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What is the Broward County property tax appeal deadline?
Broward County mails TRIM Notices in mid-August and you have 25 days to file a petition with the Value Adjustment Board. For 2025, the deadline was September 18. The VAB filing fee is $15 — and is refunded if your appeal succeeds. Missing the deadline forfeits your right to challenge for that tax year. Ownwell can manage the process and only charges if you save.
What is the Broward homestead exemption worth?
For 2025, the basic homestead exemption saved Broward homeowners between $659 and $1,009 annually depending on their city's millage rate. The exemption reduces taxable value by up to $50,000 and activates Save Our Homes, which caps annual assessment increases at 3 percent per year. Apply by March 1 each year through the BCPA at bcpa.net.
What is Save Our Homes and how does portability work in Broward?
Save Our Homes caps annual assessment increases on homesteaded Broward properties at 3 percent regardless of market appreciation. Over time, this can create a large gap between your assessed value and current market value. When you sell and buy a new Florida homestead, portability lets you transfer up to $500,000 of that accumulated benefit to reduce your new home's assessed value. Apply for portability simultaneously with your new homestead exemption application.
What is the Owner Alert program?
Owner Alert is a free service from the Broward County Property Appraiser that emails you within a short time after a document affecting your property ownership — such as a deed — is received by the BCPA. It helps detect deed fraud and unauthorized transfers. Sign up using your property folio number at bcpa.net.
Where is Broward County Probate Court?
The Probate Division of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court is at the Broward County Courthouse, 201 SE 6th Street in Fort Lauderdale. Call the Probate Clerk at 954-831-6565 for filing guidance. Attorneys must e-file through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal. Self-represented filers may submit paper documents in person.
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