Bay County Property Appraiser Dan Sowell, CFA

03/03/2026

12/15/2025

Because our office will be closed for the holidays December 24-26 and January 2, the deadline to file for the 2026 Homestead Exemption will be March 3, 2026.

01/24/2025

We have concluded taking Homestead Exemption applications at our North branch, for February 2025.

07/10/2023

Because of the ever-increasing concern about property fraud, you can now sign up for notifications of any activity involving your property. Click the attached link to register for this free service offered though the Clerk of the Court’s office.

Property Fraud Alert is an electronic notification service that alerts a subscriber via email every time a land records document is recorded with a requested name.

02/15/2023

Remember, Monday April 3 2023, is the deadline for Bay County businesses to file their Tangible Personal Property (TPP) returns. Please visit our TPP homepage for more information and/or to file directly from our website. https://tpp.baypa.net/index.aspx

02/15/2023

Here is an informative guide to Florida's property tax process.

08/13/2018

Our Beach Office is open inside Panhandle Educators Federal Credit Union at 301 R. Jackson Blvd. Hours are 8:30 - 4:30, M-F
850-248-8470

07/29/2012

Thank you for visiting the Bay County Property Appraiser's page. Through this page I will keep you posted on matters pertaining to your property's assessment as well as other information of benefit to you. Please give me a call if I can ever be of help to you. Best regards, Dan

07/29/2012