Alachua County Appraiser Florida

Real Estate Appraisal and Closing services are available in every county in Florida, including Alachua. Information regarding this county is also available on the county's website. Below you can find information how the county’s property appraiser’s office works.

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What are the duties of the Alachua county property Appraiser?

The Alachua County Florida Property Appraiser is in charge of appraising all property in Alachua County at 100% of market value by January 1 of each year. This means that it is on an annual reappraisal cycle so your property value could change each and every year.

How does the appraisal process work by the Alachua county property appraiser?

When a parcel of land is created, an Alachua county Florida property appraiser is to determine the correct land value by reviewing sales of similar properties. When a building permit is issued on a parcel, one of our appraisers will visit the property to value the improvements.

At least once every three years one of our appraisers will inspect your property to verify the information on the property record card. In addition, sales of the area will be reviewed by an Alachua county property Appraiser at least once every three years to determine if there has been a change in the market value.

How is the market value determined per the Alachua county property Appraiser?

Market value is how much a property would sell for, in an open market, under normal conditions. Market value is determined by Alachua county Florida property Appraisers analyzing the sales of similar properties, the cost to reproduce the property and the ability of the property to earn income.

In Alachua County, as in the rest of Florida the Alachua county property Appraiser uses a computer assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) system. The CAMA system incorporates the Alachua appraisers conclusions from the three approaches to value. Although this seems complicated, please keep in mind that the Alachua county property Appraiser feels the best evidence of your market value are the sales, prior to January 1, of properties similar to yours.

How does Amendment 10/Save Our Homes (SOH) affect the property taxes?

Example: The year after you purchased your home it was appraised by an Alachua property Appraiser at $100,000. You qualified for the homestead exemption, so your taxable value is $75,000 ($100,000 minus $50,000). In the following year the market value of your home has increased to $109,000. However, because of SOH that value can only increase to $103,000 (the lower of 3% or the change in the Consumer Price Index). Therefore, your taxable value is $78,000 ($103,000 minus $50,000) instead of $84,000 ($109,000 minus $50,000).

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