Value Adjustment Board Final Meeting

The final meeting of the 2012 Value Adjustment Board will be held on March 12, 2013 at 8:15 AM in the County Commission Conference Room, 315 Court St, 5th floor, Clearwater, FL.

2012 VAB final meeting details

VAB meeting agenda

The Value Adjustment Board (VAB) serves as the decision-making authority when there is disagreement between the property owner and Property Appraiser concerning exemptions, valuations and classifications. Petition filing and scheduled quasi-judicial hearings are handled by the VAB to settle any disputes.  The Board Records Department of the Clerk of the Circuit Court has been designated to serve as the Clerk to the Value Adjustment Board and all processes related to VAB are administered by this department.
The current members of the Pinellas County VAB are:

• Commissioner John Morroni, Chairman
• Commissioner Norm Roche
• School Board Member Carol Cook
• BCC Appointee Robert Symanski
• School Board Appointee Michael A.J. Bindman

General Information

• A $15 non-refundable filing fee must be submitted with each petition UNLESS the petition is appealing the denial of a timely filed application for homestead exemption or denial of a homestead tax deferral.  Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Board of County Commissioners.     
• Petitions for multiple or contiguous parcels cannot be filed online and must be submitted to the Board Records Department.  Please contact Board Records for more information regarding the filing fees and other requirements for these petitions.
• Petitions filed on behalf of a property owner by an unlicensed agent must be signed by the property owner or accompanied by written authorization from the property owner.
• Unless a petition is submitted online, the petition must have the petitioner’s original signature.  Copies or faxed petitions will NOT be accepted.

  The petition must be submitted on the form issued by the Department of Revenue.
  
  Note: if these petition forms are used, the forms must be printed out and submitted with the applicable filing fees to the:
  Board Records Department, 315 Court Street, 5th Floor, Clearwater, FL 33756. 
  
  All petitions must be received on or before September 14, 2012. Petitions received after the deadline must be accompanied by written reasons for good cause as to why the petition was submitted after the deadline.   

  • Petition to Value Adjustment Board
  • Attachment to Single Joint Petition for Multiple Units
  • Transfer of Homestead Assessment Difference Petition (Portability).  

All petitions except petitions for multiple contiguous parcels may be filed online through the Axia program. 

Click here to view the status of your online VAB petition.