6-27-07 Lori Parrish - Property Appraiser - Read Legislation in Web Site

Topic 1. Please visit our Legislation page to view information about the new property tax reform law and the proposed constitutional amendment. We've posted full copies of the property tax roll-back law, the executive summary of the roll-back law, and the proposed amendment. (Read more in link.)
PLEASE IGNORE OUR 2007 VALUES UNTIL AFTER JULY 1.

(Eva Nash said "The property appraiser shows the 87 pages in pdf at the site to fully inform us concerning this Legislation.")

Topic 2. (Eva said, "Your Homestead Questions Will Be Answered in this site.")

DID YOU MISS THE MARCH 1st DEADLINE TO FILE FOR A 2007 HOMESTEAD?
Filing for Homestead and Other Exemptions

(Eva said "Everyone asks about Homestead Filing and that is covered in this link. This is a link you want to be familiar with and even Filing can be done on line in the site. Eva believes we need to relate to our Big Picture which for Florida citizens is stable property values, taxes, and insurance while giving concern to preserving education and public service.")

Topic 3. (Eva said "The next most talked about is What is Save Our Homes".)

HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - What is "Save Our Homes"?
"Save Our Homes" is an amendment to the Florida Constitution that the voters passed in 1992. A taxpayer AUTOMATICALLY receives the Save Our Homes protection starting the year after first obtaining a homestead exemption. This law limits the increase in assessed value for properties receiving the Homestead Exemption to no more than 3% or the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), no matter how much larger the increase in just value would otherwise be. The limit does not cover new construction or construction that was not taxed before the "Save Our Homes" limit applied to a particular property. It also does not apply when a property sells -- because the new owner starts the limitation all over again once he or she qualifies for Homestead Exemption.