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Home » US Law » 2022 Florida Statutes » Title XIV - Taxation and Finance » Chapter 194 - Administrative and Judicial Review of Property Taxes » Part III - Assessment: Presumption of Correctness (Ss. 194.301, 194.3015)

194.301 – Challenge to ad valorem tax assessment.

194.301 Challenge to ad valorem tax assessment.— (1) In any administrative or judicial action in which a taxpayer challenges an ad valorem tax assessment of value, the property appraiser’s assessment is presumed correct if the appraiser proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the assessment was arrived at by complying with s. 193.011, any other applicable […]

194.3015 – Burden of proof.

194.3015 Burden of proof.— (1) It is the express intent of the Legislature that a taxpayer shall never have the burden of proving that the property appraiser’s assessment is not supported by any reasonable hypothesis of a legal assessment. All cases establishing the every-reasonable-hypothesis standard were expressly rejected by the Legislature on the adoption of chapter 97-85, […]