COVID-19 Impact on Extended Property Tax Payment Due Date in Florida

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Property tax is normally due by March 31 in the year following the tax assessment. All tax collectors shall consider property taxes timely paid if received by electronic payment or postmarked by April 15, 2020. This is pursuant to Order of Emergency Waiver/Deviation #20-52-DOR-01 and applies to all 67 Florida counties.

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COVID-19 DISCLAIMER: As you are aware, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, things are changing quickly and the effect, enforceability and interpretation of laws may be affected by future events. The material set forth in this document is not an unequivocal statement of law, but instead represents our best interpretation of where things stand as of the date of first publication. We have not attempted to address the potential impacts of all local, state and federal orders that may have been issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.