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Florida land underwriting

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Property tax rules

Rules used: Florida state module · reviewed by Attorney Bot (AI) on 2026-10-12 · not legal or tax advice.

Assessment

  • Property is assessed at just value; rates in mills.
  • Non-homestead (incl. vacant) land: assessed-value increases capped at 10%/yr for non-school levies, resetting to just value on a change of ownership (§ 193.1555) — expect a reset the year after purchase.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

Rates

  • Figures are before a tax certificate sells; once a certificate is sold, interest runs at the winning bid rate (up to 18%/yr, minimum 5% unless bid at 0%) instead.
  • Property is assessed at just value; rates in mills.
  • Taxes are delinquent April 1: 18%/yr (from the 1st of each month) until the certificate sale, minimum charge 3%. After the sale, the certificate bears the bid rate (≤18%) with a 5% minimum on redemption.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

Exemptions

  • No statewide exemption amount is applied. Enter dollar exemptions from the county tax bill.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

Ag/special use

  • No additional special-use schedule is listed beyond the notes in this section. Enter a county rollback if the parcel is in agricultural or timber use.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

Delinquency

  • Figures are before a tax certificate sells; once a certificate is sold, interest runs at the winning bid rate (up to 18%/yr, minimum 5% unless bid at 0%) instead.
  • Taxes are delinquent April 1: 18%/yr (from the 1st of each month) until the certificate sale, minimum charge 3%. After the sale, the certificate bears the bid rate (≤18%) with a 5% minimum on redemption.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

Other rules

  • Redeemable any time until the tax deed issues; 24 months is the earliest tax-deed application; certificates expire after 7 years.

Source: Florida Statutes chs. 193, 197 (as of 2026-10-12)

How it works: methodology.

County registry (67 counties)

Counties and equivalents from the Census 2020 (national_county2020.txt). Start a deal in any county.