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Taxing Districts
Taxing districts are geographic areas of the county in which property taxes are levied at the same rate. Each of the incorporated cities in Bradford County is a taxing district.

In an unincorporated area of the county, the millage levy includes the rates levied by the Bradford County Commission, the Bradford County School Board, and the South Florida Water Management District.

Inside each city, the millage levy includes these same rates, plus the millage rate levied by that respective City Commission.

CURRENT MILLAGE BY TAXING DISTRICT
BROOKER (001) 15.9219
HAMPTON (002) 17.6716
LAWTEY (003) 17.9214
SJWMD (004) 15.5573
STARKE (005) 20.0595
SRWMD (006) 15.6716


Millage Rates
Taxing authorities levy annual taxes on the taxable property in their jurisdictions. The rate at which a taxing authority levies tax is usually expressed in mils. "One mil" represents a rate of 0.001, and can be confusing if millage is confused with millage rate. The easiest way to think of millage is in "dollars per thousand"; that is, a rate of one mil is equal to one dollar of tax for each 1000 dollars of taxable value. The following example may be helpful.

For example, if a taxing authority levies 10 mils on $1000 of taxable value, the millage levy would be expressed as "10 mils". The millage rate is calculated as 0.010 (0.001 x 10) and the amount of tax on each $1000 would the be $1000 x 0.010 = $10.00. This means that "10 mils" generates $10 of tax revenue for each $1000 of taxable value.

Millage rates are set each year during the budget hearings held by each of the taxing authorities. Two public hearings are held each year, usually July through September, at which time budgets and tax rates are set. The meetings are advertised and are open to the public.

CURRENT MILLAGE BY TAXING AUTHORITY
Bradford County 10.0000
Public Schools 5.3780
City of Brooker 0.2503
City of Hampton 2.0000
City of Lawtey 2.2498
City of Starke 4.3879
St. Johns River WMD
(Levied in 6 square miles of the county)
0.1793
Suwannee River WMD
(Levied in most of the county)
0.2936

**All property in the county is in either the Suwannee River Water Management District or the St. Johns River Water Management District.



Street Address Office Hours Mailing Address
Bradford County Property Appraiser
945 North Temple Ave
Suite A
Starke, Florida 32091
904-966-6216 -phone
904-966-6167 -fax
8:00am - 5:00pm (Mon-Fri, except holidays)
Bradford County Property Appraiser
PO Box 250
Starke, FL 32091

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