taxes, current and delinquent, and does not set values. Online payments run through the CountyService tax portal, which the county links from its own site.
The collector's office describes the payment window as March 1 through October 15, and states that taxes paid after October 15 are delinquent and penalties apply. The county's portal was accepting tax year 2025 payments when this page was verified. Searcy County does not publish a card fee schedule, so confirm the processing charge on the portal. The county treasurer's office at (870) 448-3828 handles the receipting and disbursement side of county funds.
Sources: the Searcy County Collector page, the county treasurer page and the CountyService tax portal.
How to look up a Searcy County parcel and its tax
- Open the Searcy County records search on ARCountyData, which the assessor sponsors, and choose Real Estate Records or Tax Records.
- Search by owner name, address or parcel number.
- Check the market value against the assessed value. Arkansas assessed value is 20 percent of market value unless a cap or freeze applies.
- Note the school district and the city or rural tier. Searcy County's rate table is unusually wide, so this step matters more here than in most counties.
- Use the collector's CountyService portal for the bill and receipts, or call (870) 448-5050.
- For deeds and recorded instruments, the Circuit Clerk serves as ex-officio recorder for the county.
ARCountyData reported 14,600 parcels for Searcy County, with assessor data refreshed in February 2025 and collector data in February 2025.
Sources: ARCountyData Searcy County and the CountyService tax portal.
Paying Searcy County property taxes
Searcy County's payment window runs from March 1 through October 15. The collector's office collects both current and delinquent taxes and encourages early payment to avoid the season-end rush.
- Online: the CountyService portal linked from the county's own Pay Taxes button, which was accepting tax year 2025 payments when verified.
- In person: 106 West Nome Street, Marshall.
- By mail: P. O. Box 812, Marshall, AR 72650.
Taxes unpaid after October 15 are delinquent and penalties apply, per the collector's own page. Searcy County publishes no card fee schedule and no postmark rule, so allow time if paying by mail. Personal property tax must be cleared with or before real estate tax under state law. The Arkansas property tax due dates guide covers the statewide calendar, and delinquent accounts are best handled by calling the office directly at (870) 448-5050.
Sources: the Searcy County Collector page and the CountyService tax portal.
Homestead credit in Searcy County
The homestead credit is applied for through the Searcy County Assessor's Office, which lists the Amendment 79 Homestead Act among its statutory responsibilities. The credit is one per household and is not applied automatically.
State law sets the outside filing date at October 15 of the year after the assessment, and the property must qualify as a homestead before January 1 of the year following assessment. The credit is worth up to $600 on 2026 bills and rises to $675 on 2027 bills; this page's calculator models a 2026 bill and uses $600. The assessor also applies the age 65 and disability freezes. Filing steps are in how to apply for the Arkansas homestead credit.
Sources: the Searcy County Assessor page, Arkansas DFA property tax relief, Act 330 of 2025 and Act 174 of 2026.
Appealing a Searcy County assessment
Start with the Searcy County Assessor's Office at (870) 448-2464. If the value still looks wrong, the formal route is an application to the Searcy County Equalization Board. The county clerk's office holds the Board of Equalization information and takes the appointments: call (870) 448-3807.
- File by the third Monday in August, as set by Ark. Code 26-27-317. Filings can be made from July 1.
- The board begins hearing appeals no later than the second Monday in August.
- Evidence: comparable property records and sale prices are the strongest material. Evidence given to the assessor less than five business days before the hearing can lead to a continuance.
- The board must issue a written decision within ten business days and set out the route to county court.
The clerk's office can confirm the current hearing arrangements for the year, and the statewide procedure is described in how to appeal a property tax assessment in Arkansas and in the site's appeal guide.
Sources: the Searcy County Clerk page and the DFA Board of Equalization model hearing procedures.
Searcy County property tax examples
These examples use the Searcy County average of 48.9 mills for 2026 collections with the $600 homestead credit applied. Because the county's real range runs 39.91 to 55.5 mills, treat these as rough estimates only.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $978 | $378 | $31.50 |
| $200,000 | $40,000 | $1,956 | $1,356 | $113.00 |
| $110,000 (county median, rounded) | $22,000 | $1,076 | $476 | $39.65 |
| $300,000 | $60,000 | $2,934 | $2,334 | $194.50 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $4,890 | $4,290 | $357.50 |
Calculated at the 48.9 mill Searcy County average for 2026 collections. Each row applies one $600 credit for a qualifying primary residence.
Searcy County median home value and median tax
Treat these as county-wide survey results for background. They feed nothing in the calculator, and they are not a description of your own property.
Searcy County has the lowest median annual tax of the five counties in this batch, and this block is statistical context that does not feed the calculator. The median value at the 20 percent ratio and the 48.9 mill average implies about $1,076 against a surveyed median of $468, a gap larger than the other counties here. The county's 39.91 to 55.5 mill range, plus Amendment 79 caps and assessment lags, means few parcels pay anything close to a full-rate figure. The lowest property taxes guide puts Searcy's numbers in statewide context.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. These are survey estimates and carry sampling error.
Searcy County property tax questions
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The county average is 48.9 mills for 2026 collections: 36.60 school, 2.60 city and 11.00 county. Published combinations run from 39.91 mills in the rural Mountain View district to 55.5 mills in rural Hector.
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School levies differ enormously inside the county. Mountain View #30 carries 28.91 school mills while Hector #59 carries 44.5, and Marshall's 5 mill city levy adds more on top. That produces a 15.59 mill spread between the cheapest and dearest addresses.
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Gilbert, Pindall and St. Joe each pay 49.5 mills, the lowest town rates in the county, because each levies only 2 mills of city tax inside the Ozark Mountain #69 district.
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Online through the CountyService portal linked from the county's website, in person at 106 West Nome Street in Marshall, or by mail to P. O. Box 812, Marshall, AR 72650. Taxes run from March 1 to October 15.
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To the Searcy County Assessor's Office at 106 Nome Street in Marshall, (870) 448-2464. The credit is up to $600 on 2026 bills and $675 on 2027 bills.
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Applications to the Equalization Board are due by the third Monday in August. The county clerk's office takes the appointments at (870) 448-3807.
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No. Searcy is the county seat of White County, about 60 miles to the southeast. Searcy County's seat is Marshall, and its tax offices are in Marshall.
More statewide answers are in the Arkansas property tax FAQ.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County average and the Searcy County per-district rows used on this page.
Office details, responsibilities and personal property rules.
Payment window, delinquency statement and office contact.
Board of Equalization information and appointments.
Receipting and disbursement of county funds.
Online personal property and real estate payments.
Free assessor-sponsored property search and parcel count.
Assessor contact details.
Homestead credit rules and Amendment 79 protections.
Filing deadline, evidence rules and decision timeline.
Searcy County median home value.
Searcy County median annual real estate tax.
Searcy County population estimate.