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    ATLAS · COUNTY·TX·FIPS 48041·maps.bryantx.gov

    Brazos County, TX
    parcel GIS REST API.

    Public ArcGIS MapServer endpoint for Brazos County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.

    Look up a parcel

    This page is the endpoint reference. If you came here to find a specific property, the Brazos County parcel search runs this same layer in your browser, no account and no API key.

    Search Brazos County parcels

    Have a street address but not the parcel number? Find the parcel number by address.

    Primary ArcGIS REST endpoint
    https://maps.bryantx.gov/server/rest/services/Streets_and_Properties/BRAZOS_COUNTY_CERTIFIED_PARCELS/MapServer/0

    What these endpoints answer

    Field by field, whether any endpoint we index for Brazos County answers it, and the evidence for each. We only call a field restricted when there is a stated reason we can cite. Everything else here is a fact about the services we index, not a claim about the law.

    Which parcel fields Brazos County’s endpoint answers, and the evidence for each
    FieldStatusBasis
    APN AnsweredDocumented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated.
    Owner name AnsweredDocumented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated.
    Owner mailing address AnsweredDocumented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated.
    Site address AnsweredDocumented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated.
    Geometry AnsweredDocumented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated.
    Land use Not publishedNo endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it.
    Zoning Not publishedNo endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it.
    MapServer · LAYER 0 · BCAD CERTIFIED PARCELS (2025)
    https://maps.bryantx.gov/server/rest/services/Streets_and_Properties/BRAZOS_COUNTY_CERTIFIED_PARCELS/MapServer/0

    Searchable fields

    • Prop_IDParcel ID (Brazos CAD property id)
    • geo_idGeographic ID
    • OwnerNameOwner Name
    • SitusAddrSitus Address (trailing ' NULL' is a unit placeholder)
    • addr_line2Owner Mailing Address (street line)
    • addr_cityOwner Mailing City
    • LegalDescLegal Description

    Sample query (paste into terminal or browser)

    curl -s 'https://maps.bryantx.gov/server/rest/services/Streets_and_Properties/BRAZOS_COUNTY_CERTIFIED_PARCELS/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(OwnerName)%20LIKE%20UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=Prop_ID,OwnerName,SitusAddr,addr_line2,addr_city&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10'
    License
    unknown (terms)
    Listed on
    2026-10-14
    Registry listing
    Listed live
    Sample query
    https://maps.bryantx.gov/server/rest/services/Streets_and_Properties/BRAZOS_COUNTY_CERTIFIED_PARCELS/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(OwnerName) LIKE UPPER('%SMITH%')&outFields=Prop_ID,OwnerName,SitusAddr,addr_line2,addr_city&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10

    Open this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.

    Searchable fields
    Searchable fields for BCAD CERTIFIED PARCELS (2025)
    Field nameLabelSearchable
    Prop_IDParcel ID (Brazos CAD property id) YES
    geo_idGeographic ID YES
    OwnerNameOwner Name YES
    SitusAddrSitus Address (trailing ' NULL' is a unit placeholder) YES
    addr_line2Owner Mailing Address (street line) YES
    addr_line1Owner Mailing Address (care-of line) NO
    addr_line3Owner Mailing Address line 3 NO
    addr_cityOwner Mailing City YES
    addr_stateOwner Mailing State NO
    addr_zipOwner Mailing ZIP NO
    LegalDescLegal Description YES
    AcresAcres NO
    marketMarket Value NO
    Notes

    Brazos County, Texas (county seat Bryan; FIPS 48041) was asked for through the free tools. The parcels are Brazos County Appraisal District (BCAD) 2025 certified-roll data, published by the City of Bryan GIS as layer 0 ('BCAD CERTIFIED PARCELS (2025)') of the BRAZOS_COUNTY_CERTIFIED_PARCELS MapServer, and the layer covers the whole county, not only Bryan: 75,652 parcels on 2026-10-14, 75,522 of them with an owner. The owner is OwnerName (file_as_na holds the same value, display field OwnerName); the parcel id is Prop_ID (a string; prop_id_1 is the integer copy) with geo_id. The site address is SitusAddr, the full address in one string on 75,522 rows, with the house number and street first; 74,319 of the values end in a literal ' NULL' (the empty unit field was concatenated in), so LIKE on a street word or a leading '123 MAIN' works and an exact equality on the full address does not. LITERAL 'NULL' STRINGS: empty source fields were written as the text NULL rather than a database null, so the usual IS NOT NULL test overstates coverage in situs_stre (69,598 rows read NULL), addr_line1 (55,547 NULL) and addr_line2 (117 NULL); owner and situs are not affected (0 rows read NULL). The owner mailing street line is addr_line2 (about 75,400 real values), with addr_line1 (a care-of line, mostly NULL), addr_line3, addr_city, addr_state and addr_zip. CONFIDENTIAL OWNERS: 471 rows contain the word CONFIDENTIAL in OwnerName (none read it exactly); Texas Tax Code 25.025 lets protected persons have their information withheld from appraisal records, and that word is a placeholder, not an owner name. CORS answers Access-Control-Allow-Origin with the calling origin (checked with Origin https://urbankitstudio.com). maxRecordCount is 2000 with pagination; the layer is Texas Central state plane (wkid 102739/2277) and a point query with inSR 4326 on the courthouse blocks of downtown Bryan returned one parcel. Currency: the layer is the 2025 certified roll (the newest year-built value is 2025), not the 2026 preliminary roll; the layer document carries no editing date and Sale_Date holds only the text NULL. LICENSE AND DURABILITY: no license text, and the host is the City of Bryan, not the district, so the service path can move if Bryan reorganises its Streets_and_Properties folder or republishes next year's roll under a new service name (this one is labelled 2025); re-resolve from Bryan GIS or BCAD if the liveness probe flags it. A stale 2020 Brazos parcel item on a third-party ArcGIS Online account (65,528 parcels, last edited 2020-03) exists and is not used. The contact is BCAD. Verified 2026-10-14: a count, resultRecordCount=10 and an owner LIKE query (590 rows for %SMITH%) and point queries.

    Source

    Brazos County Appraisal District (BCAD), parcels hosted by the City of Bryan GIS, https://www.brazoscad.org/

    Using this endpoint

    What Brazos County publishes

    Brazos County's BCAD CERTIFIED PARCELS (2025) layer exposes a parcel identifier (Parcel ID (Brazos CAD property id)), owner names (Owner Name, Owner Mailing Address (street line), Owner Mailing City), and address fields (Situs Address (trailing ' NULL' is a unit placeholder)). Use it for owner-name lookups and address-based parcel searches. 7 of 13 listed fields accept queries; the rest are returned on read but not indexed for search. Served as an ArcGIS MapServer layer, which supports query operations but not write operations; last verified 2026-10-14.

    Two paths from URL to result

    1. Open in Parcel Lookup: click the button on the endpoint card. The lookup tool loads the layer, auto-detects fields, and gives you a search box. No code, no API keys, just a browser.
    2. Query directly: append /query?where=…&outFields=*&f=jsonto the URL. The sample query above is a working example you can paste into a browser tab to see the raw JSON response.

    Why field names vary by county

    Counties publish parcel data through their own ArcGIS Server installations, each with its own schema. One county uses APN, another uses PIN, a third uses PARCEL_ID. Some expose owner names; others keep them on a separate assessor's portal. The searchable fields list above reflects what Brazos County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).

    For background, see What is an APN?

    What to do with the results

    • Generate a public-notice mailing list: pipe the parcel layer URL into Radius Notice to buffer around an address and select neighboring owners.
    • Print Avery 5160 labels: export the result CSV and drop it into CSV → Labels.
    • Pull individual parcel records: use Parcel Lookup directly to grab zoning, assessed value, and ownership for one property at a time.

    Quick FAQs

    Can I query Brazos County's parcel layer from my own web app?

    maps.bryantx.gov serves Brazos County, Texas parcels over public ArcGIS REST, but, like most county servers, it may not send the CORS headers a browser needs for a cross-origin fetch. If a direct browser call fails, the layer still works from curl, Postman, or a server-side script; the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool proxies the request, so a search that succeeds there confirms the layer is genuinely public.

    Is the Brazos County endpoint still current?

    We last verified Brazos County's MapServer layer on 2026-10-14. County GIS teams move services without notice, so if you hit a fresh 404, tell us and we'll re-check. Atlas entries are re-verified on a rolling basis.

    Is there a rate limit on Brazos County parcel queries?

    Brazos County's layer is hosted by the county on maps.bryantx.gov. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but maps.bryantx.gov can throttle heavy automated traffic at the host level. Page through results with resultOffset / resultRecordCount and request only the fields you need. There's no API key and no charge from the county.

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