Cameron County
Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector
In short
Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector issues 1 permit we publish for Cameron County, last verified 2026-10-19. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coin-Operated Machine Occupation Tax (County)only if it applies to you | Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector | $15.00 per machine per year, one-fourth of the $60 state tax. The county's Owner's Application (Revised 1/16/2014) prorates by quarter of purchase: January to March $15.00; April to June $11.25; July to September $7.50; October to December $3.75. County tax only; the state occupation tax is separate. | annual tax receipt for each machine | 2026-10-19 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Coin-Operated Machine Occupation Tax (County)
A business in Cameron County that exhibits or displays a coin-operated machine, such as a music, skill or pleasure machine, pool table or eight-liner, pays a county occupation tax on each machine to the Tax Assessor-Collector's Occupation Tax Office. Commissioners Court Order No. 2013012028, adopted December 23, 2013 and linked from the current Occupation Tax Office page, levies the tax at one-fourth of the rate imposed by the State of Texas. Occupations Code section 2153.401 sets the state tax at $60 per year and section 2153.451 caps a county's tax at one-fourth of it, which is $15.00. The page states that machines are "required to obtain a $15.00 dollar tax receipt". The county's Owner's Application, Revised 1/16/2014, prorates the tax by quarter: $15.00, $11.25, $7.50 and $3.75. The application also asks for the state license number for amusement machines and for the owner's identification.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cameron County
- Phone
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Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Coin-Operated Machine Owner's Application (Revised 1/16/2014)Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-19
- Occupation Tax OfficeCameron County Tax Assessor-Collector · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-19
- Order Imposing an Occupation Tax on Coin-Operated Machines in Cameron County (Order No. 2013012028, December 23, 2013)Cameron County Commissioners Court · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-19
- Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2153 (Coin-Operated Machines; sections 2153.401 and 2153.451)Texas Legislature Online · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-19
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