Property taxes are a pain, but they also pay for vital community services. Florida legislators are debating how to reduce ...

Lee County's primary elections are just around the corner, and two have put themselves forward for the title of property appraiser. County property appraisers are elected officials charged with ...

Rejecting lower-court decisions, the Florida Supreme Court said a Sarasota man should not have received a homestead property-tax exemption for part of his house that he rented out. The Supreme Court ...

Hialeah mayoral candidate Bryan Calvo lived for years in a home that improperly received a low-income senior property-tax exemption intended for his parents, some of it while he served as a city ...

Brooke Walters tells her students at Sarasota High School that a big part of success in life is knowing the rules and then following them. The veteran Spanish teacher sees herself very much as a rule ...

Florida lawmakers are pressing on with their push to cut property taxes in some form, promising assistance that would both ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There are three proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution that the Florida Legislature voted to place on the ballot this November. The first is an effort to help homeowners ...

MIAMI - It only takes minutes for someone to steal your home. South Florida is a hotbed for title thefts. Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor called it one of the easier crimes to commit. One local ...

While many people find them a nuisance, property taxes are the reason services are provided to you by your county and local ...

The 70-person St. Lucie County property appraiser's office, led by former Senate President Ken Pruitt, has won the biggest annual award the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) hands ...

An investigation into whether Florida's “Hatch Act” election laws were broken by Polk County Property Appraiser Marsha Faux found no violations of the law. The allegations were made leading up to the ...