Alachua County Property Appraiser

If you have owned a house in Alachua County, you may need to deal with the Alachua County Property Appraiser. Property Appraiser is an elected officer with the task of valuing every piece of property in the County. This guide will introduce everything you need to know about Alachua County Property Appraiser.

According to the State Constitution, the Alachua County Property Appraiser is responsible for valuing the properties in Alachua County at 100% of their market value as of January 1st of each year. Besides, the Alachua County Property Appraiser is also tasked with preparing tax rolls and determining tax exemptions. Ayesha Solomon, CFE has become the Alachua County Property Appraiser since 2020.

The Property Appraiser normally arrives at the property values from three approaches.

Market Value: Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) system is used to determine the market value by analyzing the sales of comparable properties, the cost of reproducing the property, and the potential of the property to increase profitability. The Property Appraiser generally believes that the sales of properties identical to yours that occurred before January 1 are nearly your market value.

Assessed Value: It is the value assigned to a property after the Save Our Homes (SOH) cap has been taken into account, but before any exemptions have been subtracted.

Taxable Value: The assessed value less any exemptions is the taxable value. It is used to calculate the property tax.

Alachua County Property Search

A property search tool is provided by Alachua County Property Appraiser on the office’s website, where you can get the knowledge of details of properties such as Parcel ID, owner, owner address, property address, homestead, legal description, and map.

You can search for the properties by nine methods: Owner Name, Location Address, Parcel Number, Prop ID, Legal Information, Section/Township/Range, Neighborhood, Neighborhood Code, and Subdivision.

Alachua County Property Search

Contact Alachua County Property Appraiser

There are two offices of Alachua County Property Appraiser that deal with the daily affairs. Here are contact information for the offices.

Main Office:
Address: 515 North Main Street, Suite 200 Gainesville, Florida 32601
Hours: 8 Am to 5 PM, Monday - Friday (except County holidays)
Phone: 352-374-5230
Email: acpa@acpafl.org

Alachua Office:
Address: Inside the Swick House, 15010 NW 142 Terrace, Alachua, Florida
Hours: 9 AM to 4 PM, Monday -Thursday (except County holidays)
Phone: 386-418-6157
Email: acpa@acpafl.org

Website: acpafl.org

County Property Appraiser