Filing of a 2009 Complaint

If you just got your tax bill and you are wondering what to do, chances are you don’t need to do anything.

The 2009 tax roll has been certified and our attorneys have until early December to file a sixth law suit challenging the ad valorem taxes of leasehold improvements on Pensacola Beach. As has been explained before, if we fail to file each consecutive year until the matter is finally resolved, the court would be required by statute to dismiss each of the prior cases (2004 – 2008).

Plaintiffs from past years, who are being assessed 2009 taxes on the improvements, will be named as parties to the 2009 complaint. As long as the name of the plaintiff remains the same, parties from prior years will matched with the data base maintained by the law firm and will appear as plaintiffs in the 2009 complaint. This is true if you had a $0 assessment in 2005, 2006, 2007, and/or 2008 and have repaired or rebuilt and are being assessed on your improvements.

If you have been a plaintiff in the past, it is not necessary to contact the liaison committee or the law firm to be named in the 2009 law suit. Every effort will be made to have a list of the returning plaintiffs posted to this web site around December 1^st for those who want to check the list.

PLEASE NOTE: Any plaintiff in the initial 2004 lawsuit with a $0 assessment for any subsequent tax year can not be named in the complaint filed for that tax year. This does not affect participation in the 2004 case or the return to the plaintiff list when taxes are assessed again.