eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 195.073. Classification of property.  


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  • 1All items required by law to be on the assessment rolls must receive a classification based upon the use of the property. The department shall promulgate uniform definitions for all classifications. The department may designate other subclassifications of property. No assessment roll may be approved by the department which does not show proper classifications.
    55(1) 56Real property must be classified according to the assessment basis of the land into the following classes:
    73(a) 74Residential, subclassified into categories, one category for homestead property and one for nonhomestead property:
    881. 89Single family.
    912. 92Mobile homes.
    943. 95Multifamily, up to nine units.
    1004. 101Condominiums.
    1025. 103Cooperatives.
    1046. 105Retirement homes.
    107(b) 108Commercial and industrial, including apartments with more than nine units.
    118(c) 119Agricultural.
    120(d) 121Nonagricultural acreage.
    123(e) 124High-water recharge.
    126(f) 127Historic property used for commercial or certain nonprofit purposes.
    136(g) 137Exempt, wholly or partially.
    141(h) 142Centrally assessed.
    144(i) 145Leasehold interests.
    147(j) 148Time-share property.
    150(k) 151Land assessed under s. 155193.501156.
    157(l) 158Other.
    159(2) 160Personal property shall be classified as:
    166(a) 167Floating structures169-170residential.
    171(b) 172Floating structures174-175nonresidential.
    176(c) 177Mobile homes and attachments.
    181(d) 182Household goods.
    184(e) 185Other tangible personal property.
    189(3) 190When the tax roll is submitted to the department for approval, there shall also be appended a statement indicating the total assessed valuation of structures added to and deleted from the assessment roll for that year in each taxing jurisdiction.
    230(4)(a) 231Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall provide for the separate identification of property as prior existing property of an expanded or rebuilt business, as expansion-related property of an expanded or rebuilt business, and as property of a new business, in the event the business qualifies for an enterprise zone property tax credit pursuant to s. 287220.182, 288in addition to classification according to use.
    295(b) 296This subsection expires on the date specified in s. 305290.016 306for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
    315(5) 316Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall provide for the separate identification of property granted an economic development ad valorem tax exemption, in addition to classification according to use.
    345(6) 346To the greatest extent practicable and based on existing information, all publicly owned real property required to be listed on the assessment roll shall also be separately classified according to ownership by federal, state, or local government; water management district; or other public entity.
History.-s. 3, ch. 73-172; ss. 8, 23, ch. 74-234; s. 15, ch. 79-334; s. 11, ch. 80-77; ss. 6, 10, ch. 80-248; s. 3, ch. 80-347; s. 9, ch. 81-308; ss. 56, 74, ch. 82-226; s. 1, ch. 83-223; s. 27, ch. 84-356; s. 65, ch. 94-136; s. 64, ch. 94-353; s. 7, ch. 96-204; s. 6, ch. 97-117; s. 24, ch. 2000-210; s. 16, ch. 2005-287; s. 4, ch. 2009-157; s. 5, ch. 2020-10.

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