Williamson County, Texas

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter wishes to thank the community for its tremendous response to its urgent pleas for medium-to-large adult dog adopters and fosters.Through the end of the month, WCRAS is offering Name Your Price adoptions for all medium-to-large adult dogs and adult cats for active duty and veteran members of our armed forces. Civilians can take advantage of $25 adoptions for those same pets when they schedule an appointment by emailing adoption@wilco.org. All adoptable pets may be previewed at wilcopets.org.

Williamson County offices will be closed on Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. All county operations will resume regular house on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Through the end of the month, WCRAS is offering Name Your Price adoptions for all medium-to-large adult dogs and adult cats for active duty and veteran members of our armed forces. Civilians can take advantage of $25 adoptions for those same pets when they schedule an appointment by emailing adoption@wilco.org. All adoptable pets may be previewed at wilcopets.org.

On May 17, the Williamson County Commissioners Court voted to increase property tax exemptions, providing tax relief to all residential homesteads in the county.  Property tax exemptions for persons 65 and older increased from $90,000 to $125,000. Property tax exemption for disabled persons increased from $75,000 to $125,000. In addition, the Commissioners Court increased the homestead property tax exemption for all homeowners from 1.5% of their homestead’s assessed value to 5% or a minimum of $5,000. In order to qualify, property owners must apply for the homestead exemption through the Williamson Central Appraisal District. More information is available on their website: https://www.wcad.org/online-exemption-information/. Applying for exemptions is free.

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, 1855 S.E. Inner Loop in Georgetown, will open one hour later than usual at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, due to a staff training session. The shelter will close at its normal time of 6 p.m. The shelter will resume normal open business hours on Thursday, May 19. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.

The office of Precinct 2 Constable Jeff Anderson, 350 Discovery Boulevard, Cedar Park, will be closed for mandatory personnel training on Monday, May 23, through Wednesday, May 25, 2022.  The office will resume normal operations on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 8 a.m.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our customers.