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Hernando County special magistrate hears homeowners'value protests; magistrate will issue recommendations to Value Adjustment Board
Summary
Special Magistrate Colleen Millett heard a series of property-value protests on Jan. 16, 2026, in Hernando County. The property appraiser's office presented its 2025 assessments and comparable-sales analyses; petitioner Edwin Rivera, representing homeowners, offered lower opinion values and challenged several comparables and data issues. No final decisions were made; Millett will issue recommendations to the Value Adjustment Board within two weeks.
Colleen Millett, the special magistrate presiding over the Hernando County Value Adjustment Board hearing on Jan. 16, 2026, opened the telephonic session and swore the participants in before taking up a docket of residential assessment protests.
The property appraiser's office presented packets (entered as PAOA) for each petition, citing sales-comparison analyses, weighted-means and cost-of-sale adjustments under Florida Statute 193.011. Petitioner Edwin Rivera, who identified himself as an agent with Unwell, repeatedly offered lower opinion values based on median-adjusted sales in the same neighborhoods and pressed the appraiser's evidence on comparable selection, condition and data-capture issues.
Why it matters: the special magistrate's recommendation will guide the Value Adjustment Board's final action on contested 2025 just/assessed/taxable values. Those outcomes affect property tax bills for the parcel owners involved and can set precedents for comparable selection and adjustments in Hernando County.
Key details
- Procedure and records: Millett confirmed the hearing record for each petition and admitted property appraiser and petitioner packets. The magistrate noted that recommendations will be filed with the Value Adjustment Board within approximately two weeks.
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