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The Alachua County Tax Collector is excited to offer Pocketalk Translation Devices for our customers.

Accurate communication is critical to serve our diverse community in Alachua County.  We now offer Pocketalk translation devices to help bridge the communication barriers between our employees and customers whose primary language is not English. These two-way translation devices create connections across 82 different languages with extreme accuracy. The Pocketalk represents our commitment to be inclusive and respectful of all customers by providing valuable resources to simplify their visit with us.  We are excited to offer this game changing service!

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Probate and Estate Planning Summit

We are co-hosting a Probate and Estate Planning Summit with the Alachua County Property Appraiser on September 14th, 2023, at 6 PM at the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center. Our goal is to educate the community about the probate process for heirs’ property and introduce financial resources currently available. Heirs’ property refers to property that has not had the property estate planning in place. This takes place when the last owner of the property is now deceased resulting in the property needing to go through the probate process.

2023 Notice of Proposed Property Taxes

Our friends at the Property Appraiser’s Office have mailed out the 2023 Notice of Proposed Property Taxes (Truth in Millage-TRIM notice). The notice provides important information about the value of your home and property as well as exemptions. As a reminder, the County of Alachua and local governments set the tax rate/millage.  The Property Appraiser sets the assessed value of the properties to which the tax rate is applied. The Tax Collector mails the tax bills in November and is responsible for collecting the taxes and distributing them to the various entities. Questions regarding the proposed value or exemptions for your property should be addressed with the Property appraiser’s office immediately.  Public hearings to adopt the proposed tax rates will take place in September. Those dates/locations are listed on the TRIM notice.

Our offices will be closed for the federal holiday Monday, September 4th.

Our offices will be closed Monday, September 4th, 2023, for Labor Day. We expect to be busy on Tuesday, September 5th.  Appointments are strongly encouraged for fastest service.

Certified Public Manager Graduates

We are proud to announce our newest Certified Public Managers, Kim Reshard, Diana Howard, Veronica Taylor, and James Thompson!!  The Certified Public Manager program (CPM) is a nationally recognized leadership development program for public managers and supervisors.  The program is offered through FSU and takes two years to complete. Congratulations on completing the program and for dedicating your time and hard work!

Congratulations to Graduates of the Alachua County Citizens Academy

Karen Williams, Bridget Johnston, Shantal Booth, Kim Chaney, Kristan Ford, and Brittany Johnson!! 

They were recognized by Alachua County Commissioners for their completion of this 8-week educational class exploring the Alachua County government and the five constitutional offices.

Our offices will be closed for the federal holiday Monday, June 19th.

Online services are available 24/7 at www.AlachuaCollector.com.
Upon re-opening on Tuesday, 6/20, we expect to be busy. We encourage you to make an appointment for in-person visits to minimize your wait.

We look forward to serving you.

Office Closed

OUR OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY MAY 29TH FOR MERMORIAL DAY.

SPECIALTY PLATE PRE-SALE VOUCHERS

New specialty plates in Florida must sell a minimum of 3,000 pre-sale vouchers before the new specialty plate will be manufactured and made available.  We are pleased to announce that you can now purchase the vouchers directly though us: https://www.county-taxes.net/alachua.   For a list of plates and the pre-sale voucher sales data, visit the FHSMV website: https://www.flhsmv.gov/motor-vehicles-tags-titles/personalized-specialty-license-plates/specialty-license-plates/pre-sale-data/

DRIVER EDUCATION LICENSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (DELAP)

Our Northwest office will be open Saturday, June 10th from 8:00 AM-11:00AM to issue driver’s license permits to qualified Alachua County high school students currently enrolled in driver’s education. Students must register to attend through their high school instructor.