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Taylor County
Taylor County
Taylor County is on Florida's Big Bend (Gulf coast), anchored by Perry (county seat). The economy mixes timber/forestry (Foley Cellulose), agriculture, fishing, and small-business retail. Hurricane Idalia (2023) and Helene (2024) caused major damage along the coast. The Clerk (Gary Knowles, Jr.) runs Civitek records.
Property in Taylor
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Taylor.
Taylor is a low-cost rural and coastal market with significant hurricane exposure.
- Florida Homestead Exemption and Save Our Homes apply.
- Tax bills Nov 1; discounts through February; delinquent April 1.
- Wind, flood, and roof age dominate insurance pricing on Keaton Beach and Steinhatchee.
- Tax deed redemption to day of sale (Ch. 197, F.S.).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under § 45.032, F.S. (60 days).
Investing in Taylor.
Taylor offers cheap rural and coastal land with steady but low-volume foreclosure activity.
- Court records via Civitek OCRS (county/62).
- Property Appraiser at qpublic.schneidercorp.com (Taylor).
- Watch for unrepaired Idalia/Helene damage, agricultural exemptions, and FEMA 50% substantial-improvement rules.
After a Taylor foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Taylor uses Florida's judicial foreclosure process and runs Ch. 197 tax deed sales.
- Foreclosures filed in the 3rd Judicial Circuit.
- Surplus claim window: 60 days under § 45.032, F.S.
- Tax certificates sold yearly; tax deed application after 2 years.
- Notices published in the Perry News-Herald.
Courts and records in Taylor.
- Taylor County Courthouse — 108 N Jefferson St, Perry, FL 32347 — 3rd Judicial Circuit
- 3rd Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor)
- First District Court of Appeal — Tallahassee
- Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller — Gary Knowles, Jr. — (850) 838-3506 — taylorclerk.com
- Property Appraiser — D. Wesley Drawdy — P.O. Box 936 — qpublic.schneidercorp.com (Taylor)
- Tax Collector — Doris D. Cason — P.O. Box 30 — taylorcountytaxcollector.com
- Sheriff — Wayne Padgett — 589 E US Hwy 27, Perry