The Jeff Davis County chief property appraiser has been charged after a dust-up over a property tax notice turned ugly in Hazlehurst Thursday. Read more

 City officials have changed course by deciding to raise the city's property tax rate. Read more

 Taxpayers in Titusville, Cocoa and Rockledge could face higher tax rates to make up for declining property tax revenue. Read more

 Manatee County commissioners swiftly rubber stamped a program Thursday that would waive certain property taxes for expanding or relocating businesses. Read more

 Dania Beach commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to tentatively keep they city’s property tax rate for the upcoming year the same as this fiscal year’s. Read more

 Many cities are looking for ways to make up for budget shortfalls. In Miami-Dade, that means going after homeowners illegally claiming homestead exemptions to lower property taxes, writes Martha Brannigan of The Miami Herald. Read more

 Zephyrhills City Council voted Monday to raise the proposed tax millage from 5.999 to 6.25. Read more

  The City Commission will consider approving a proposed tax rate tonight 12 cents higher than the current one. Read more

  In the upcoming fiscal year, utility fees will not go up in Palmetto, at least six departments' budgets will decrease, and the property tax millage rate will generate about the same amount of revenue as last year, city documents show. Read more

 For the last seven years, property values in Bay County municipalities have been somewhat unpredictable. Read more

 Pedro J. Garcia, who became Miami-Dade’s first elected property appraiser four years ago in an upset victory, now finds himself in a similar spot, seeking reelection against a better-funded rival, state Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Read more

 For years — decades, really — Miami-Dade homeowners have been ducking property taxes by illegally claiming homestead exemptions, usually with impunity. Read more

 A typical South Miami homeowner would pay about the same amount of property tax if the city commissioners adopt the tax rate they voted to advertise last week. Read more

 The County Commission on Thursday voted to keep a steady property tax rate for the coming year, a move that will save taxpayers $4 million in collections that one commissioner argued could have been used to boost children's services. Read more

 Palatka city commissioners approved raising property taxes by agreeing to raise the city's millage rate for the next fiscal year. Read more

 It isn’t clear who is responsible for the $2.5 million in back property taxes owed on a popular Coconut Grove restaurant and marina. What is certain: the tax collector wants the money. Read more

 Collier County property owners can expect to receive their Truth in Millage notices after Aug. 24. Read more

 Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner wants to make his re-election race about experience, competence and his record of running an efficient office. Read more

 The Gulf County School Board passed a tentative budget last week that includes a nearly 4 percent reduction in the millage rate and a 10.81 reduction in ad valorem revenue. Read more

 City Council members have tentatively approved a 14 percent property tax hike, but due to plunging property values, most city residents are not likely to see a big increase. Read more