Florida Regulations 12D-1.004: Returns, Applications and Other Information (not Including Applications for Exemptions) Required to Be Filed with the Property Appraiser
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(1) The following returns shall be filed according to the following schedule in each county which is the situs of the property, on forms and in compliance with the instructions for their use prescribed by the Department.
(a) Outdoor recreational or park lands. The owner of lands assessed as outdoor recreational or park lands, under Florida Statutes § 193.501, shall, on or before March 1 of each year, file with the property appraiser a written statement that the lands were utilized for such purposes on January 1.
(b) Pollution control devices. The owner of lands assessed under Florida Statutes § 193.621, relating to pollution control devices, shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file a return in the manner and form prescribed by the Department. The Department prescribes Form DR-492, Return of Pollution Control Devices for Ad Valorem Tax Purposes, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(c) Mineral, oil and gas or other subsurface rights, assessed under Florida Statutes § 193.481, by owner of the surface fee. The owner of real property who also owns mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface mineral rights to the same property shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file with the property appraiser a request in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue in order to have such mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface mineral rights separately assessed from the remainder of the real estate as a separate item on the tax roll. Failure to file the above request, on or before April 1 of each year, shall relieve the property appraiser of the duty to assess mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface rights separately from the remainder of the real estate owned by the owner of such mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface rights. The Department prescribes Form DR-508, Application for Separate Assessment of Mineral, Oil, and Other Subsurface Rights, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(d) Property subject to a conservation easement, qualified and designated as environmentally endangered by resolution of the governing board of a municipality or county, or designated as conservation land in a comprehensive plan adopted by the appropriate municipal or county governing board. The owner of property so designated may, on or before March 1 of each year, petition the property appraiser in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue, for a reclassification and reassessment of the land pursuant to Florida Statutes § 193.501 See Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-8.001 The Department prescribes Form DR-482C, Land Used for Conservation, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(e) Every person or organization who has the legal title to houses of public worship, the lots on which they are located, personal property located thereon or therein, every parsonage, house of public worship owned burial grounds and tombs, and all other such property not rented or hired out for other than religious or educational purposes at any time, shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file a return of such property in the manner and form prescribed by the Department with the property appraiser of the county in which the property is located.
(2) All state and governmental entities, including all departments (boards, authorities, agencies, commissions, etc.) of state governments, and all forms of local government (including county commissions, school boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies of a public or quasi-public nature), special taxing districts, multi-county districts and municipalities, shall, on or before April 1, furnish to the several property appraisers of this state a list of real property owned. Such list shall include a description sufficient to identify the same and an estimate of the value of the same. The list may include only the property which has been acquired or disposed of by the governmental entity since the filing of the previous return or list, and shall be due on or before April 1 of each year.
(3) An assessment may not be contested unless a return, as required by Florida Statutes § 193.052, is timely filed by the taxpayer.
Rulemaking Authority Florida Statutes § 195.027(1), 213.06(1) FS. Law Implemented 193.052, 193.062, 193.085, 193.481, 193.501, 193.621, 196.011, 196.193 FS. History-New 10-12-76, Formerly 12D-1.04, Amended 12-31-98, 9-19-17.
Terms Used In Florida Regulations 12D-1.004
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(b) Pollution control devices. The owner of lands assessed under Florida Statutes § 193.621, relating to pollution control devices, shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file a return in the manner and form prescribed by the Department. The Department prescribes Form DR-492, Return of Pollution Control Devices for Ad Valorem Tax Purposes, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(c) Mineral, oil and gas or other subsurface rights, assessed under Florida Statutes § 193.481, by owner of the surface fee. The owner of real property who also owns mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface mineral rights to the same property shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file with the property appraiser a request in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue in order to have such mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface mineral rights separately assessed from the remainder of the real estate as a separate item on the tax roll. Failure to file the above request, on or before April 1 of each year, shall relieve the property appraiser of the duty to assess mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface rights separately from the remainder of the real estate owned by the owner of such mineral, oil, gas or other subsurface rights. The Department prescribes Form DR-508, Application for Separate Assessment of Mineral, Oil, and Other Subsurface Rights, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(d) Property subject to a conservation easement, qualified and designated as environmentally endangered by resolution of the governing board of a municipality or county, or designated as conservation land in a comprehensive plan adopted by the appropriate municipal or county governing board. The owner of property so designated may, on or before March 1 of each year, petition the property appraiser in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue, for a reclassification and reassessment of the land pursuant to Florida Statutes § 193.501 See Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-8.001 The Department prescribes Form DR-482C, Land Used for Conservation, incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 12D-16.002, by reference.
(e) Every person or organization who has the legal title to houses of public worship, the lots on which they are located, personal property located thereon or therein, every parsonage, house of public worship owned burial grounds and tombs, and all other such property not rented or hired out for other than religious or educational purposes at any time, shall, on or before April 1 of each year, file a return of such property in the manner and form prescribed by the Department with the property appraiser of the county in which the property is located.
(2) All state and governmental entities, including all departments (boards, authorities, agencies, commissions, etc.) of state governments, and all forms of local government (including county commissions, school boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies of a public or quasi-public nature), special taxing districts, multi-county districts and municipalities, shall, on or before April 1, furnish to the several property appraisers of this state a list of real property owned. Such list shall include a description sufficient to identify the same and an estimate of the value of the same. The list may include only the property which has been acquired or disposed of by the governmental entity since the filing of the previous return or list, and shall be due on or before April 1 of each year.
(3) An assessment may not be contested unless a return, as required by Florida Statutes § 193.052, is timely filed by the taxpayer.
Rulemaking Authority Florida Statutes § 195.027(1), 213.06(1) FS. Law Implemented 193.052, 193.062, 193.085, 193.481, 193.501, 193.621, 196.011, 196.193 FS. History-New 10-12-76, Formerly 12D-1.04, Amended 12-31-98, 9-19-17.