Ouachita County homeowners pay a median of $525 a year in property tax on a median home value of $102,100. Its effective tax rate (property taxes paid as a share of home values, per the Tax Foundation) is 0.33%, the 70th highest of 75 Arkansas counties. The Ouachita County Assessor values every home in Ouachita County at market value; your assessed value is 20% of that. If you disagree, the Ouachita County Equalization Board, a local citizen board, hears your appeal.
Closed for 2026As of October 21, 2026, the 2026 appeal deadlines have passed: Equalization Board requests were due August 17, 2026, and county court petitions October 12, 2026 (county courts hold those hearings by November 15). The next window opens when 2027 value-change notices go out in July 2027; the Equalization Board deadline is Monday, August 16, 2027.
Ask the county Equalization Board for a hearing on or before the third Monday in August. You can apply in person, by letter or by petition to the board secretary (usually the county clerk); many counties also take requests by phone or email. The board can only hear the current year's value, not past years. Example: Pulaski County's 2026 timeline had the clerk start booking hearings July 13, 2026; the last day to make an appointment was Monday, August 17, 2026; the board's regular session ran from August 3 to September 30, 2026.
Phone: 870-837-2240
Email: [email protected]
Address: 145 Jefferson St., Camden, AR 71701
County Assessor: Tonya McKenzie
Official county listing · call the county courthouse and ask for the county assessor
The assessor can show you your property record and how your value was set, fix factual errors, and meet with you about a value change before you appeal.
If your value changes (after a reappraisal, or for new construction or newly found property), the assessor must mail a notice of value change no later than 10 business days after July 1. The notice must tell you that you can appeal and give the deadline for asking the Equalization Board for a hearing. To find the board secretary's contact details, ask the assessor's office or the county clerk. If your value did not change, you get no notice, but you can still appeal that year's value.
Look up your home on the Ouachita County Assessor website and check square footage, bathrooms, condition and features. Mistakes are the easiest wins. Use our record card checklist.
Talk to the Ouachita County Assessor first. To appeal, contact the Ouachita County Equalization Board secretary (in most counties the county clerk; in some, the assessor's office books hearings) in person, by letter or by petition on or before the third Monday in August. The assessor's office or county clerk can give you the secretary's contact details.
Recent sales of similar homes near you (sales comparison); A recent fee appraisal, or your purchase price if you bought recently in an arm's-length sale; Assessed values of similar neighboring homes, to show your home is assessed higher than comparable property; Corrections to the assessor's property record card (square footage, quality, condition, features).
You carry the burden of proof. The Equalization Board decides by the preponderance of the evidence: you win if your evidence makes your value more likely right than the assessor's. You do not have to show the value is clearly erroneous, manifestly excessive or confiscatory. If you neither appear nor send documents, you have not met your burden and the appeal should be denied. In county court the sample petition also uses the preponderance standard.
Next step: County Court (the county judge). File a petition with the county clerk on or before the second Monday in October of the same year (October 12 in 2026; October 11 in 2027). You must have appealed to the Equalization Board first. File a written petition with the county clerk. The state's sample petition lists your name and contact details, parcel number, the date of your board hearing, the assessor's value, the board's value, why the board's value is wrong, and the value you want; attach your supporting documents. The county court schedules a hearing no later than November 15, hears from you and the assessor, and notifies you of its decision within 20 working days. You can represent yourself; a business owner (corporation or LLC) must use a licensed Arkansas attorney. The county court's decision can be appealed to circuit court; the decision notice explains this right.
Enter the market value on your assessment notice and what you think the home would really sell for. We estimate the yearly saving if the board agrees with you.
Some states cap how fast the taxable value of a home can rise (California, Florida, Michigan and Texas homesteads, for example). If your taxable value is already held below market value by a cap, a lower market value may not lower this year's bill.
Fill in your details and download a written appeal statement as a PDF or Word file. Most boards also require their own appeal form: file the form and attach this letter and your evidence to it.
Tax Appeal Map is a free information site, not a law firm or appraiser. The letter is a template, not legal advice.
Ask the county Equalization Board for a hearing on or before the third Monday in August. You can apply in person, by letter or by petition to the board secretary (usually the county clerk); many counties also take requests by phone or email. The board can only hear the current year's value, not past years. Example: Pulaski County's 2026 timeline had the clerk start booking hearings July 13, 2026; the last day to make an appointment was Monday, August 17, 2026; the board's regular session ran from August 3 to September 30, 2026.
File with the Ouachita County Equalization Board through its secretary (usually the county clerk) by the third Monday in August; the Ouachita County Assessor can tell you who to contact.
Phone 870-837-2240.
No fee was found on state or county pages for an Equalization Board appeal.
Contact details change; call or check the office website before you visit.