Property tax in Volusia County, Florida

Who sends the property tax bill in Volusia County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Volusia County Tax Collector. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Volusia County Property Appraiser, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

Two offices handle your tax: the Property Appraiser sets the value and grants exemptions, and the Tax Collector mails the bill and takes payment. City taxes, school taxes and non-ad valorem assessments appear on the same Tax Collector bill. The value-appeal window closes in September, before the bill arrives in November, so a disagreement with the value has to be raised from the TRIM notice mailed in August; a Value Adjustment Board petition costs $40 per parcel. If you escrow, your mortgage company requests the bill and you receive an information copy. Online payments run through a separate payment site the Tax Collector links to; e-checks and online banking payments carry a $1.50 fee, debit cards $2.65 and credit cards 2.6%.

When are property taxes due in Volusia County?

For the 2026 bill, Volusia County has one due date: March 31, 2027. Bills are mailed on or before November 1, 2026; if yours has not arrived by the second week of November, contact the Tax Collector. Paying early earns a discount: 4% if paid in November, 3% in December, 2% in January and 1% in February, based on the postmark for mailed payments; the full amount is due by March 31. January 31 and February 28, 2027 fall on Sundays: the Tax Collector says that when a discount period ends on a weekend or legal holiday, the discount extends to the next working day for payments brought in person to its office (state law, section 197.162, says the same). For the March 31 deadline, the Tax Collector says a deadline on a weekend or holiday extends to the next business day for payments made in person by 5 p.m. or online by 11:59 p.m. Owners on the quarterly installment plan instead pay by June 30, September 30, December 31 and March 31, with discounts of 6%, 4.5%, 3% and none; new applications are due by April 30, and enrolled owners do not reapply. The Tax Collector says a first installment not paid by June 30 carries a 5% penalty in July and that enrollment is cancelled if it is not received by July 31; state law (section 197.222) requires the Tax Collector to accept a late first installment through July 31 without the discount. Unpaid taxes become delinquent on April 1, 2027, when a 3% minimum mandatory charge is added. Once taxes are delinquent, a payment counts on the day the Tax Collector receives it, not the postmark date. Accounts not paid by April 30 are advertised in the newspaper and online, and the advertising and auction listing fees are added to the bill. A tax certificate sale is held on or before June 1; a certificate is a first lien on the property, carries interest of up to 18%, and two years after April 1 of the year it was issued the holder can apply for a tax deed, which leads to an auction of the property. Once a certificate is sold, it must be paid off in cash, cashier's check, certified check, money order, or by credit or debit card.

From Volusia County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Volusia County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Volusia County's average effective rate of 0.77% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Volusia County at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Volusia County compare in Florida?

Among Florida's 67 counties, Volusia County has the 20th highest effective property-tax rate: 19 rank higher and 47 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Florida. Nationally, it ranks 1664th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Florida county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Volusia County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Volusia County's 178,279 owner-occupied homes, 36.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 52.4% pay at least $2,000, and 11.4% pay under $800. Another 7.7% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,627 and owners without one pay $2,014. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Volusia County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,395 is about 3% of the median income of Volusia County homeowner households, $78,849 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 73.7% of Volusia County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Volusia County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,624 in 2015-2019 to $2,395 in 2020-2024, a 47.5% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 78.9%, from $175,000 to $313,000. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Volusia County

Volusia County borders 7 counties.

How is a home assessed in Volusia County?

Florida assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Volusia County included. How Florida assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Volusia County?

Yes. Florida exempts up to $50,000 of a permanent resident's home: the first $25,000 from all taxes and a further $25,000 from everything except school levies. Apply with the county property appraiser by March 1. That is the Florida rule, and it applies in Volusia County. Florida's exemptions and relief programs in full.

On top of the Florida programs, Volusia County runs its own:

• Senior exemption for persons 65 and older (limited income): For a homesteaded owner aged 65 or older on January 1 whose prior-year household adjusted gross income does not exceed $38,686 (adjusted every year), an additional exemption of up to $50,000 from all county taxing authorities. Most cities in the county also grant it against their own taxes, in amounts from $10,000 to $50,000 depending on the city. It applies only to the taxes of the governments that adopted it, so school taxes are not reduced. Income documents for every household member are due by June 1. Apply by March 1.
• Senior 25-year residency exemption: For an owner who meets the same age and income test, has lived in the home at least 25 years, and whose home had a just value under $250,000 in the year of application, the home's assessed value is exempt from all county taxing authorities; DeBary, Deltona, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach and Ponce Inlet also grant it against their own taxes. School taxes are not reduced. Apply by March 1.
• Granny flat exemption (living quarters for parents or grandparents): The Volusia County Property Appraiser grants this reduction, which Florida law lets each county choose to offer: for a homestead owner who builds or rebuilds living quarters, after January 7, 2003, for a parent or grandparent aged 62 or older who lives there, the added value is taken off the home's assessed value, up to 20% of the total assessed value. It must be applied for every year. Apply by Before March 1.

How to appeal your Volusia County property assessment

In Volusia County you appeal to the Volusia County Value Adjustment Board. The deadline: Within 25 days after the Property Appraiser mails the TRIM (Truth in Millage) notice of proposed taxes. For 2026 the notices were mailed August 17 and the deadline was September 11, 2026; the petition must be received by the board by that date. A petition over a denied exemption or classification is due within 30 days after the denial notice is mailed. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Florida's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Florida rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Florida page.

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