The Polk County property appraiser is responsible for determining the value of all property in the county annually. The Property Appraiser’s Office also appraised tangible personal property ...

Polk County seated a new county commissioner, a new property appraiser and the first woman to serve as public defender for the 10th Circuit during Tuesday's primary elections. Two County ...

The past decade has been a stable period for constitutional officers in Polk County — those elected to serve in countywide or broader positions. Only one change of position has occurred over ...

Even the perfunctory administrative post of Polk County Property Appraiser could not escape the gravitational pull of vitriol during the 2024 election cycle. What can often be a quiet race came to ...

Polk County Assessor Douglas Schmidt, 66, is retiring at the end of February, two years before his third term ends. He told his staff in December and submitted his resignation letter to ...

Polk County Assessor Randy Ripperger has for more than two years illegally denied the public access to a list of nearly 2,200 Polk County property owners, an administrative law judge has concluded.

A tax exemption for a new cold storage warehouse facility in Winter Haven gained Polk Commission approval, but not without ...

The Polk County assessor and his chief deputy are getting 10% raises while other county employees received between 3% and 4%. Some local officials are facing public concerns over raises because of ...

A district judge has signed off on new bond conditions that will allow a man accused of murdering a restaurant employee to live outside of Smith County while he waits for trial. Goble was arrested ...

RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT, THE OWNERS OF SOME MILLION DOLLAR HOMES IN POLK COUNTY ARE GETTING A SURPRISE. A STRANGER ASKED THE ASSESSOR’S OFFICE TO RAISE OR LOWER THEIR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS.

THE COUNTY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE SAYS MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE HAVE FILED PETITIONS AGAINST THAT INCREASE AND THERE ARE MORE THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PROCESSED. BUT IF YOU LIVE IN POLK COUNTY AND YOU WANT ...