ACPA Now and Then
Locals refer to the ACPA City of Alachua office as this type of house
What is the Swick House?
To qualify for Florida’s Long-Term Resident Senior Exemption, also known as the “Super-Senior Exemption,” a homeowner must have maintained their permanent residence on the same property for this amount of time
What is 25 years?
These 3 words describe a computer system used to capture, manage, analyze and display geographically referenced information
What is Geographic Information System?
This unit of currency/value equals $1 of tax for every $1,000 of taxable value
What is a mill
This legal term describes the process through which a deceased person's estate is distributed to heirs and designated beneficiaries. It can be expensive if you don't plan for it, trust me.
What is Probate?
This is ACPA's main office phone number
What is 352-374-5230?
This type of "unit" may not legally maintain 2 separate homestead exemptions on separate properties regardless of ownership according to FL Law
What is Family Unit
or Marital Unit (Unless Jacqui answers)
This type of property ownership gives all owners an equal and undivided interest, at least for as long as they live
What is Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship?
This phrase refers to a parcel of land and/or any structures or improvements that are permanently affixed to that land
What is Real Estate?
According to TPP FAQ, Anyone that's the sole proprietorship, partnership, company, corporation, self-employed agent or contactor that owns or has possession of assets as of this date must file for tangible personal property each year
What is January 1st?
The 4 values of ACPA according to ACPA's website include Integrity, Community Focused, Knowledgeable and this less opaque value
What is Transparency?
This percentage of interest is applied annually to property tax liens with an illegal exemption according to FL Law
What is 15%
In a metes and bounds legal description, this is the location where the boundary description begins and ultimately returns to close the parcel
What is the Point of Beginning POB?
Property tax according to value. (How the Romans might have said it).
What is Ad Valorem Tax?
Make sure you ring in on time for this clue. This department (not a part of ACPA) ensures that local authorities don't exceed mandated millage rate caps or miss key deadlines.
What is The Department of Revenue
This is the year ACPA moved into the Josiah T. Walls building
What is 2015?
When assessing if a disabled veteran qualifies for the 100% veteran's disability exemption (removes all advalorem taxes). This key phrase on the VA rating letter shows that the applicant qualifies for the exemption.
What is Totally and permanently disabled due to service-connected disabilities?
In property law and estate planning, the acronym OLEO stands for this individual
Who is the Original Life Estate Owner?
The diminished utility of an improvement due to negative influences originating from outside the building and usually classified as incurable
What is External Obsolescence?
You can argue with Jakob until the cows come home but this is the minimum acreage recommended for pastureland
What is 10 acres?
These are the first 2 female field appraisers at ACPA
Who is Lillian Johnson and Becky Durden?
For qualifying combat-disabled veterans age 65 and older, Florida provides a property tax discount equal to this percentage (Hint not numerical)
What is the veteran’s combat-related disability percentage as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs?
This GIS rule ensures spatial features maintain proper relationships, such as parcel polygons not overlapping or having unintended gaps between them
What is topology?
Although property ownership comes with extensive rights, the government can limit those rights through taxation, police power, eminent domain and this legal doctrine or transfer of property to the state to prevent assets from sitting ownerless in "limbo"
What is escheat?
I do declare that if you want your mobile home treated like real property you must bring your DR-402 to this place after visiting the Property Appraiser Office
What is the Tax Collector's Office?