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What is a MUD on your Comal County tax bill?

A guide for Comal County property owners to checking a bill’s taxing districts and reading the five MUD entries in the county’s 2026 rate table.

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A MUD appears on a Comal County property tax bill when that municipal utility district is one of the taxing jurisdictions for the property.

The county Tax Office says it uses the certified tax roll and each jurisdiction’s adopted rate to levy taxes, then sends statements to property owners and mortgage companies. Start with the jurisdictions shown on your own statement or property record: a countywide list of rates cannot tell you which district, if any, applies to your address. The county’s Property page offers a Property Search tool for that check.

What the district rate means

A municipal utility district, or MUD, is a separate taxing unit in the county’s published table. Its adopted rate is shown in two parts: maintenance and operations (M&O) and interest and sinking (I&S). The Texas Comptroller describes M&O as the part for operating expenses and debt service as the part for debt payments. The taxing unit’s governing body adopts its property tax rate; the county Tax Office applies adopted rates when it prepares tax statements. In the table below, the total is the M&O and I&S portions together.

The five MUD rates in Comal County’s 2026 table are examples of district taxes, not a charge on every Comal County property. Every figure below is an adopted rate per $100 of taxable value. The table compares rates; it cannot supply an actual bill for a home without that property’s applicable taxing jurisdictions and taxable value.

Five municipal utility districts in Comal County’s published 2026 table; adopted dollars per $100 of taxable value. A property’s address determines which taxing districts apply.
Municipal utility districtTotalM&OI&S
Canyon Ranch$0.950000$0.950000$0.000000
Johnson Ranch$0.888600$0.391100$0.497500
Kyndwood$0.950000$0.721000$0.229000
Meyer Ranch$0.950000$0.125000$0.825000
Simmons Valley$0.950000$0.950000$0.000000

These are district rates, not complete property tax rates or actual household bills.

MUD, WCID and WID are different entries

Do not treat every water-related line on a statement as a MUD. The county’s Tax Rates page groups municipal utility districts separately from water districts and names Comal County WCID No. 6 and several WIDs under its water-district heading. Its 2026 combined table also lists Comal County Water Improvement District 3A and Comal County Water Control District 6 as separate taxing units. Read the full district name on the property record or statement before matching it to a rate. A similarly named district elsewhere in the county is not proof that it taxes your property.

How to check your property

First, find the property through the county Tax Office’s Property page or read its tax statement. Note each taxing jurisdiction listed for that property. Next, compare any district name with the adopted-rate column in the county’s table for the tax year you are checking; do not use a proposed rate as though it were final. Finally, check the property’s taxable value before estimating a district tax. A rate per $100 is only one input, and this guide makes no estimate for an individual home. If a district name or amount on the statement needs explanation, start with the Comal County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Property page; it links the Property Search tool and property-tax information. The county lists 830-221-1353 for its tax office on that page.

From the source record

Official rate table2026 Tax Rate for All Taxing Units
The county table lists adopted total, M&O and I&S rates for five municipal utility districts.
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Comal County’s published 2026 rate table lists taxing units separately; the list alone does not establish which districts apply to a property.

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