Escambia County Tax Collector

The Escambia County Tax Collector is the elected officer responsible for collecting property taxes for the various taxing authorities of Escambia County. The tax collector also acts as the local agent for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and the Florida Department of Revenue.

The elected office of tax collector was established in the Florida Constitution of 1885. Tax collectors are elected to four-year terms at November general (presidential) elections. The only qualification to serve as tax collector is to be an elector of Escambia County.

The current Escambia County Tax Collector is Janet Holley, who was appointed on October 21, 1998, after the death of Matt Langley Bell III, and was reaffirmed by election in 2000 and 2004. Her annual salary as of 2007 was $132,050.

Office locations & hours

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30.409782, -87.21488, Matt Langley Bell III Building
213 Palafox Place
M-F: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM 30.388943, -87.279253, 507 N. Navy Boulevard
M: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Tu-F: 8:30 AM-6:00 PM 30.480818, -87.258267, 6451 North W Street
M, W, F: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Tu & Th: 8:30 AM-6:00 PM 30.698818, -87.35075, 470 South Highway 29
M: Closed
Tu-F: 7:30 AM-6:00 PM 30.970011, -87.266936, 7500 N. Century Boulevard
M: Closed
Tu-F: 7:30 AM-6:00 PM

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The Escambia County Tax Collector has five locations: a main branch in the Matt Langley Bell III Building in downtown Pensacola and four branches spread throughout the county. Services include:

• Real estate taxes
• Tangible personal property taxes
• Delinquent real estate taxes
• Local business tax receipts
• Motor vehicle registrations and titles
• Vessel registrations and titles
• Hunting and fishing licenses
• Going out of business licenses
• Fire sale permits
• Driver license renewal (Warrington & Century locations only)
• Drive-through services (all locations except Century)
  • Real estate and tangible tax payments
  • Local business tax receipts
  • Motor vehicle and vessel renewals

Chronology of tax collectors

Escambia County Tax Collectors (list incomplete)

Name	Elected/Appointed	Tenure
F. E. de la Rua	July 26, 1845
Maximo P. de Rioboo	September 16, 1845 December 22, 1845 January 2, 1847
A. W. Nicholson	October 27, 1847
A. B. Wheelock	April 1, 1874
George E. Wentworth	March 15, 1875
F. E. Richardson	February 1, 1877
Manuel Palmes	May 2, 1879 May 13, 1881 May 4, 1883 May 25, 1887
A. H. D'Alemberte	December 27, 1888	1888 - January 6, 1903
J. S. Roberts	1904 1916	January 3, 1905 - January 15, 1915 1917-1929
T. T. Wentworth, Jr.	1928	1929-1941
John R. Jones	1940	1941-1949
Ben L. Davis	1948	1949-1965
E. J. Gibbs, Jr.	1964	1965-1977
Matt Langley Bell III	1976	1977 - October 15, 1998 (his death)
Janet Holley	October 21, 1998 (appointed) November 7, 2000 (elected)	1998-present