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JOSEPH HAYNES DAVIS, ESQUIRE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA VAB SPECIAL MAGISTRATE APPLICATION 2025 EXPERIENCE IN AD VALOREM TAXATION ISSUES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIES ME TO SERVE I respectfully submit the detailed experience below as representing a microcosm of my experience as per my resume as a Value Adjustment Board Special Magistrate Attorney since 2008 as more evidence of my preparedness for this instant opportunity. Additionally, I have been a licensed attorney in the state of Florida since January,2001.The instances listed below are not exhaustive of the matters before me over the past as a Special Attorney Magistrate. However, they should represent to the reader the diversity of the matters were before me and evidence the requisite experience needed to perform the tasks as Value Adjustment Board Special Magistrate. 1. While serving in Manatee County: Pursuant to Section 193.461 (3) (b)Florida Statutes, as a Special Magistrate a "Greenbelt" properties matter came before me. With a "Greenbelt" agricultural classification, properties are bona fide agricultural operations taxed according to the"use"value of those operations,rather than the development value. For property to qualify for agricultural classification, land must be used in good faith for commercial agricultural purposes. 2. In another matter while serving in Manatee County,was the late filing of an application for homestead exemption based on extenuating circumstances pursuant to Section 196.011(8)Florida Statutes and whether or not the Petitioner personally and exclusively owned by operation of the trust language the beneficial interest in the property at issue in the matter for 2011 tax period based upon the trust instrument language provided by petitioner. 3. In another matter while serving in Manatee County, an appeal seeking the late filing of an application for Veterans total disability exemption based on extenuating circumstances pursuant to Section 196.011(8) Florida Statutes (2010) and Section 196.081 Florida Statutes (2010) The issue in that matter was whether the Petitioner demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence extenuating circumstances judged by the Special Magistrate to warrant the granting of the Veterans Total Disability exemption for the current year. 4. While serving in Manatee County, there was an appeal seeking the late filing of an application for homestead exemption based on extenuating circumstances pursuant to Section 196.011(8)Florida Statutes and the rules regarding portability set forth in Florida Statute 193.155(8). The issue(s)in that matter:whether the Petitioners had demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence extenuating circumstances to warrant the granting of the homestead exemption for that year as a result of the late filing and, whether or not Petitioners could "port"their Save Our Homes tax benefits to their new home as per in Florida Statute 193.155(8). 5. While serving in Manatee County an appeal seeking the late filing of an application for homestead exemption based on extenuating circumstances pursuant to Section 196.011(8) Florida Statutes (2011) The issue(s) in the instant matter: whether the Petitioners demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence extenuating circumstances to warrant the granting of the homestead exemption for that year as a result of the late filing. The petition was a request for a hearing as a result of the ending of the Homestead 1 -31 -