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Property appraiser outlines Hurricane Milton damage, tax-refund process and counts of affected homes
Summary
Martin County property appraiser staff reported damage counts from Hurricane Milton, described the state law limits tied to the Jan. 1 assessment date, and summarized a new residential tax-refund process; 27 refund applications totaling $15,783 had been submitted by February.
The Martin County property appraiser’s office told the board on March 25 that Hurricane Milton’s tornadoes and related storm damage in October 2024 left dozens of homes with damage and that a state refund process is available for some residential properties.
“We are required by law to reassess property values every year at market value considering allowable cost of sale based on conditions as of January 1 of that tax year,” Property Appraiser Jenny Fields told the commission, explaining why damage occurring after Jan. 1 generally cannot change that year’s assessed value.
The explanation was followed by Chief Deputy Carl Anderson’s review of the office’s assessment map and damage counts. “Destroyed, we had a total of 30 properties,” Anderson said, and the office counted 31 properties with major damage,…
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