About the office

In Florida, county tax collectors are constitutional officers outlined in Article VIII of the Florida Constitution. Tax Collectors are elected in presidential election years and serve four-year terms.

The primary responsibility of Florida's tax collectors is to collect and distribute property taxes and assessments (ad valorem taxes, non-ad valorem assessments, and tangible personal property taxes). The Office of the Volusia County Tax Collector also provides several State services at the local level, including:

• Registration of motor vehicles, mobile homes and vessels
• Applications for title of motor vehicles, mobile homes and vessels
• Issuance of driver licenses and identification cards
• Issuance of hunting and fishing licenses
• Application processing for concealed weapon licenses
• Renewal of concealed weapon licenses
• Printing of birth certificates
• Processing voter registrations via the Motor Voter law

To provide these services, tax collectors serve as agents of the State. They must adhere to policies and procedures established by the Florida Department of Revenue, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of State.