Editing Escambia County Tax Collector

The '''Escambia County Tax Collector''' is the elected officer responsible for collecting [[property tax]]es for the Department of Revenue for the various [[:Category:Taxing authorities|taxing authorities]] of [[Escambia County]].

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]].

==Office locations & hours==
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30.409782, -87.21488, [[Matt Langley Bell III Building]]<br/>213 [[Palafox Place]]<br/>M-F: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
30.388943, -87.279253, 507 N. [[Navy Boulevard]]<br/>M: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM<br/>Tu-F: 8:30 AM-6:00 PM
30.480818, -87.258267, 6451 North [[W Street]]<br/>M, W, F: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM<br/>Tu & Th: 8:30 AM-6:00 PM
30.698818, -87.35075, 470 South [[Highway 29]]<br/>M: Closed<br/>Tu-F: 7:30 AM-6:00 PM
30.970011, -87.266936, 7500 N. [[Century Boulevard]]<br/>M: Closed<br/>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==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ '''Escambia County Tax Collectors''' (list incomplete)
! Name || Elected/Appointed<ref>Tax collectors were appointed prior to the Florida Constitution of 1885</ref> || Tenure
|-
| [[F. E. de la Rua]] || [[July 26]], [[1845]]
|-
| [[Maximo P. de Rioboo]] || [[September 16]], 1845<br/>[[December 22]], 1845<br/>[[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]]<br/>[[May 13]], [[1881]]<br/>[[May 4]], [[1883]]<br/>[[May 25]], [[1887]]
|-
| [[A. H. D'Alemberte]] || [[December 27]], [[1888]] || 1888 - [[January 6]], [[1903]]
|-
| [[J. S. Roberts]] || [[1904]]<br/>[[1916]] || [[January 3]], [[1905]] - [[January 15]], [[1915]]<br/>[[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)<br/>[[November 7]], [[2000]] (elected) || 1998-present
|}

[[Category:Escambia County]]