The Job of the Property Appraiser

The Property Appraiser is responsible for determining the value of all property in the county on the appraisal date of January 1st of each year. In addition to appraising over 300,000 parcels of real es-tate and 25,000 business accounts, the property appraiser administers 120,000 homestead exemptions, and must determine property entitled to Agricultural Classification. The Property appraiser and staff are at the service of the public and will be glad to assist in all matters pertaining to appraisals and exemptions.

For information on what your property appraiser's office does for you please read our  brochure.

Real Property 

means land, buildings, fixtures, and all other improvements to land. The terms "land," "real estate," "realty," and "real property" may be used interchangeably. Real property includes all permanent improvements on the land and is broadly classified, based on land use, as follows:

Single family and multi-family residential, condominium, cooperatives, townhouses, time-share developments and mobile homes; Vacant residential and unimproved acreage; Commercial/Industrial, vacant or improved; and, Agricultural.

For information on real property assessment please read our  brochure.

Tangible Personal Property

means all goods, chattels, and other articles of value (but does not include the vehicular items enumerated in s. 1(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution and elsewhere defined) capable of manual possession and whose chief value is intrinsic to the article itself. "Construction work in progress" consists of those items of tangible personal property commonly known as fixtures, machinery, and equipment when in the process of being installed in new or expanded improvements to real property and whose value is materially enhanced upon connection or use with a preexisting, taxable, operational system or facility. Construction work in progress shall be deemed substantially completed when connected with the preexisting, taxable, operational system or facility. Inventory and "Predominant use of property" means use of property for exempt purposes in excess of 50 percent but less than exclusive household goods are expressly excluded from this definition.

For information on Tangible Personal Property assessment please read our brochure.

Mobile Homes

The classification of mobile homes in Florida for tax purposes can be confusing and greatly misunderstood.

There are three ways that mobile homes are taxed in Florida. A mobile home will be:


To find out more about mobile home assessment please read our brochure.

Exemptions

Want to reduce your taxes?  Check out our brochure to see if you qualify for a tax exemption.

Amendment 10

“Save Our Homes" (SOH) was approved by Florida voters in 1992, effective January 1, 1995, and only applies to properties receiving homestead exemption. According to SOH (also referred to as Amendment 10) a homestead property is assessed at full market value the first year in which the property receives the exemption. In the following year, if the property is reassessed, any change from the prior year’s assessed value is not to exceed the lower of 3% of the assessed value or the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. In no instance may the assessment exceed full market value.

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Mapping

GIS technology integrates common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the unique visualization and geographic analysis benefits offered by maps. Simply put, you are able to really "SEE" your data in a way that not only makes sense but also allows for creative methods to rearrange the data to reveal the patterns or trends that are inherent within it. You may have heard the age-old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words…”.  If this is truly the case, a GIS makes “an INTELLIGENT picture that’s worth ten thousand words”.

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