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Payment of Real Estate Taxes - Property Tax Payment Deferral Program
Under Florida Statutes 197.252 and 197.253, you may defer a portion or all of your property tax payments and any non-ad valorem assessments. Click here  for information on the revised tax deferral program offered by the Tax Collector.

You may lose your 3% cap if you add someone other than your spouse to your deed and he/she applies for Homestead Exemption.

Adding names to the ownership of your property normally does not affect your $25,000 homestead exemption if the original owner/applicant still meets the residency requirements and title is held as tenants by the entirety or joint tenants with rights of survivorship.

However, if the owner added to the property applies for homestead exemption, Florida law now requires the removal of the 3% assessment limitation on your property resulting in an increase in taxes.

For additional information, please call 305-375-4125.

Property Appraiser's Outreach Program
The Property Appraiser’s office is here to help you.  If you would like to have someone meet with your condo or civic organization to discuss tax exemption programs or the assessment process, please contact us at (305) 375-4712 or email us.

“Buyer should not rely on the seller's current property taxes as the amount of property taxes that the buyer may be obligated to pay in the year subsequent to purchase.”

A new law under Section 689.261, Florida Statutes, now requires a disclosure, before signing a contract, that a sale triggers a reassessment of a property and subsequent increase in property taxes.  To help you better estimate future property taxes, the Property Appraisal Department encourages you to use our Tax Estimator  .